The Snark Report with Derek James: From Sweet and Cuddly to Bratty and Tough
Cute pics on Puppy Day, new brats in "Vogue, the NFL gets something right, upsets in the NCAA and the first hat is thrown into the ring.
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Clarke could ask Gerrard to address Europe's Ryder Cup team
LONDON (AP) — Darren Clarke says he could ask Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard to address Europe's Ryder Cup team before it takes on the United States at Hazeltine next year.
Ai Weiwei, Joan Baez honored by Amnesty International
BEIJING (AP) — Amnesty International has awarded its top honor to Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, who has spent years shining light on his country's restrictive political atmosphere, and to U.S. folk singer Joan Baez, for her civil rights activism.
4 African authors among Man Booker finalists
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Four authors from Africa are among 10 finalists for the Man Booker International Prize.
WADA: Armstrong's attempt at reduced ban 'almost too late'
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — WADA director general David Howman says Lance Armstrong has not done enough to get his life ban reduced and that his latest attempt for rehabilitation is coming too late.
UEFA chief Platini warns of rising extremism, hooliganism
VIENNA (AP) — UEFA President Michel Platini warns that nationalism and hooliganism is threatening European football.
NFL doles out extra draft picks...Sharper gets 9-year prison term...Pacers patient with George
PHOENIX (AP) — NFC champion Seattle, Denver and Kansas City each were awarded four compensatory picks in this year's draft after losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in the previous year. The NFL handed out 32 such picks to 14 teams yesterday, including third-rounders to New England, Kansas City and Cincinnati. Baltimore and Houston each received three picks, one more than Green Bay and San Francisco.
Angelina Jolie has ovaries, fallopian tubes removed
Angelina Jolie says she has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to prevent cancer.
Russia turns over new leaf after doping scandals says coach
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's new head track coach says the country has put years of doping scandals behind it and now has a clean team ahead of next year's Olympics.
Russian, American women square off at figure skating worlds
SHANGHAI (AP) — Russian teenager Elizaveta Tuktamysheva is looking to cap a dominant season with a gold medal at the world figure skating championships starting Wednesday in China, while Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner are attempting to bring home a medal for the American women for the first time in a nearly a decade.
