Giants Open Title Defense With Win Over Redskins (East Rutherford, NJ) -- The New York Giants opened defense of their Super Bowl title with a 16-7 victory over the Redskins in the regular season opener at Giants Stadium. Eli Manning went 19-of-35 for 216 yards, and accounted for New York's only touchdown with a one-yard rush in the first quarter ...Read More
Roddick Falls To Djokovic At U.S. Open (Flushing Meadows, NY) -- Andy Roddick is done at the U.S. Open after falling in four sets to last year's runner-up Novak Djokovic. Roddick won the third set 6-3 after dropping the first two sets. However, Roddick couldn't convert on couple set points and lost the fourth-set tiebreaker, 7-5 ...Read More
Blues Ink Alex Pietrangelo (St. Louis, MO) -- The St. Louis Blues and first-round pick Alex Pietrangelo have come to terms on an undisclosed contract. The Blues chose the 18-year-old defenseman with the fourth-overall pick in the 2008 draft ...Read More
Culpepper Calls It Quits (Undated) -- Quarterback Daunte Culpepper announced his retirement from the NFL Thursday. The 31-year-old has been plagued by injuries in recent seasons. Culpepper was the 11th pick by the Vikings in the 1999 draft and threw for more than 22-thousand yards in a nine seasons ...Read More
Cubs' Zambrano Has Inflamed Rotator Cuff (Chicago, IL) -- Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano will miss his next start. An MRI showed the ace right-hander has rotator cuff tendinitis and inflammation in his pitching shoulder. Zambrano is expected to start throwing again next week and will tentatively start next weekend in Houston ...Read More
Jesse Jackson Released From Hospital (Chicago, IL) -- Reverend Jesse Jackson is out of the hospital. The Rainbow PUSH Coalition says Jackson was released late this morning from Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago where he was undergoing treatment for viral gastroenteritis and severe dehydration ...Read More
O.J. Simpson Trial Set To Begin Monday (Las Vegas, NV) -- O.J. Simpson's trial on armed robbery and kidnapping charges will begin Monday morning in Las Vegas. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence "CJ" Stewart face a total of 12 charges in connection with an incident at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino on September 12th, 2007 ...Read More
Results Of Palin Investigation To Be Released Next Month (Undated) -- A report into whether Governor Sarah Palin improperly fired the state's public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, will be released on October 10th. State lawmakers had originally planned to release the report on October 31st, just four days before the election ...Read More
Entertainment
Fans Flock To Last "Rent" Performance (New York, NY) -- Die-hard "Rentheads" are flocking to Broadway from all corners of the country to see the last performances of the award-winning musical "Rent." "Rent" tells the story of a group of young bohemians living in New York City's East Village in the late 1980s ...Read More
Stage Set For Stand Up To Cancer Telethon (Los Angeles, CA) -- Tonight CBS, ABC and NBC will broadcast the Entertainment Industry Foundation's hour-long, star-studded Stand Up to Cancer telethon to raise awareness about cancer. Emmy nominated actress Christina Applegate will one of the celebrities sharing how her life has been affected by cancer ...Read & Hear More
Orlando Moms Angry About Universal's Graphic Ads (Orlando, FL) -- Florida moms are not happy about Universal Orlando's graphic "Bloody Mary" ad campaign. The "Orlando Sentinel" reports the group Metro Orlando Mommies is asking the theme park to take down 80 billboards posted last week to drum up excitement for its 18th annual after-hours Halloween Horror Nights ...Read More
