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Good win by the Nets today. Pacers made it a little to close to comfort, but everyone really stepped up today and delivered.

You should read your posts before posting them

Big Dave's injury wasn't Henry's fault. And when a 400 lb guy splashes you through a table, these things happen.

I agree that Kristin Davis is the most attractive, even though SJP looks good in a lot of the episodes. The show got off to a slow start, but once they hit Season 3, most of the episodes are great stuff.

Sex and the City isn't awful at all, well except for Season 1. I've watched some SATC in sydnication, and I really don't know the difference. The plots that are usually the most explicit are Samantha's and those are the ones I never cared for to begin with.

I didn't like Dwight's Speech but have liked the ones since then. I thought Michael was really annoying in this episode and brought it down, but everything else was great. Especially Kevin asking for the magazine.

Darius Washington and Shawne Williams of Memphis have both declared for the draft. I don't get what Washington's thinking, but apparently he has a child to support.

Bill's from Long Island

Agreed, I think he'd be a good fit. Now if only Vancouver can bring Quinn back...

I know, but I think it warrants its own thread.

::marks out::

Wow, both my hockey teams miss the playoffs, and fire their coaches. Crawford out after Canucks fail to make playoffsAssociated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Marc Crawford paid the price for failing to meet the high expectations he helped set with the Vancouver Canucks. Touted as Stanley Cup contenders in September, the Canucks fired Crawford as coach on Tuesday after missing the playoffs for the first time in five seasons. "We need some new energy, some new juice," general manager Dave Nonis said. "We felt our team needs a kick-start, that we haven't played with the fire we had been known for in the past. A change behind the bench was the first place to start." Crawford was behind the Vancouver bench for seven seasons, leading it to the Northwest Division title in 2003-04. The Canucks entered this season expected to be one of the top teams in the Western Conference, but that didn't pan out. The Canucks finished ninth with a 42-32-8 record, losing six of their last eight games to fall three points behind Edmonton for the final playoff spot. Nonis was quick to point out that not all the blame should fall on Crawford, calling him "a great coach" and hinting player changes may follow. "I want to make it clear this does not absolve the players for their part in this season," Nonis said. "In no way does this mean there will be no further changes. No way. The fact is there is a lot of blame to be spread around and a lot of it falls on the shoulders of people that were in that locker room." Crawford, who led the Colorado Avalanche to a Stanley Cup in 1996, finished with a 246-197-70 record in Vancouver but only won one series in four trips to the playoffs. The Canucks twice lost a Game 7 on home ice under his leadership. With a playoff berth on the line this year, the Canucks struggled defensively, blowing leads in back-to-back games against San Jose to seal their fate. And there were too many nights earlier in the season when they were simply outworked. "If you want to use the words tuned out or didn't buy in, use whatever phrase you want, the fact is there were too many nights it happened," Nonis said. "It wasn't because the message wasn't correct. It was because in some cases certain players weren't listening to that message." Crawford, who had one year left on his contract, has 411 career NHL wins and became the third-youngest coach to win 400 career games on Feb. 3 -- 10 days before his 45th birthday. Only Hall of Fame coaches Scotty Bowman and Glen Sather were younger when they hit that mark. Crawford played every game of his nine-year pro career in the Canucks' organization, finishing with 19 goals and 31 assists in 176 NHL games. He began his NHL coaching career in Quebec in 1994-95, becoming the youngest to win the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year that season. He took over a Vancouver team midway through the 1998-99 season that had missed the playoffs three straight seasons. They went from 58 to 83 points the following season, just missing the postseason before breaking through in 2000-01, the start of four straight playoff appearances. "His legacy is one of resurrection," Nonis said. "He gave us credibility when we didn't have any. He'll go down as one of the best coaches who ever coached here." Crawford was also the head coach of Team Canada in the 1998 Nagano Olympics.

