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Paul Hagen: Interleague play has some redeeming value 05/16/2008

by Paul Hagen

INTERLEAGUE play has arrived once again as the Phillies prepare to play their natural American League rivals. That, of course, would be the Toronto Blue Jays. While waiting for the first pitch, please select the appropriate video clip from the following menu. Press 1 for Plague of Locusts. Press 2 for Doomsday Thunderclouds. Press 3 for Owners Sitting Around Counting Money.

 

Rich Hofmann: Flyers' best hope still rides with Biron 05/16/2008

PLAYOFF GAMES are decided by moments and by momentum. It has been true in the National Hockey League since Conn Smythe. Moments and momentum - and pucks that bounce oddly in the night. Post a comment

 

Sam Donnellon: Hartnell pours his heart out for Flyers 05/16/2008

HE WAS the savior you didn't see coming, unless you put much stock in words spit out in disgust and amid utter futility.

 

Elmer Smith: We need full-valuation property tax, but who's gutsy enough to push it? 05/16/2008

THE PRUDENT politician would sooner French-kiss a snaggletoothed crocodile than hear his name and the words "tax hike" in the same sentence.

 

Jill Porter: Giving birth to a friendship & a school 05/16/2008

IT WAS supposed to end at birth. Bonnie Botel-Sheppard was a volunteer who provided guidance and support during pregnancy and childbirth to the homeless young woman who had no mother.

 

Dick Jerardi: There's one Big favorite in this Preakness 05/16/2008

BALTIMORE - Even if you thought Big Brown was a cinch in the Kentucky Derby and knew that millions of dollars would be bet on that theory, there were ways to make money because of the 20-horse field. Now that the depth of Big Brown's talent has been fully exposed, making money on the proposition that Big Brown can't lose tomorrow's Preakness becomes quite a bit more complicated.

 

Poker Guy: 'Flying Dutchman' saw through opponent's bet 05/16/2008

HOW YOU INTERPRET the size of an opponent's bet, especially in relation to his stack at certain points in a tournament, can give you the chance to take down a pot or tell you to get away from a loser.

 

Tattle: Shania Twain, hubby 'Mutt' Lange calling it quits 05/16/2008

By Howard Gensler

SHANIA TWAIN, who infused a pop sensibility and bare abs into country music to become one of the biggest-selling female recording artists of all time, is separating from the man who put the arena rock riffs in her songs.

 

Ellen Gray: Fox wants to make some 'noise' with new schedule 05/16/2008

NEW YORK - People who like their dramas dark and complicated and their comedies animated should find plenty to look forward to next season from Fox, whose entertainment president, Kevin Reilly, yesterday told reporters that "we're just looking for good, noisy shows."

 

Rich Hofmann: Offensive Penguins surprising Flyers on defensive end 05/15/2008

A LOT OF truths tend to get told when game follows game follows game, every other night, for as long as the mathematics allow. Flaws are exposed and excellence is revealed, but it isn't that, not exactly.

 

John Smallwood: Phillies pitcher Myers going from bad to worse 05/15/2008

SOMEBODY BETTER figure this out fast because if Brett Myers truly is this awful, the Phillies are in a world of trouble.

 

Ronnie Polaneczky: He took her life, and he'll defame her memory to soften his sentence 05/15/2008

IT'S NOT ENOUGH that Rafael Robb beat his wife, Ellen, so viciously about the head that detectives investigating her murder originally thought she had died of a gunshot blast, not a bludgeoning.

 

Stu Bykofsky: A license to save lives 05/15/2008

OVER THE PAST three days I've led you through achievements and failures of the Philadelphia Animal Care and Control Association, responsible for the welfare of Philadelphia homeless animals.

 

John Baer: Now that she can't win it, why is Hill in it? 05/15/2008

EVEN SOME Hillary Clinton supporters must, at this stage, question why she pushes on the way she does. Despite her landslide-without-reward win in West Virginia and her expected win next week in Kentucky, all factors determining the Democratic nominee still favor Barack Obama.

 

Paul Domowitch: Specter not likely to find magic bullet with Spygate 05/15/2008

SO, LET ME SEE if I have this right. The reason Sen. Arlen Specter refuses to let Spygate die has nothing to do with the Eagles' three-point loss to the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX, or that pile of money that the NFL's archenemy, Comcast, contributed to his last re-election campaign, or the fact that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell won't get down on bended knee and kiss his senatorial ring or anything else of Specter's.

 

Dick Jerardi: Suggestions to make horse racing safer 05/15/2008

BALTIMORE - Big Brown, you may remember, won the Kentucky Derby. The unbeaten colt will be an overwhelming favorite in Saturday's Preakness at Pimlico, so dominant in the Derby that only Gayego (17th in the Derby) is back to challenge.

 

Michael Smerconish: End the war of the wine guys 05/15/2008

CHUCK Stone was legendary in these pages for, among other things, his role as the man to whom fugitives would turn when they were ready to submit to authorities.

 

Kimberly Garrison: Add water workouts to your fitness routine 05/15/2008

SPRING IS the perfect time to try new things. Why not make a big splash and add water aerobics or swimming to your fitness routine?

 

Jim Coleman: A pair of pears: How do Bartletts and Bosc compare? 05/15/2008

Q: Can you tell me the difference between red Bartlett pears and Bosc pears, especially when it comes to cooking and serving them? I will have a lot of both from my in-laws this year, and any recipes would be appreciated. Best regards.

 

Tattle: Rumor of a preggers Angelina Jolie is confirmed . . . by Jack Black!? 05/15/2008

By Howard Gensler

THE RUMOR THAT Angelina Jolie is expecting twins has finally been confirmed by the man in her life. Jack Black.

 

Jenice Armstrong: Girls are still getting a bad fashion message 05/15/2008

I'VE HEARD of being a fashion victim, but the tale of the Houston girl escorted away from her prom in handcuffs gives the term a whole other meaning.

 

Dan Gross: 'Marley & Me' is under way 05/15/2008

AS WE PREDICTED yesterday, "Marley & Me" has already started shooting at the Inqwaster, where it hadn't been expected until today. Late yesterday afternoon, Owen Wilson, who plays former Inqwaster columnist John Grogan, was filmed entering the b

 

Ellen Gray: CBS shuffles schedule, adds 5 new shows for fall 05/15/2008

NEW YORK - When it comes to CBS, edgy is so 2007. The network that last May vowed to "make a little noise" with a schedule that included Cuban-American millionaires, 1970s swingers, a singing, dancing casino owner and a vampire, has sent "Cane" and "Moonlight" packing, along with James Woods' "Shark."