video inside post In what is sure to be the biggest rock event this summer, Britain’s greatest arena rock band Def Leppard will join forces with Poison and special guest Cheap Trick for a 40-city North American Tour. Tickets go on-sale to the general public beginning Friday, March 6th at www.livenation.com. Citi(R) cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning March 4th at 10am local time through Citi’s Private Pass(R) Program. For complete presale details visit: www.privatepass.citi.com. Read the rest of this entry »

Playboy Special Report: The Persecution of Barry Bonds

Posted by Neil S. Velleman On February - 26 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

New Information Revealed in an Exclusive Report inside the BALCO Steroids Probe - Questions Raised About Real Motives Behind the Investigation -

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ — For more than five years the national media coverage of the BALCO investigation has been fed by a national obsession to shame, humiliate and prosecute athletes for alleged lies about sports doping. In “The Persecution of Barry Bonds” Read the rest of this entry »

Motley Crue Announces Crue Fest 2: The White Trash Circus

Posted by Bruce Owens On February - 25 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

video inside post Last Summer’s Most Successful Rock Festival Returns; Public Ticket Pre Sale Begins March 2nd ‘Crue Fest was the top touring rock festival of the summer in 2008. Motley Crue ruled the road!’ - Rolling Stone

NEW YORK, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Motley Crue, along with some of rock’s top touring acts, will hit the road again this summer for Crue Fest 2: The White Trash Circus. The Live Nation produced tour will visit cities across North America beginning July 19th in Camden, NJ through September 5th in Darien Lake, NY. Full tour details Read the rest of this entry »

Caprica

Posted by Bruce Owens On February - 25 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

video inside post Caprica The Highly Anticipated Feature-Length Prequel To The Series Phenomenon, ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Premiering Exclusively On DVD And Digital Download April 21, 2009 From The Executive Producers Of Sci Fi Channel’s ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Ronald D. Moore And David Eick And Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Universal City, Calif. - Caprica, the highly anticipated prequel to “Battlestar Galactica,” Read the rest of this entry »

Miss Howard TV March 2009: Janessa BrazilJanessa Brazil has been selected as Miss Howard TV March 2009 for Howard Stern’s Howard TV On Demand service. Janessa emigrated to the U.S. from Brazil at 12 years old and was a straight A student at an all-girl Catholic school. During her interview with Stern, it became obvious that her strict upbringing actually had the opposite effect. She revealed intimate details about her hook-ups with several young ladies while she was a school girl. Her modeling career took a detour when the 5’8”, 120 pound beauty found Read the rest of this entry »

Giveaway - South Park: Season 12 DVD Set

Posted by Steve Tomassetti On February - 25 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

South Park season 12 DVD coverTo celebrate the March 10th DVD and Blu ray release of South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season, The Zoo is giving away THREE copies of the DVD, courtesy of Comedy Central, to THREE lucky winners.

Synopsis:
All fourteen uncensored episodes from South Park’s twelfth season are now available in this exclusive three-disc set. In this collection, South Park follows the new President-elect from his acceptance speech to his first official day of duty as Commander in Chief. The boys keep busy helping a pop-princess who’s down on her luck, negotiating a truce for striking Canadians, and preventing giant rodents from destroying the world. For them, it’s all part of growing up in South Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Fox Springs into Super-Charged March

Posted by Neil S. Velleman On February - 25 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

FOX logoThis March FOX delivers major television events, all-new episodes and top guest stars, including a special “Wild Card” episode of AMERICAN IDOL that will reveal this season’s Top 12 March 5, plus LIVE performance shows March 10, 17, 24 and 31 and LIVE results shows March 11, 18 and 25 and April 1; the time period premiere of LIE TO ME March 11; BONES star David Boreanaz making his directorial debut with a baffling BONES mystery March 12; a game-changing two-part installment of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES Read the rest of this entry »

Green River Ordinance New Album Available Now

Posted by Bruce Owens On February - 25 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

video inside post In the mundane world of local law, a Green River Ordinance prohibits door-to-door sales without a homeowner’s prior permission. Fortunately, the band Green River Ordinance needn’t rely on such pedestrian peddling to sell its wares—its catchy anthems have drawn listeners on their own. The only door-to-door action is purely word of mouth, as one fan tells another what they’ve found.

