Wolves newcomer Tucker gets his bearings - Minneapolis Star Tribune
At one point during Thursday's practice/cram session, Alando Tucker was surrounded by four Timberwolves coaches, a three-dimensional illustration of how much he has to learn. Read and react. Cut toward the basket. Watch your spacing. The triangle

NFL should abandon playoffs and adopt the Bowl Championship Series - Anderson Independent-Mail
Every week or so the executive director of the Bowl Championship Series, Bill Hancock, sends out an e-mail extolling the virtues of the BCS. Recently, when Congress decided there was no more pressing issue on the planet than a college football

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Illustration From “Footnotes in Gaza” - New York Times
Sacco will find readers for “Footnotes in Gaza” far into the future because of the unique format and style of his comic-book narrative. He stands alone as a reporter-cartoonist because his ability to tell a story through his art is combined with

Photo Illustration by The New York Times - New York Times
YOU might think that board members overseeing businesses that cratered in the credit crisis would be disqualified from serving as directors at other public companies. Frederick E. Rowe of Investors for Director Accountability says you will never hear

Review: Met stages dark, powerful new 'Carmen' - Union-News & Sunday Republican
(AP) — NEW YORK - Blood is in evidence on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera long before a desperate and rejected Don Jose stabs Carmen to death at the conclusion of Georges Bizet's tale of sex and violence. In fact, the first image we see in a

Illustration by Vlad Alvarez - San Francisco Bay Guardian
Paranormal Activity 's success gives me hope, though I fear its inevitable shaky-cam imitators more than unexplained bumps in the night. Where there's a buck, Hollywood will follow. This year, big-budget movies stepped up their games, employing IMAX

Letting go, and looking ahead - Boston Globe
THERE IS something fitting about writing my last column on the first day of a new year. January, after all, is named for the Roman god of beginnings and endings. He looked backward and forward at the same time. So, this morning, do I. I wish I could