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BOB KNIGHT  

You don't get boring diatribes from "The General". Read on for some of my favorite great quotes by Coach Bob Knight.

Yesterday, Texas Tech head coach Bob Knight quit. He was in the middle of a 12-8 season with the Red Raiders and has 902 career wins, most all time in men's basketball, after getting # 900 just a few weeks ago.

With all due respect, to the wonderful coaching career of Bob Knight, I can't give him a pass on the fact that he left the team in midseason.

The incident was blown up by the media and every sports media outlet with a pulse led their publication or broadcast with something commenting on Bob Knight's action on that particular night. Why?

Bob Huggins is finally returning to his old stomping grounds. Let us take a look at his past achievements, both positive and negative, before the Huggins era at West Virginia begins.

Would You Allow Your Kid To Play For Bobby Knight

A look at two coaching icons and their achievements in and out of the arena.

The Dark Knight... long-awaited summer blockbuster, and well worth it.

Iowa Coach Steve Alford knew that leaving the University of Iowa would always be a difficult decision. The former Indiana player and pupil of Bob Knight has been a popular guy during his tenure with the Hawkeyes.

After all, this is Duke men's basketball we're talking about. One of the most celebrated programs in all of sports, not just college basketball. Duke, home of Coach K, the one-time protégé of Bob Knight who has earned his own place as one of the best coaches in bas

Bono was named a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British in an informal ceremony. The ceremony was held in the Dublin home of British Ambassador David Reddaway. Reportedly the informal ceremony was filled with laughter.

Gotham Knights rides in for his second installment under Christopher Nolan, but did the Joker steal the show?

Great songs by Dylan that everyone should hear and have handy on the i-pod; under the radar songs - until now!

800 wins in NCAA Basketball is quite an achievement. But why is Coach K's possibly greater than any other 800 wins?

The Conference Tournaments in college basketball are a waste of time and need to be done away with.

800 wins is hard to get.

A true look at the real benefits of pleasure reading.

Joe Torre has turned down a lucrative one-year contract offered by the New York Yankees. Well, Roy A. Barnes, a Yankees fan for 30 years, is glad and feels more house cleaning is in order to bring another World Series Championship to Yankees fans.

Here four AC sportswriters debate four topics and then ask for the reader to weigh in on our answers. This is our 10th installment and we've been gaining a nice little following. Please join us and tell us who is an expert and who is a clown.

Each year, a coach has to select about 12 players from a group that tries for the team. This is not an easy process and can be very challenging for the coach.

Movies on TV Land or the History Channel? Poker on the Travel Channel? What is going on with the programming of networks these days?

Humor columnist Christopher Wilson reminisces about the forgotten Wichita Falls Texans of the CBA, the team that produced multiple Indiana assistant coaches, a sober Roy Tarpley and a mini-basketball meteor shower.

Larry Brown looks at NBA and college jobs.

NCAA Basketball Rankings held true at the end of year as Kansas, UNC, UCLA, and Memphis all reached the Final Four. So what team is going to have the best basketball plays or players to bring home the championship this year?

The NIT is gaining steam thanks to lucrative TV and advertising contracts.

North Carolina is tied for the most appearances in the NCAa's Final Four. Let's take a look back and their history in the Final Four.

Breaking down those tournament cnubs and surprises

With the NCAA field now official and the brackets available online, here are a few tips for competing in your office pool.

With the basketball season set to start in a month, here is a refresher course on the returning National Champion Florida Gators.

Being a Hoosier is a lifestyle, a walk of life and pride that only a Hoosier can feel.

It has been forty-five years since it was first seen, yet the XKE has lost none of its charm. What is it about this car that still amazes us?

Timber Dan survives deer encounter and lives to write another day.

See a great tower. Spot many species of birds. Take a trip to once former islands. These and so much more in Polk County, Florida!

It's been a very successful year for the Florida Gators and not just their current basketball and football teams.

A biased look from the perspective of a Carolina Tar Heel fan about the greatest rivalry in college basketball.

It's time for the fans to own up to their bad-boy behavior.

A look at the premiere coaches in college basketball.

NBA players get paid well. And, they are very, very good. Most fans wish they could feel like LeBron James soaring through the air, or Kobe Bryant draining a game winning fall-away jumper. NBA players suffer from fans' jealousy. NBA players are too good.

The one thing missing from televised basketball games is that viewers never really hear what the coach has to say. One way to get inside the huddle is to read some of these great basketbal coaching quotes.

Less than a week after Iowa athletic director Gary Barta said he would not be firing Alford, word has come that Alford is close to signing a contract to coach at the University of New Mexico for next season.

Alford coached with his dad Sam

Peaches Geldof, daughter of Sir Bob Geldof, was found unconscious due to a drug overdose.

With "The Dark Knight" commercials already airing, this article will focus on the history of Batman and why the man behind the mask is so popular.

With all the talk of a Dark Knight curse, the death of Bernie Mac, along with John Ritter's death six years ago, signals a curse on the movie Bad Santa, which Mac and Ritter starred in.

This article is about the Batman and Superman movies and how they compare to each other in today's movie market. On the heels of a record breaking debut for the Dark Knight, the sequel to the 2005 film Batman Begins, I'll examine how well each film has done over the years.

Interview with Heath Ledger of The Joker before the release of The Dark Knight and Jack Nicholson's disappointments of the role. Heath Ledger's movies, awards, nominations, Masses Music Company, music videos, and updated reports concerning the death of Heath Ledger.

