Super Bowl XLIII Steelers vs Cardinals

Super Bowl XLIII: Pittsburgh Steelers vs Arizona Cardinals

Cardinals Anquan Boldin Looking Good

Wide receiver Anquan Boldin participated fully and showed no effects of a hamstring injury that caused him to miss the Divisional Playoff game against Carolina. “He looked good today and he also looked good late last week,” Whisenhunt said of Boldin. “We took a little easier on him early last week just to be safe.”

Steelers Hines Ward Not 100% But Ready to Go

Other than Ward, the 32-year old inspirational lead of the Pittsburgh offense, the Steelers have no health issues on either side of the ball, Tomlin said. But the coach was dismissive when asked if he was concerned about Ward’s status for Sunday’s game. “Hines is playing,” Tomlin said. “I’m not worried about him.”

Cards Focus on Steelers’ Big 3-D

For the two major practices in Tampa, the Cardinals have had scout defensive players wear the jersey numbers for Pittsburgh’s Big 3-D, linebackers James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley and safety Troy Polamalu. “It helps our receivers and Kurt (Warner) in order to identify defenses,” Whisenhunt said of the common practice method.

Big Ben’s Health Often Subject of Inaccurate Reports

Big Ben’s Health Often Subject of Inaccurate Reports Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin denied a Profootballtalk.com report that Roethlisberger has undergone X-rays on his back this week. “Not that I heard,” said Tomlin, who then asked Steelers spokesman Dave Lockett if he knew of any X-rays on Roethlisberger. Lockett said no. Then Tomlin said: “Ben’s health is often the subject of inaccurate
reports. He’s fine.”

Larry Fitzgerald, Simply Amazing

Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald has been simply amazing with a playoffs record 419 receiving yards and an inspiring performance against the Eagles in the NFC Championship.

Kurt Warner, Renaissance Man

Not only is Kurt Warner getting better with age, but he’s raising his level of play as the stakes get higher. No better example than this year’s playoff run.

Steelers Game-By-Game Playoff Statistics

Cardinals Game-By-Game Playoff Statistics

Super Bowl XLIII in the Cards for Arizona

The Cardinals jumped out to a 24-6 halftime lead, but the Eagles stormed back with 19 unanswered points in the second half to take a 25-24 lead with 10:56 left in the game. Arizona responded with a 14-play, 72-yard drive of their own to advance to their first Super Bowl.

The Pittsburgh Steelers advanced to their 7th Super Bowl appearance overall and second in four seasons by defeating the Baltimore Ravens 23-14 in the AFC Championship Game at Heinz Field.

John Thain Poster Child for Era of Irresponsibility

John Thain, Poster Child for Era of Irresponsibility

John Thain, Poster Child for Era of Irresponsibility

There is plenty of debate about what President Obama’s stimulus bill should look like — as well there should be, given all that is at stake.

But there is a growing consensus that the guiding principle in that debate should be Obama’s call for a “new era of responsibility.”

Recipes

Beef Filets in Puff Pastry Recipe

The hilarious 1993 movie “Groundhog Day” — in which a reporter played by Bill Murray, on assignment in Punxsutawney, relives that day over and over again until he gets his life right — makes me reflect on what retro foods deserve to keep coming back again and again.

One of my favorites, always worthy of revival, is beef filet baked in puff pastry.

Bay Scallops with Sauteed Apples Recipe

Wolfgang Puck New Year’s Resolution Healthy Eating Recipe

Even though fish and shellfish are protein choices many people think about as part of their New Year’s resolutions to eat more healthfully, many of us regard seafood as something to eat mostly during warmer weather.

Movie Reviews in Theatres this Weekend January 30, 2009

The Movie Taken Starring Liam Neeson

Taken Movie Review

Liam Neeson plays a former CIA spook whose clandestine career bled into his home and led to a divorce. After traffickers kidnap his daughter in Europe, our hero has 96 hours to save her, and he wastes no time karate-chopping his way through every mime and baguette peddler in France.

New in Town Movie Review

Renee Zellweger plays a hotshot Miami businesswoman whose firm assigns her to oversee a workforce reduction at a food-processing plant in New Ulm, Minn. Easygoing Harry Connick Jr. plays the union rep.

