That certainly doesn't look like Venice to me. It's actually near Manilla in the Phillipines.
Dennis' College Story of the Week:
Would you believe fans of Baylor Bears football (Stephen) actually had hope for this season? Not anymore they don't as their star QB (meaning, their team) is out for the season now.
Baylor must bear a season without Robert Griffin
01:02 AM CDT on Monday, September 28, 2009
Column by CHUCK CARLTON / The Dallas Morning News | ccarlton@dallasnews.com
Because of Robert Griffin, Baylor became a more dangerous, more exciting and more viable football team.
Now coach Art Briles must maintain those qualities without his star sophomore quarterback, who had become the face of the program's budding turnaround.
A Baylor news release late Sunday afternoon announced that an MRI had revealed an "isolated tear" in the anterior cruciate ligament of Griffin's right knee. He will miss the remainder of the season, the school announced. Baylor also lost senior defensive back and kick returner Mikail Baker to a knee injury.
The severity of Griffin's injury came as a surprise.
Griffin was hurt in the first quarter of a 68-13 win over Northwestern State, yet returned to complete 13 of 19 passes for 226 yards and three touchdowns in the first half.
Now the Bears (2-1) have to regroup and quickly.
Griffin's game-breaking speed, ability to throw with accuracy and surprising maturity as a sophomore gave Baylor a chance to take a major step forward in the Big 12.
No other conference player, not even Colt McCoy or Sam Bradford, may have meant more to his team.
Complicating the quarterback situation for this weekend's game against Kent State will be the status of backup Blake Szymanski. He suffered a bruised right shoulder on a hit near the goal line and was listed as "day-to-day."
"Blake is mature," Briles said earlier Sunday before the school knew the full implications of Griffin's injury.
"He is weathered, he is a veteran and he understands. When he is on the field we have a pretty good indication of what the outcome is going to be because he pays attention and he is knowledgeable. He can get things done from an offensive standpoint."
Szymanski has started 13 games in his career, including 10 in 2007, when he threw for 2,844 yards and 22 touchdowns in the final season of the Guy Morriss era. A traditional pocket passer, he threw for 400 yards in consecutive games that season, a Baylor first.
But Baylor finished 3-9 in 2007, failed to win a Big 12 game and never scored more than 23 points against a conference opponent.
You are correct sir, no one expected the Rangers to be this good this year. Yes, this has been a very fun season to be a Ranger fan, the best in years. None of that makes yesterday any easier. The threads of hope the Rangers had for this season were cut violently yesterday and as I sad to Angela, well, they certainly did ruin a perfectly good nap. They were winning 5-0 with 2 outs in the 8th, on the verge of going into LA down 5 games with 4 straight against them. You start thinking a sweep of the Angels would leave them 1 back with 3 to play. Keep Hope Alive! Then Chris Davis makes an error and 4 Ranger pitchers later they lose 7-6. Now they are down 6 games with 7 to play. Oy.
Ninth a nightmare for Texas Rangers in 7-6 loss
01:20 AM CDT on Monday, September 28, 2009
By JEFF WILSON / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
ARLINGTON – Four outs separated the Texas Rangers from a series sweep that would have sent them on the final road trip of the season with a case of late-season pennant fever.
But by the time Sunday's game had ended, and they had boarded a pair of buses for their charter flight to Southern California, the Rangers were simply just feeling sick.
An error with two outs in the eighth inning opened the door to three Tampa Bay runs, and the Rays scored four more in the ninth to stun the Rangers, 7-6, in the home finale at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
The Rangers were up 5-0 with two outs in the eighth inning, but 15 Rays would bat before the Rangers could get the four outs they needed.
The loss, coupled with a win by Los Angeles, leaves the Rangers six games behind the Angels in the American League West with seven games to play.
"We just needed four outs," manager Ron Washington said. "It got away from us with the guys we've depended on all year. It hurts."
The Rangers' next four games are against the Angels, who beat Oakland to reduce their magic number to two. The Rangers need a sweep to avoid being eliminated from AL West contention this week at Angel Stadium. They also trail Boston in the AL wild-card race by six games.
"It's tough," center fielder Marlon Byrd said. "If we win this one, we go into Anaheim feeling positive, trying to sweep. Right now, we've made it easier for them."
Just about every main character in Law and Order: Criminal Intent is leaving the show this year.
USA confirms 'L&O: CI' departure
Vincent D'Onofrio leaving at the start of upcoming season
By Nellie Andreeva
Hollywood Reporter
Sept 25, 2009, 07:21 PM ET
USA Network on Friday confirmed that "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" star Vincent D'Onofrio will leave the series at the beginning of the show's upcoming ninth season.
D'Onofrio has been on "CI" since the show's beginning as a series on NBC, portraying Detective Robert Goren.
"(D'Onofrio) has decided to transition out of the idiosyncratic role he created to explore new acting challenges in film and television," the network said Friday.
According to "Law & Order" creator/executive producer Dick Wolf, D'Onofrio will appear in a two-part opener of season nine that will serve as his hand-off to Jeff Goldblum.
"Vincent is one of the main reasons 'Criminal Intent' has been so successful for eight seasons. He turned Robert Goren into one of the great detectives in the history of television," Wolf said.
D'Onofrio addressed the timing of his departure.
"After eight seasons, and with the addition of Jeff Goldblum, now is the perfect time for me to explore other acting opportunities and I leave the show knowing it is in great hands with Jeff," he said.
But he left the door open to returning on the show for guest starring stints.
"For all my loyal 'CI' fans, I wouldn't be surprised if Goren pops up from time to time."
