| Imus called women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos"
On the April 4 edition of MSNBC's Imus in the Morning, host Don Imus referred to the Rutgers University women's basketball team, which is comprised of eight African-American and two white players, as "nappy-headed hos" immediately after the show's executive producer, Bernard McGuirk, called the team "hard-core hos." Later, former Imus sports announcer Sid Rosenberg, who was filling in for sportscaster Chris Carlin, said: "The more I look at Rutgers, they look exactly like the [National Basketball Association's] Toronto Raptors." McGuirk referred to the NCAA women's basketball championship game between Rutgers and Tennessee as a "Spike Lee thing," adding, "The Jigaboos vs. The Wannabees -- that movie that he had." McGuirk was presumably referring to Lee's 1988 film, School Daze (Sony Pictures), though co-host Charles McCord misidentified it as "Do the Right Thing" (Criterion, June 1989).
Official Car Pundit Drinking Game: New York Auto Show Edition
So Wert's in the city that's large, red and delicious, and he's just told us he'll be on the usual station speaking about -- huffing tailpipes. No wait, we kid -- sort of. He'll be offering up his best punditification on CNBC at 7:30 on "On The Money." The topic? Tailpipe emissions and the recent Supreme Court decision. What's that mean for us? Well, it means we've got to come up with some new rules. And as always, if you're confused, feel free to check out the full game in all its glory here. On The Money [CNBC.com] Related: All of our Official Car Pundit Drinking Game coverage [internal] .
Crawdads, Local Churches Team Up To Aid Pregnancy Care Center
The Hickory Crawdads, along with East Valdese Baptist Church and First United Methodist Church, Valdese, are hosting a baby shower to aid the Burke Co. Pregnancy Care Center. On Sunday, April 29th, all persons bringing an item for the Burke Co. Pregnancy Care Center will receive a free grandstand ticket to that afternoon's game. Items needed include diapers, bottles, infant clothing, shoes, baby lotions, wipes, baby wash, bibs, and much more. Bring the item to the Care Center table set up near the main gate to receive your ticket. The Crawdads will host the Greensboro Grasshoppers. Game time is at 2pm. - Discuss this story on the South Atlantic League message board...
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4Kids Ent. inks multiple global broadcast deals for 'Viva Piñata'
MUMBAI: 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. ahs announced that it has secured broadcast deals with Media Set (Italy), TV 2 (Denmark), MTV 3 (Finland) and Momo Kids TV (Taiwan) for its latest colorful high definition animated TV series Viva Piñata prior to MipTV 2007. However, twenty six new half hour episodes of the CGI fast paced comedy adventure series will be available to international buyers at this year's market, 4Kids Entertainment executive vice president, International Brian Lacey announced. Viva Piñata has also launched on new media platforms. The animated series can be seen on the 4Kids TV VOD Channel on Comcast and Cox On Demand giving kids instant, 24-hour access to the series. The channel already reaches 11 million homes in the US. In addition, Viva Piñata, the exclusive Xbox 360 video game by Microsoft Game Studios and Rare, Ltd.
The Game Plan 04.20.07: The Death of Exclusives, Part One
As third-party exclusives become a thing of the past, what are the console companies doing to convince gamers their system is number one?
I have committed a heinous oversight that must be corrected before this column can continue. I need to give a big shout-out to good friend and loyal reader Ryan Holliday for cluing me into the fact that 411mania.com was hiring in the first place. He's part of the reason I'm even writing this columnso direct all hate mail to him. Thanks for the tip-off, buddy (and for a great idea for a future column). When I was a kid, there were two video-game powerhouses: Nintendo and Sega. Unless you had really cool parents who would buy you both systems, you had to make a difficult choice between the two. Aside from a few exceptions (most of them published by Acclaim, interestingly enough), it was rare to see a game appear on both the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis.
Campbell awed by NHL debut
Darcy Campbell looked in the mirror after he stepped into the bathroom of the Columbus Blue Jackets' locker room in the United Center in Chicago. The former Alaska Nanooks defenseman wanted to confirm that it was a National Hockey League jersey and uniform that covered his 6-foot, 200-pound frame. "I was pretty shooken up; there was a lot going on and there were a lot of emotions running through me," Campbell said last Saturday night prior to the Alaska Nanooks Hockey Awards Banquet at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel, where he received the Shawn Chambers Best Defenseman Award. "It just felt good to finally put it on," Campbell said of his No. 37 Blue Jackets jersey. "When I checked it in the mirror, I liked what I saw." Campbell also liked it when his agent, Justin Duberman of Chicago, told him about the offer from Columbus.
Game shows provide short-lived glory
Participating in game shows can be messy. Some entail eating bugs, racing through obstacle courses or pulling obscure facts from deep within the brain on a moment's notice. Others simply require contestants to spin a wheel and guess a letter. In some cases, they provide the average person with 15 minutes of fame.
Daryl Johnson, a senior in technology education, was eleven years old when he participated on the Nickelodeon game show "Wild and Crazy Kids."
Johnson said that they were shooting a remote show near Charlotte, and they picked him out of a huge crowd of kids.
Unfazed by the television cameras, Johnson remembered having fun on the show but said his cameo was not a "big deal." A child model, he was used to being on local television commercials and seeing himself on television.
Out of the Closet on the Field of Play
Alone with his secret, the college lacrosse coach sat down at his computer seeking others like himself: gay men who played and coached competitive, high-level sports but remained trapped in the closet. "I am totally closeted, not married, totally gay and no one would guess," he wrote in an online chat room for gay athletes, coaches and fans. "My family, my team, my university and my career are not even remotely gay-friendly." Over the next two years, Frustrated Coach revealed his hopes, fears and secrets with his trusted, but similarly anonymous peers on Outsports.com. The 33-year-old coach shared his regrets about pursuing "serial one-night stands" with strangers as he grappled with his identity. He disclosed a recent bout with colon cancer. His upbringing in a fundamentalist Baptist church that scorned homosexuality.
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