Zola Budd whips college runners half her age and other eye-catching headlines on a Monday
South Africa's Zola Budd, who became famous when she "bumped" Mary Decker at the 1984 Olympics, lives in South Carolina now. She turned up at a 5K road race in North Carolina that included a number of female college runners and kicked the crap out of them. She turned in a time of 17:47, winning by a margin of 50 seconds. She is 47.
CBS Sports has put out a projection of the current BCS standings that shows Alabama and Clemson running 1-2. UCLA, a surprising 4-0 is 10th in the CBS projection. Since the Bruins face two higher ranked PAC-10 teams after this coming weekend's visit from Cal, in the form of Stanford followed by Oregon, they still have a long way to go before thinking major bowl game.
Ashley Judd may be estranged from her husband, race car driver Dario Franchetti, but that didn't stop her from dropping everything to be by his side following a crash during a race that left him with serious injuries.
Scarlett Johansson has been named Esquire's "Sexiest Woman Alive" for the second time.
She is the first woman in the history of the award to win it twice.
The government shutdown continues to spawn scams as con artists created fake Instagram accounts, promising student loan forgiveness for a fee of $200.
While everyone raves about the growth of Chipotle and Potbelly restaurant chains, there are actually five other chains that are growing faster, according to The Motley Fool.
Philadelphia Flyers' coach Peter Laviolette was recently fired and worse yet, he's involved in a lawsuit against Bank of America, accusing the retail banking giant of misleading him into investing in a "get-rich quick scheme."
Historically Black colleges are pressing Congress to revoke changes to student aid programs. They want to go back to the looser credit standards, the lower income limits on Pell Grant awards and to reduce fees and interest on PLUS loans. More on this in tomorrow's daily blog.
The second man to walk on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin, was very impressed by the movie "Gravity."
How bad are the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars? They are currently 28 point underdogs in their upcoming game against the sizzling hot Denver Broncos. That's reportedly the largest point margin in Vegas sports book history.
Katherine Jackson has "no regrets" over suing AEG for the wrongful death of her son Michael Jackson. Guess she hasn't gotten the bill from her lawyers yet.
Halle Berry has named her newborn son Maceo Robert Martinez. At least there won't be any North West passage jokes.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has decided that it is "essential" for the troops overseas to be able to watch NFL games, and he's ordered the civilian employees of AFN, the Armed Forces Network back to work.
CBS Sports has put out a projection of the current BCS standings that shows Alabama and Clemson running 1-2. UCLA, a surprising 4-0 is 10th in the CBS projection. Since the Bruins face two higher ranked PAC-10 teams after this coming weekend's visit from Cal, in the form of Stanford followed by Oregon, they still have a long way to go before thinking major bowl game.
Ashley Judd may be estranged from her husband, race car driver Dario Franchetti, but that didn't stop her from dropping everything to be by his side following a crash during a race that left him with serious injuries.
Scarlett Johansson has been named Esquire's "Sexiest Woman Alive" for the second time.
She is the first woman in the history of the award to win it twice.
The government shutdown continues to spawn scams as con artists created fake Instagram accounts, promising student loan forgiveness for a fee of $200.
While everyone raves about the growth of Chipotle and Potbelly restaurant chains, there are actually five other chains that are growing faster, according to The Motley Fool.
Philadelphia Flyers' coach Peter Laviolette was recently fired and worse yet, he's involved in a lawsuit against Bank of America, accusing the retail banking giant of misleading him into investing in a "get-rich quick scheme."
Historically Black colleges are pressing Congress to revoke changes to student aid programs. They want to go back to the looser credit standards, the lower income limits on Pell Grant awards and to reduce fees and interest on PLUS loans. More on this in tomorrow's daily blog.
The second man to walk on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin, was very impressed by the movie "Gravity."
How bad are the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars? They are currently 28 point underdogs in their upcoming game against the sizzling hot Denver Broncos. That's reportedly the largest point margin in Vegas sports book history.
Katherine Jackson has "no regrets" over suing AEG for the wrongful death of her son Michael Jackson. Guess she hasn't gotten the bill from her lawyers yet.
Halle Berry has named her newborn son Maceo Robert Martinez. At least there won't be any North West passage jokes.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has decided that it is "essential" for the troops overseas to be able to watch NFL games, and he's ordered the civilian employees of AFN, the Armed Forces Network back to work.
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