The most important character in the field of comic books has always been a favorite of mine. This article explains why Batman deserves all the respect and popularity he has.

Rock critic Rick Johnson was a familiar figure to late-70s/early-80s readers of Creem magazine. Edited by Bill Knight, the Rick Johnson Reader: 'Tin Cans, Squeems & Thudpies' collects some of Johnson's best writing on music, TV, baseball and video games.

Breaking news on Yahoo as of 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 is that 28 year-old actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his NYC apartment earlier in the afternoon.

A rising star, Heath Ledger's body was found on Tuesday by the housekeeper.

Why does the media emphasize the age of an actor at his death? What is the relevance of age? What does it mean in our lives? What is in an age,a year,a number?

Heath Ledger was found dead in his NYC apartment Tuesday. Police are still unsure of the...

A very private funeral was held in Australia.

When I added Girl Most Likely To...(written by Joan Rivers- 1973) to my que on www.blockbuster.com and I had no idea that Stockard Channing would be the main character in the movie.

Actor Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead in an apartment in New York City this afternoon.

Find out which shows captured America's attention in the 80's, why, and just what might happen if these shows hit the air again.

One of the greatest intercity rivalry in all of sports, Boston and New York, is littered with memorable moments.

Australian actor found dead in New York City home

Time now for the movie edition of predictions for 2008. As with the political predictions, we shall approach them in the spirit of often in error but never in doubt.

A look at what's coming soon to theatres near you!

Read the list and make the matches. Many actors, sports stars, and activists share your own May birthday.

A head's up on Jun-Aug 2008 movie releases.

The AFC and NFC defensive stats, and how they rank among each other.

A look back at Heath Ledger, the most shocking recent example of a young Hollywood star who died too soon.

The boy on TV's Tarzan...one of the Brothers Grimm...Vampira...the schoolteacher from The Birds...the trumpet player on Bell, Book and Candle.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are still slated to occur this upcoming Sunday, January 27, 2008 after having reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America.

Heath Ledger was found dead today, January 22, 2008. He was found in a Manhattan apartment earlier this afternoon. Ledger was 28 years old.

The Georgia Renaissance Festival

Commentary on Ireland's handling of the Lisbon Treaty

Because of the explosion of reality shows in the 21st century, many younger folks tend to believe they are a recent development, but nothing could be farther from the truth.

Remember "Six Degrees of Separation"? Here's another game to play by tracking how long a team gets production from one pick by following the chain of trades a team makes.

I had surgery for cancer and this is a diary of my experiences and feelings.

A summary and analysis of Running With the Demon by Terry Brooks

Heath Ledger was determined to defy the formulaic career arc many young stars take. But with his death, his career instead ended in the traditional "rise, fall, rise again before dying" formula.

Is Gwyneth "The Bird" Paltrow is a victim of the "Oscar Curse" or of Her Lack of Talent?

An in-depth examination and debunking of the myth that Walt Disney held racist beliefs. Quotes from previously published literature by credible sources outline the facts leaving no doubt that the notion of Uncle Walt being an anti-Semite is absurd.

Check out these bizarre but real holidays from around the world occurring today! Celebrity birthdays also!

Is May 17th your birthday? How will you celebrate this momentous occasion? With what notable individuals do you share your birth date?

A guessing game with a message told through an imaginery telephone call.

Here are some classic lines and dialogue from some great movies that are useful in daily life. Mostly.

Not only am I a movie buff, but (to the annoyance of my wife and friends) I tend to memorize the dialogue and say it with the actors when I watch it again. I also correct my friends (and complete strangers) if they misquote one of my favorite movies.

What TV sitcoms had us in stitches in the 80s.

Learn the basic steps and make-up of what it takes to write a good story.

The Movie Maven: A Sneak Peek at Films to Buy or Rent. What's new in video stores this week? Here's a look at popular upcoming releases for purchase or rent. Plan your in-home movie viewing here.

The Mets have made so many good trades in their franchise history, I had to break it down into two lists.

After two weeks of controversy over Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson's latest NCAA violations, the school decided to buy out his contract. Here's why it was the prudent decision.

In the television industry, the term "jump the shark" was conceived in the late 1970's. It is defined as the moment when a hit television series takes that almost inevitable turn from greatness to mediocrity or worse.

Here is arecap of what is often considered the greatest baseball game ever played. The New York Mets battle the Houston Astros for the 1986 National League Pennant.

While the Yankees have owned New York for the last decade, things were different 20 years ago. Led by young stars Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, the Mets ruled the city in 1986.

A look at each team in the AFC West including and offensive, defensive and fantasy outlook followed by our predictions for the team in the 2006 season.

A spotlight on the creators of Celluloid and Vinyl, a blog panning popular music, TV, and movies.

If I had to go the rest of my life with only ten movies to watch, it would be the following ten. In most cases, they are the movies that make me laugh the hardest.

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Line-up is set for 2007

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine may be one of the best-known second-generation wrestlers of all-time, the son of the legendary Johnny Valentine. While traveling around with his father, John Wisniski, Jr. decided to drop out of college and enter the "family business."

The Queen of England has knighted a very worthy subject in Bono a true Humanitarian that bring real attention not blow doll hot air to the world's suffered.

One of the most coveted roles in Hollywood was snatched up recently; none other than Brokeback Mountain's Heath Ledger will play the role of Joker in the sequel to Batman Begins.

With season three just heating up, the competition is gearing up to produce one of the most creative, innovative, and dramatic season yet.