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Throw the freakin' ball I think they listened. Now do it again!

First down. That's a good sign.

And Ted Ginn immediately trips and falls on the soccer pitch.

Over 90,000 people at Wembley Stadium for the Dolphins and the Giants.

18 year old mojo today. I feel good about the game today. We definitely need to win. Are you absolutely sure she's 18? :mischief

FOX NFL Sunday put a jack-o-lantern on the robot for a head.

Cleveland Chicago Carolina Miami Tennessee Minnesota Pittsburgh Buffalo San Diego Tampa Bay New Orleans New England Green Bay 9-4

He can't get money from the legisture for being convicted of a crime that was valid at the time of his conviction. They are not saying he was wrongfully convicted. They are saying it was cruel and unusual punishment. If I'm not mistaken, his conviction stays on the books. Actually, that's exactly what happened according to the ruling. You're right, in order to correct "cruel and unusual punishment", you need to reduce the punishment for the conviction. However, the "cruel and unusual punishment" was already minimal for the crime he was convicted of. Without any lesser punishment to give him, the Supreme Court had no choice except to overturn his conviction. The prosecutor in this case was a douche. Never should have brought charges against the guy. Actually this was originally a tack-on to an accusation that he raped a 17-year-old girl at the same party. Those accusations were proven unfounded, and he was acquitted of it at the same time as he was convicted for the blowjob.

Alright now... Are you ready? Are you ready ready ready? ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?! *gets sued by ESPN* :mischief

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3083800 Phil Jackson is questioning Kobe's commitment. Well, when Jerry Buss is openly talking trade...

Sanchez intercepted again. Oregon 24, USC 17. Oregon should be ahead of LSU in the BCS.

24-17 Oregon after a missed offensive pass interference call.

Punting on 4th and 3?! "Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." -J. Brady McCollough, The Michigan Daily, September 22, 2003

I can't believe USC punted. Down 14 with very little sign of defensive life lately.

Whose idea was it to build Autzen Stadium oriented east-to-west? This shadow is annoying. EDIT: 24-10 Oregon, 11:39 to go

Sanchez just got intercepted.

Oregon 17, USC 10 You have no idea how much I want to see USC fall. Them and The Ohio State University. :whistle

Wow, Jake The Snake called and even he thinks thats f***ed up Understatement of the year. I hope that's not true and he's trying to build up to a future heel turn. I entered the local CW station's WrestleMania XXIV ticket contest. I'd love to get the platinum ticket package. Also, I kinda like this commercial:

This is an example of why I despise sex-offender laws. It is too easy to get on the lists and impossible to get off of them. Fixed. I'm not aware of any sort of out from sex-offender registries beyond the overturning of the conviction that led to it. From my understanding, virtually all sex-offender registry laws are perpetual.

Put that on the LJ community and the Sons of Sam Horn. :thumbup

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIEND AND WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING 'TIL THE END WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS NO TIME FOR LOSERS 'CAUSE WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!!!!

Yeah, I was glad to hear he was finally released. Still, he served two years in jail for no reason. I hope the Georgia Legislature considers some sort of compensation for him. Just to get him back on his feet.

The legislature can't instruct the governor to commute a sentence. Good to hear this guy finally was let go. I used instruct in the form of a legislative message and not legislation. I guess "communicate" would be a better word, but I always hear "instruct" on the news here in Tally when the General Assembly talks to Purdue and vice versa. I'm not sure if they have some procedural reason for such a word. The Georgia General Assembly is one of the oldest legislative bodies in North America, so I'm not about to go back to see why. To "urge" the governor to commute the sentence is even better. But the reasoning used by the court without going into all the legal precedent cited is that, by passing a new law that gave his particular crime a radically lesser punishment, the legislature was voicing an opinion that the crime just isn't as bad as the original court thought. Hence, the punishment was out of line.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3080331 Genarlow Wilson was the 17-year-old high school football player from Georgia that was sent to prison for 10 years for having consentual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl at a Homecoming party. Even though the Legislature has modified the laws, the prosecutor refused to revisit the case. But the latest appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court led to a 4-3 ruling that the sentence was "cruel and unusual punishment", and threw the case out completely. He served over two years. I read through the actual ruling: http://assets.espn.go.com/media/pdf/071026...arlowruling.pdf It took some time, but I figured out that a lot of the ruling had to do with dismissing extraneous motions. For example, it ruled that he couldn't be retried under the new 2006 statute with lesser punishments and no sex offender reporting. The core of the ruling, however, is that his original punishment was "cruel and unusual". And because said "cruel and unusual punishment" was actually the minimum punishment, there was no other relief except to throw out his conviction entirely. That means he's free and clear, and won't be labeled a sex offender. The original prosecutor does not agree, but will not pursue the matter any further.

The Marlins ownership wants to leave Miami. They're not negotiating in good faith. Im starting to believe this. so am i. if this falls apart selig must force loria to sell. the city can sue, and they probably will. if they have a strong enough case the settlement could force selig to add a team or expand within a certain number of years, like what happened with seattle with the pilots/brewers and mariners. and please, shut the hell up about the location already. THERE IS NO PERFECT LOCATION FOR THE STADIUM. you dont see broward or west palm even moving an inch towards building a stadium, its never going to happen there. enough with the negativity. orange bowl is good enough for me. its either the orange bowl or san antonio. And Kansas City with the Athletics. And Tampa Bay with the Giants.