Girls team shows remorse after 100-0 winWow. Just wow. Next up:
A Texas high school girls basketball team on the winning end of a 100-0 game has a case of blowout remorse.
Now officials from the winning school say they are trying to do the right thing by seeking a forfeit and apologizing for the margin of victory.
In a statement Thursday on the Covenant School's Web site, the head of school said, "It is shameful and an embarrassment that this happened."
Last week Covenant, a private Christian school in Dallas, defeated Dallas Academy 100-0. Covenant was up 59-0 at halftime.
A parent who attended the game said Covenant continued to make three-pointers - even in the fourth quarter. She praised the Covenant players but said spectators and an assistant coach were cheering wildly as their team edged closer to 100 points...
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/22/SP5M15FGPJ.DTL)
Newspaper claims suspect transformed into a goatNo, you didn't read that wrong.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - One of Nigeria's biggest daily newspapers reported that police implicated a goat in an attempted automobile theft. In a front-page article on Friday, the Vanguard newspaper said that two men tried to steal a Mazda car two days earlier in Kwara State, with one suspect transforming himself into a goat as vigilantes cornered him.
The paper quoted police spokesman Tunde Mohammed as saying that while one suspect escaped, the other transformed into a goat as he was about to be apprehended...
(http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95T2NI80&show_article=1)
And finally, apparently that stellar performance of Air and Simple Gifts by Ma and Perlman wasn't exactly as it appeared. The trio was miming the actions as the pre-recorded song was fed through speakers. And there I was, amazed at how in-tune they were in the freezing temperatures. It still was a wonderful piece, though.