D'Onofrio's departure is part of a major casting overhaul on "CI" next season.
He is one of four regulars on the show, along with Kathryn Erbe, Eric Bogosian and Julianne Nicholson, leaving. New mom Nicholson is being replaced by Saffron Burrows.
One of the 2 new chicks on SNL dropped the F Bomb on her first show. Whoops.
'Saturday Night Live' starts season with F-bomb
By Frazier Moore, AP Television Writer
NEW YORK — Saturday Night Live has started the season with a bang, or, more precisely, an F-bomb.
Newcomer Jenny Slate let the dreaded word slip during a parody of a talk show by biker women. Called "Biker Chick Chat," the sketch was laden with tough talk from its participants, played by Slate, Kristen Wiig and guest host Megan Fox.
But the most objectionable word was substituted, with rapid-fire comic frequency, with an inoffensive stand-in for that vulgarity.
Then, midway through the sketch, Slate slipped and said the word she meant to avoid.
"You know what? You stood up for yourself," she declared, "and I (expletive) love you for that."
She puffed her cheeks, perhaps realizing her error, but the sketch continued with no interruption or further flubs.
Slate is an actress and comedian who this summer appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and is perhaps best-known as half of the comedy duo Gabe and Jenny — until her memorable SNL debut this weekend.
NBC declined to comment on the incident, other than to say the word had been restored to the intended "freakin'" for the show's replays in western time zones.
The sketch aired live at about 12:40 a.m. Eastern, well after prime time, when use of expletives can be punished by the FCC.
Bruce taped an episode of Spectacle with Elvis Costello on Saturday Night at the Apollo Theater.
September 25 / Apollo Theater / New York, NY
Notes: Over the course of a nearly four-hour Spectacle taping at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello discussed everything from their Catholic upbringings to fatherhood to being labeled "The Next Dylan" to Asbury Park to the role of the songwriter in a democratic society. They talked quite a bit about where and how their paths crossed over the years, including Roy Orbison's "Black & White Night" performance. It's unlikely that nearly all of last night's absolutely engrossing conversation will make it to air; the only consolation to seeing some of these insightful artistic musings fall on the cutting room floor is that they'll be left out to make room for the music. My God, the music!
Costello and the Imposters opened the show with a cover of "Point Blank," setting the tone early for what was to be a night of many non-traditional Springsteen tunes. At Costello's request, Bruce opened with "Wild Billy's Circus Story," for which he was joined onstage by an acoustic Nils Lofgren (who had performed "Like Rain" earlier with The Imposters backing him) and Roy Bittan on accordion. Costello coaxed some early memories from Springsteen regarding the traveling circus in Freehold and the sense of wonder and fear it inspired in him as a child. This was not Storytellers Part II, though. There was no line-by-line deconstruction of songs. Costello seemed primarily interested in the emotional effects of the music, both on Springsteen and his audience, and a major portion of their talk was devoted to the thematic shift that occurred following Born to Run. As Springsteen explained it to Costello, he became more invested in writing songs he felt he would still be able to relate to at the ripe old age of 40 (this of course drew a laugh).
The show was very explicitly a television taping and not a "concert," though, which meant a lot of stopping and starting to rearrange the stage and to get things just right. A solo acoustic version of "American Skin (41 Shots)" came off after a false start, and Springsteen initially forgot that "Galveston Bay" was in Drop D tuning. When the conversation wandered to Roy Orbison, Costello joined Springsteen in an impromptu cover of "Pretty Woman" that ended abruptly halfway through. They redeemed themselves shortly after with a show-stopping rendition of Sam & Dave's "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down," Bruce taking Sam's part and Elvis taking Dave's.
Following a quick break, the two reconvened with talk of family life. Costello praised Patti's role as musician, wife, and mother, and performed an acoustic version of her "Black Ladder." Springsteen discussed the pleasure he felt standing outside of his son's room one evening and hearing him listen to "Chimes of Freedom." "What do you think of it?" he asked. "Epic," his son replied, "it's epic, dad." And who could argue with that?
More than three hours into his own epic discussion, Springsteen expressed fear that the audience would keel over soon and indicated that it was time for the finale. He strapped on an electric guitar and delivered a gut-wrenching version of "The Rising" backed by the Imposters, Bittan, Lofgren, and Costello (who stepped up for the dream of lifes). There was a fiery quality to the performance that was only intensified moments later when the band ripped into "Seeds." Springsteen wailed on the guitar and bellowed like he was half his age or younger, and the crowd was on its feet. The night concluded with a "Radio" medley, connecting Springsteen's "Radio Nowhere" with Costello's "Radio Radio." While the two might not have been the perfect musical pairing to mash together, it was a thematically appropriate and satisfyingly creative ending to a truly unforgettable night.
Setlist:
Point Blank (Costello & The Imposters)
Like Rain (Lofgren & The Imposters)
She's the One (Costello & The Imposters)
Wild Billy's Circus Story (Springsteen, Lofgren, Bittan)
American Skin (41 Shots) (Springsteen)
Galveston Bay (Springsteen, Bittan)
Pretty Woman [Aborted] (Springsteen, Costello)
I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (Springsteen, Costello, The Imposters)
Black Ladder (Costello, Springsteen, Lofgren)
Brilliant Disguise (Costello, Springsteen)
The Rising (Springsteen, Costello, Lofgren, Bittan, The Imposters)
Seeds (Springsteen, Costello, Lofgren, Bittan, The Imposters)
Radio Silence/Radio Nowhere/Radio Radio (Springsteen, Costello, Lofgren, Bittan, The Imposters)
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