It seems like everyday I miss K-Mart less and less. Nuggets' Martin suspended indefinitely ESPN.com news services DENVER -- Kenyon Martin was unhappy about his limited playing time in Denver's playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers. Now, he won't be suiting up for the Nuggets at all. The Nuggets suspended their forward indefinitely Tuesday night for what they called detrimental conduct. "This is an internal matter that we will deal with in-house," coach George Karl said in a statement. Sources told ESPN's Stephen A. Smith that Martin went into a profanity-laced tirade against Karl during halftime of Game 2 on Monday night. Martin, who has been bothered by knee tendinitis all season, was dejected over his limited playing time. He played sparingly in the first half and sat out the second half of Denver's 98-87 loss to the Clippers. Martin didn't get to the Nuggets' bench until several minutes into the third quarter and then sat with a towel over his head. He left the arena without comment, but teammate Ruben Patterson suggested Martin felt he could have played and was frustrated that he had been held out. Hours before suspending him, Karl seemed miffed that Martin was upset over his benching. "I will talk to him and see what's happening," Karl said Tuesday afternoon. "He told me and the staff at halftime that he couldn't go. Now, there's stuff filtering out that there's frustration there. We'll see." Martin apparently banged his bothersome left knee in the first half while going against Elton Brand. "He's got a heck of a matchup," Karl said. "The guy is a very physical player. I don't think people understand how big that man is. He's 260, maybe 270 pounds. I'm sure he not only hit Martin's knee, but probably hit a lot of other parts of the body." Besides, "it's been a year of frustration for everybody," said Karl, who watched forward Nene go down for the season with a knee injury in the opener, then had to juggle his lineup all season with injuries to Martin and center Marcus Camby. "We've always worked through it. We've always picked ourselves up," Karl said. "I trust this team is going to do the same thing on Thursday." Before deciding to suspend Martin, Karl was asked why he wasn't giving him more minutes. "Well, it is hard for me to visualize him actually playing 20 minutes of basketball again because he doesn't participate in practice very often. He just wants to play in the games," Karl said. "That philosophically doesn't make any sense to me. I think he has a big-time heart. I think he is a big-time competitor and he did a heck of a job in the second half against Brand for Game 1. "Right now I evaluate all my players. I think Carmelo [Anthony] is going to go a lot of minutes, Andre [Miller] is going to get a lot of minutes, Marcus is going to get a lot of minutes. After that, I have no idea who is going to get the minutes. It's the guy who earns the minutes and who plays the way we want him to play." Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday night at the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets are accustomed to playing without Martin, who has been bothered all season by his surgically repaired left knee and began regularly sitting out games over the last month in hopes he'd be better for the playoffs, where he has traditionally stepped up his game. He had six points and two boards in the Nuggets' 111-109 loss in Game 1, and was scoreless with one rebound in just under seven minutes in Denver's loss in Game 2. The Clippers arrived in Denver on Tuesday to acclimate themselves to the mile-high altitude. "I guess it's true," Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said of the effect of the thin air on visiting teams. "But [as a player] I never felt it. I was in great shape. I never thought about it." He's not taking any chances, however, as the Clippers seek their first playoff series win since moving to California in 1978. The Clippers will practice in Denver on Wednesday to get used to the elevation. "It's different," point guard Sam Cassell said. "But if you're going to use that as an excuse, you shouldn't play. Is it that big of a difference? We'll see." Information from The Associated Press was used in this report

All that "everyday" stuff bogs down a movie. You have to axe stuff or else the movie will just drag out. A book is a lot different then a movie, I can't even imagine how tedious sitting through that extra 90 minutes would be. The scene on the staircase after Harry takes a bath is the only scene I think that definetly should've been added to the movie. Maybe scenes of Harry training for the third task, and Dumbledore explaining but other then that, no way. The movie is fine as is.