Now, listeners everywhere will be able to discover what people in Fort Worth, Texas— the band’s hometown—already know, as EMI/Virgin releases Green River Ordinance’s Out Of My Hands on February 24, 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Russell Cream Ale Now Available in Bottles

Posted by Bruce Owens On February - 25 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Russell Brewing Company (TSX VENTURE:RB), a producer of premium craft beer in Western Canada, is now shipping 6 x 341ml bottles of the award-winning Russell Cream Ale in British Columbia.

“We are pleased to announce that Russell Cream Ale is now available in bottles,” said Andrew Harris, President. “We began shipping bottles of our flagship brand this month and will roll out other brands this spring. Read the rest of this entry »

Around the Bases Vol III: NL Central Preview

Posted by Neil S. Velleman On February - 24 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

The last division we looked at was the NL West. Now, Around the Bases takes a peek at the NL Central.

From the end of the 2007 season to the end of the 2008 season, every team in the NL Central had improved, with the exception of the Pittsburgh Pirates. They somehow managed to have dropped a game. Even the Cincinnati Reds improved by 2 wins. Oddly, the St. Louis Cardinals went from six games under .500 (78-84) to 10 games over .500 (86-76), yet still managed to drop from 3rd place to 4th place in the division. Houston had an even bigger swing, going from 16 games under .500 (73-89) to 9 games over (86-75), and went from 4th to 3rd place in the division.

The Chicago Cubs, meanwhile, maintained their dominance of the NL Central division for the 2nd year in a row. That is where Around the Bases begins today.

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Pennsylvania to Allow Mixed Martial Arts

Posted by Bruce Owens On February - 23 - 2009 1 COMMENT

State Athletic Commission’s Newly-Approved Regulations Take Effect Feb. 27

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 23 /Pennsylvania has joined the growing number of states to allow Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA, events, now that the State Athletic Commission has approved final regulations for the sport, Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes announced today. The new regulations take effect Feb. 27, 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Having united forces with rock ‘n’ roll legends Metallica for encore performances and recordings throughout the years, GRAMMY Award-nominated heavy metal vocalist and Mercyful Fate frontman King Diamond will take to the cyber-stage with Metallica this spring in Activision Publishing Inc.’s Guitar Hero Metallica

Fans, stagehands and groupies alike will have the opportunity to shred and drum with or wail as the digital King Diamond during performances of “Evil.” Read the rest of this entry »

Giveaway - The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice DVD

Posted by Steve Tomassetti On February - 22 - 2009 2 COMMENTS

The Librarian DVD coverTo celebrate the February 24th DVD release of The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice, The Zoo is giving away FIVE copies of the DVD, courtesy of Sony Home Entertainment, to FIVE lucky winners.

Synopsis:
Noah Wyle (TV’s ER) is back as Flynn Carson, along with Bob Newhart (Elf) and Jane Curtin (Coneheads), in the most thrilling adventure in The Librarian series yet! On a deadly mission to Read the rest of this entry »

Around the Bases Vol II: NL West Preview

Posted by Neil S. Velleman On February - 22 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Stiletto DVD coverThe NL West seems to be a wide-open division this upcoming season. The LA Dodgers, the Colorado Rockies, the Arizona Diamondbacks, or the San Francisco Giants, could all be viable contenders for the division title. The lone exception, the San Diego Padres, don’t appear to have much of a chance.

Last season, only the Dodgers and the D-Backs finished above .500. This season, it wouldn’t be a shock if the four above-mentioned teams all finished above .500.

Around the Bases takes a look at a couple of these teams for the 2009 season:
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