Assessing the Bowls
College bowl games...Jameis Winston...Jadeveon Clowney...Wake tabs Dave Clawson...snowiest day ever in NFL...Shanahan on thin ice...La Russa, Cox and Torre get into Hall...Marvin Miller...Roy Halladay...beer sales....
It’s Auburn vs. Florida State
Crazy last weekend in college football...but no controversy on title match-up...Last-second thrills in NFL...Baseball's Hot Stove action heats up...World Cup draw...Tiger and Nelson Mandela...Lindsey Vonn's return to the slopes...Bode Miller...jogger hit by airborne deer...
For the week 12/2-12/6
The death of Nelson Mandela...a solid jobs report...what will the Federal Reserve do? ObamaCare. Vice President Biden's trip to the tense Far East and a lengthy meeting with Chinese President Xi...the interim nuclear deal with Iran...the death toll in Syria is 125,000...
Crunch Time
Last weekend in college football before the final BCS poll...Ohio State or Auburn...coaching moves...Oregon has reason to be hopeful in 2014...awful NFL officiating...Geno Smith...huge move for New York Yankees, Jacoby Ellsbury coming to town...another fatal shark attack...bear mauling in Orlando...Mikaela Shiffrin...
FSU, Ohio State, Auburn
A phenomenal weekend in college football...Alabama-Auburn, greatest finish of all time...Michigan falls short of upsetting Ohio State...South Carolina beats Clemson, again...NFL action...Jets lay another egg...Broncos beat the Chiefs, again...Villanova's big week in college basketball...another fatal shark attack in Australia
Belated Recognitions
Bell Labs colleagues Basu and Tanenbaum get awards for lithium battery and silicon transistor inventions
For the week 11/25-11/29
ObamaCare...Germany's Merkel finds a coalition partner...China's new air defense zone and the threat to Japan...reaction to the interim-deal on Iran's nuclear program...Senate Republicans react to the recent change in the use of the filibuster...Pope Francis on the inequality issue...
Northern Illinois or Fresno State?
The BCS rankings and the Northern Illinois / Fresno State debate...quarterback Jordan Lynch...The struggling Washington Redskins...concussion topic at the Thanksgiving table...college basketball rankings...the Knicks and Nets...cougars...Sebastian Vettel...Lou Brissie...Macy's parade...