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Is the Auto Show Over in Detroit?
By now, a Monday morning downer on the front page shouldn’t faze me. But when the White House announced that GM and Chrysler had still not come up with meaningful enough restructuring plans to get tax money, I took it personally. That’s because I’m both black and from the Midwest and, thus, I know a…
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Monday's Headlines
SFC: Six Members of Family Die in Murder-Suicide WP: Surprise, Surprise: Israeli Military Finds No Misconduct in Gaza War FOX: White House Not Super Into Auto Industry Plan, Says ‘Try Again’ NYT: Cholestrol Drug May Cut Risk of Clots; Not a License to Eat More Bacon DS: Dallas Cop Apologizes to Moats (That Should Just…
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Working the Late Show Shift
PHOTO GALLERY: The Tonight Show with… President Obama? READ Why Obama’s Special Olympics joke was a wrong move by David Swerdlick. READ Jimi Izrael’s take. INTERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT BY JAY LENO, “TONIGHT SHOW” Burbank, California Q The 44th President of the United States, please welcome President Barack Obama. (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.)…
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Obama Working the Late Show Shift
JAY LENO The 44th President of the United States, please welcome President Barack Obama. (Applause.) PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) MR. LENO. Good to see you. MR. OBAMA: It is good to see you and –- (applause.) Thank you. Let me just say, I think Kevin looks good in a suit. (Laughter.) MR. LENO. Thank…
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Diggin’ The Scene, With A Gangsta Lean
Here’s one more reason to keep General Motors afloat for at least a while longer, even as the company announced Thursday that it has revised its 2009 sales estimate downward—a black president has to have a brand new Cadillac. The Buzz doesn’t have anything against imports, but let’s face it, the Obama family just wouldn’t look…
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You Lose Some, You Win None
Jan. 9, 2009—Eight of the 12 playoff teams start their sprint for the Super Bowl this weekend, but for me the real action is with the 20 teams licking their wounds as their players clear out their lockers, and say goodbye until spring mini-camp or preseason in July or, in some cases, forever. It’s neither…
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NBA Coaches Get Benched
The NBA season is barely six weeks old and six coaches have already lost their jobs. P.J. Carlesimo was canned in Oklahoma City, Randy Wittman lost his gig in Minnesota, Eddie Jordan was shown the door in Washington, and Sam Mitchell was dismissed in Toronto. Then just as things seemed to be settling down, Maurice…
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Knick That LeBron Talk in The Bud
Nov. 28, 2008—Last Friday, the New York Knicks made two trades, getting three journeymen players, forwards Al Harrington and Tim Thomas and guard Cuttino Mobley (whose health has kept the trades from being considered final). But to hear the locals tell it, the Knicks just acquired LeBron James. The New York media and the local…
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Trading Places
Nov. 21, 2008—Folks down with the number crunchers at sites like 82games, Basketball Prospectus, Baseball Prospectus and Football Outsiders, mutter these three little words—small sample size—as if it were a mantra and for good reason. Even those fans with no appetite for algebraic gymnastics with their sport can easily recall some otherwise ordinary player who had…
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The New West Order
For the last few years, all you needed to know about the NBA West was that the San Antonio Spurs, the Dallas Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns were the best teams and that a slew of other good teams were stuck behind them trying very hard to move up. Then last year Change! came to…