It may be easier to sink a hole in one at the masters than it is to define clearly what constitutes power in sports. Is it Alex Rodriguez swatting homer after homer? Or NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell disciplining players and coaches? Maybe it's Coke's sports marketing chief, Katie Bayne, doling out hundreds of millions of dollars. Or NBA Commissioner David Stern scheming to make basketball the dominant global sport instead of soccer. It's all of these, of course, but we accept that you could spend hour after hour on one of those sports radio shows jabbering about who has real clout and who doesn't. With star quarterback and dogfighting impresario Michael Vick serving as a recent example, we also accept that power in sports is ephemeral.
Hardee's and Carl's Jr. fast-food chains will begin purchasing eggs and pork from suppliers who do not keep animals in cages or crates, spokesmen for Hardee's and People forthe Ethical Treatment of Animals said Wednesday.
Crude oil prices fell by more than a $1 on Tuesday after disappointing US consumer confidence and housing data intensified fears of recession in the US economy. Crude prices were under pressure before the economic data as oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico restored more production (up to 80.7 per cent of capacity) following storm disruptions.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A penny for your thoughts will have extrameaning in 2009 - the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthand the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Lincoln penny.
DETROIT (AP) - After 20 straight days of negotiations, theUnited Auto Workers union said it would strike General Motors Corp.Monday morning if a new contract agreement isn't reached, citingthe automaker's failure to address job security and other concerns.
NEW YORK (AP) - The decline in U.S. home prices acceleratednationwide in July, with prices posting the steepest drop in 16years, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index releasedTuesday.
