Ken Jennings responds to criticism of the IBM Challenge with a couple of suggestions for how to make the matches fairer, none of which involve this or this.
Jennings: You can have my buzzer when you pry it from my cold, dead hands
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In post-Soviet Russia, dogs ride subway
Seriously. Apparently there are some 30,000 stray dogs in Moscow, and some of them have figured out how to stop at traffic lights and use the subway. Also, others are pulling off a variety of classic tricks that are usually the dominion of human panhandlers.
Jason Kendall charges up San Juan Hill
Great writeup from Will McDonald at Royals Review about a bizarre meltdown during a recent Kansas City radio interview.
Knicks get their man
For better? For worse? Was Isiah behind this? Damned if I know. I’m in transit today so I’ve got a bunch of links and such cued up, but check out Tommy Dee for full ‘Melo fallout.
Check out the Why Guy(s)
Allow a programming note: Longtime SNY.tv columnist Mike Salfino is heading up a new SNY.tv blog at http://www.snywhyguys.com. It’s not fully operational yet, but it’s close and he’s got some pretty good content out there on the Internet already, so I figured I’d start spreading the word so people start seeing it. Tell your friends and loved ones. Also tell them about TedQuarters.
Taco Bell restaurant mascot fails at dunking
Somehow still awesome even out of context. Via Randy Medina.
Jerry Manuel just making stuff up
Over at Blue and Orange, Chris Wilcox researches a “fact” Jerry Manuel presented on the MLB Network and finds that it’s not really anything like true. But in his gut, maybe…
Beltran running without knee brace
Selfishly, I presume.
Copy editing FTW
Emma makes a funny point.
Hope overwhelmed with cheese
And I mean that literally. Via Rob Iracane. Too bad it didn’t happen at Cheesequake, the most disappointing park of all time.
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