NFL suspends Ricky Williams for 2006 season By STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer April 25, 2006 AP - Apr 25, 7:39 pm EDT MIAMI (AP) -- Ricky Williams will sit out another season. The NFL suspended the troubled Miami Dolphins running back for one year Tuesday after he violated the league's substance abuse policy for the fourth time. Williams met April 10 with NFL counsel Jeff Pash in an attempt to have the league overturn the test. He had been participating in the offseason training program at the Dolphins' complex, and he was there working out shortly before league announced that his appeal had been rejected. "I'm disappointed with the decision, but I respect it," the 2002 NFL rushing champion said in a statement released by the team. "I'm proud of my association with the National Football League and look forward to returning to the Dolphins in 2007." Williams also sat out the 2004 season after retiring shortly before training camp. He returned last year to play for new Miami coach Nick Saban. Williams' previous positive drug tests were for marijuana, which he acknowledged using. The latest test apparently involved a substance other than marijuana and may have been related to his interest in holistic medicine. Since his return last season, the NFL required Williams to undergo drug tests up to 10 times a month. He was in India studying yoga when news of his latest failed test surfaced in February. Williams served a four-game suspension at the start of the 2005 season for his third violation of the drug program, then ran for 743 yards and averaged 4.4 yards a carry while sharing playing time with rookie Ronnie Brown. Saban repeatedly has praised Williams' conduct and performance last season and supported him in the appeal process. "This is a league decision, and we are disappointed in what it means for Ricky and the team," Saban said in a statement. "Ricky did an outstanding job for the Dolphins, not only as a player but also what he added as a person to the team's chemistry and to our overall success." One sliver of good news for Saban is the timing of the decision: He now knows he's in the market for a running back in the NFL draft this weekend to back up Brown. The suspension represents a financial blow for Williams, who owes the Dolphins $8.6 million for breaching his contract when he retired in 2004. His return last season was motivated partly by the need for a paycheck, and that may be a reason for him to return in 2007. Attorney David Cornwell represented Williams in his appeal. "We raised substantial and legitimate issues arising out of the application of the NFL's policy and program for substances of abuse," Cornwell said in a statement. He urged the players' union and ownership to "review the issues we raised on the appeal ... and restore the original intention of the NFL's policy to put equal focus on helping NFL players as is put on testing and suspending them." Last season Williams laughingly described himself as weird and compared his career to a roller coaster. But he also dispelled his reputation as an aloof, selfish pothead, winning praise from teammates and winning the local media's annual postseason Good Guy Award, given to the player most cooperative with reporters. Williams won the 1998 Heisman Trophy at Texas, and the next year, New Orleans Saints coach Mike Ditka traded his team's entire draft to acquire the running back. Williams wore a wedding dress for an infamous photo shoot with Ditka upon arriving in New Orleans, and the resulting backlash began to sour Williams' three-year stay with the Saints. The Dolphins made their biggest trade in more than 30 years to acquire him in 2002, giving up two first-round draft picks, and he rushed for 1,853 yards that season. Now his career could be over. If Williams does try to return next year, he'll be 30 years old and will have played a total of 12 games in the previous three seasons. "Ricky is obviously disappointed," said his agent, Leigh Steinberg. "He'll need to work hard to get back to the league in 2007."

I use irregardless all the time, because they said it in Mean Girls and I was the only one who laughed really hard when they did. I like to see who can pick up that it's not a real word.

Yea, Acrobat is awesome. They've never played it live though. One got its anthem status because it means so many things to so many people. People just relate it to it so well, no matter what meaning they get out of it. But I agree, U2's done a lot better.

I like One a lot, but it's not even the best song on Achtung Baby. I prefer Love is Blindness or Acrobat

It was non-title

Says the guy that still watches SNL. One really has nothing to do with the other, but go ahead and keep spouting off incorrect statements.

40YOV was more then just a crude humour movie, it was actually a very intelligent and well written comedy.

Haha, I noticed that too. It was very important. It shows the characters maturing and transitioning into becoming teenagers, and continues to play up the Ron-Hermoine relationship. It shows the characters as real people and gives them depth/ Crouch is interesting, but then you have to include the house-elves and all that stuff and it would pad the movie. I was disappointed, but they have to make sure they get the movie in on-time and on budget. A needless Quidditch scene complicates that. You make a good point, but they can just bring it up in the 5th movie. You can't foreshadow everything. The hospital room scene was good although it went on way too long. I hated the train ride home where they have to get at Draco one last time and they wrap up Rita Skeeter. It just seemed like she was trying too hard to write a happy ending. The movie ended on an uncertain note, but with the message that no matter what, Harry has Ron and Hermoine to help him. Kloves is writing Half Blood Prince btw. Yes, there is. The way Cuaron and Newell did it was just fine. The Kill Bill treatment would've sucked. At most there's about 10-20 minutes you could've added, not enough for two whole movies. Hermoine and the house elves was awful. A book and a movie are totally different, you can't just cram everytthing in there because JK Rowling wrote it. Ummm, don't know what you're getting at eric. I've read the first four books multiple times, and am a fan of them. Goblet of Fire got a favourable reception from most people. Again, it can't be just like the book. They had to change it to accommodate a movie length, and I think they did just fine.

Dharma and Greg was on ABC. Nets-Pacers has been okay so far, but Vince has been terrible

He hit Madden in the chin, that's a high stick. Someone tell NYankees that it's Game 1.

The dance stuff was probably the best part of the movie, it had to be in there. I think what they explained was good enough, especially since they cut out the house elves. The movie was already 157 minutes, they really couldn't pad it anymore. To save time and money. I somewhat agree, but the actual Quidditch match isn't important to the plot of the movie. Plus, I've always heard Quidditch is a very time consuming and expensive to shoot. I don't read the books until the movies, but it wasn't important to the plot, so no need for it. I didn't think the ending to the book was like that at all, I actually hated the last few pages. The ending to GOF did not try to be happy. It was uncertain, just like you thought the book was. No, you don't seem to get how hard it is to adopt an 800 page book loaded with stuff that would take forever to make a movie out of into something as good as GOF was.