Baseball Preview: No. 8 Baylor vs. No. 24 Oral Roberts (CSTV's College Sports)
Bears, Golden Eagles meet for three-game series at Baylor Ballpark. vs. Baylor returns to action this week, hosting 24th-ranked Oral Roberts for a three-game series at Baylor Ballpark. The series begins a stretch of five consecutive weekend series for the Bears against nationally ranked opponents.
Weekend Guide, 2/18/05 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
JAMES MCMURTRY Club Cafe, South Side, Fri. 8 p.m. Also: Chris Stamey. $12 advance; $15 at door. 412-323-1919. KENNY NEAL Moondog's, Blawnox, Fri. 8 p.m. $10. 412-828-2040.
2/17 WWE Smackdown review: Smackdown Express v4.0 (Hr. 1) (Pro Wrestling Torch)
In a nutshell: John Cena versus Booker T in a number one contender's tournament match, and cruiserweight action on Smackdown! But first! I'm proud to say that I have more journalistic credibility than at least one reporter now: Former White House reporter [s]Jeff Gannon[/s] James Zuckert!
WEEKEND INDY PREVIEW (Pro Wrestling Torch)
This is shaping up as an interesting wrestling weekend, with three big shows in the New Jersey/Pennsylvania area. Ring of Honor is running two shows on Saturday.
Men's Basketball Four-Game Home Win Streak Snapped vs. St. Francis (NY) (CSTV's College Sports)
New Britain, CT - St. Francis (NY) snapped Central Connecticut's four-game home winning streak and also broke a seventh place tie with the Blue Devils with an 86-76 victory in New Britain on Thursday night.
The great escape (South Coast Today)
Punxsutawney Phil, the meteorological groundhog, saw his shadow right on schedule and doomed us to another six weeks of winter. Some of us, that is. But for others, next week's school vacation will mean a week of sunscreen, shorts and balmy breezes.
'Nobody is talking' (Guardian Unlimited)
The evidence of two new books demonstrates that 9/11 created the will for new, harsher interrogation techniques of foreign suspects by the US and led to the abuses in Guantánamo, Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond.
Baseball to Host Pepperdine in Three-Game Series this Weekend (CSTV's College Sports)
HOUSTON - The University of Houston baseball team look to return to its winning ways this weekend as the Cougars play host to Pepperdine in a three-game, non-conference series at Cougar Field.
Origin of Man (RedNova)
A new calculation of the age of fossils from Ethiopia shows that anatomically modern humans date back nearly 200,000 years -- meaning our own species, Homo sapiens, is at least 35,000 years older than scientists had believed until now.
Game #26> (CSTV's College Sports)
Feb. 19 • 1:05 p.m. (MST) • Clune Arena (5,939) • Colorado Springs, Colo. Rankings: Utah is No. 14 in the Associated Press poll and tied for No. 13 in the ESPN/USA Today poll.