The Uninvited Movie Review

After a stay in a psychiatric clinic, teenager Anna (Emily Browning) returns home, with her father (David Strathairn) now engaged to the caregiver (Elizabeth Banks) who oversaw Anna’s invalid mother in her last days, before a fatal fire. Anna attempted suicide after the tragedy, and now she’s plagued by visions, one of which appears to be her late mother, crying out for revenge.

Inkheart Movie Review & Trailer

Brendan Fraser plays a single dad able to usher characters out of books and into the real world. Years earlier, his wife disappeared into a fantasy called “Inkheart,” trading places with a street performer (Paul Bettany). Dad and his daughter are now being stalked in preparation for the arrival of the fearsome “Shadow.”

Waltz With Bashir Movie Review & Trailer

Academy Award Oscar Nomination for Best Foreign Film

An extraordinary achievement and a true visual feast, Ari Folman’s animated “Waltz With Bashir” is a detective story as well as an moral inquiry into the specific horrors of one war (the 1982 Lebanon War), and one man’s buried memories of it.

Outlander Movie Review & Trailer

Viking warriors and a stoic intergalactic traveler (Jim Caviezel) join forces in the eighth century to combat an enormous beetle with whiplash stingers.

The movie overheats quickly, but Neeson and the filmmakers manage to make the Charles Bronson-style simplicity work.

Movie Reviews In Theatres this Weekend January 16, 2009

Defiance

Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber portray two of the four Bielski brothers, Jewish farmers and smugglers who led more
than 1,000 Jews to safety in a Belarusian forest during the Holocaust.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Notorious

Hotel for Dogs

The Movie “Che”

Last Chance Harvey

Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson smooth over most of the problems just by showing up and doing what they do for a living. Hoffman plays a composer who meets the lonely-hearts frump played by the luminous Thompson and invites her to his daughter’s wedding.

NFL 2008 Conference Final Playoffs: NFL Has ‘Mad’ Final Four of Its Own

One step away from Super Bowl XLIII. Eagles - Cardinals, Ravens-Steelers Preview

Before the NFL Playoffs started, many may have predicted the Steelers as an AFC Championship participant, some may have specifically picked one of three other teams, but few, if any, would have chosen this ensemble of teams to be one step away from Super Bowl XLIII.

Eagles – Cardinals, Ravens-Steelers Preview

READ ON >>

One step away from Super Bowl XLIII. Eagles – Cardinals, Ravens-Steelers Preview

US Airways Flight 1549: “Miracle on the Hudson”

US Airways Flight 1549: “Miracle on the Hudson”

US Airways Flight 1549 (Airbus 320) carrying 148 passengers and six crew on a domestic flight crashed into the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan minutes after it took off on Thursday. Rescue workers and passenger ferries reached the scene within minutes.

New York State Governor Paterson said it best:
“We had a Miracle on 34th Street, now, I believe, we have a Miracle on the Hudson.”

READ ON >>

US Airways Flight 1549: “Miracle on the Hudson”

Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants NFL Divisional Playoff Game

The Giants are 7-1 at home this season while the Eagles are 4-4-1 on the road, including their 26-14 Wild Card victory over the Vikings last week in Minnesota.

The Giants lost to the Vikings in Minnesota 20-19 in their regular season finale. The Eagles have now won 5 of their last 6 while the Giants have lost 3 of their last 4 after an 11-1 start.

It seems only fitting that the Giants begin their 2008 playoff journey against against division-rival Philadelphia.

READ ON >>

Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants NFL Divisional Playoff Game – Analysis, Preview, Statistics, Prediction

San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers NFL Divisional Playoff Game

When San Diego plays Pittsburgh on Sunday it will mark the first time in the NFL playoffs since Denver (top offense) faced Baltimore (top defense) in the 2000 AFC Wild Card round that a conference’s top scoring offense goes against the top scoring defense.

READ ON >>

San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers NFL Divisional Playoff Game – Preview, Analysis, Stats, Comparison & Prediction

Barack Obama Presidential Inauguration 2009

Barack Obama Presidential Inauguration - CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES

A collection of articles & essays on President-Elect Barack Obama, The 2009 Presidential Inauguration and the Challenges the 44th President of the United States faces.

Top 43 Hits – Memorable Lines from Past Presidential Inaugurals

America Receives a Leading Man for the Dramas Ahead

Don’t Take that Oath, Barack

Riding on the Wings of Change

America in Shock

Great Expectations

Awaiting the Transformational Presidency

Europeans Love ‘Alabama’

Is This the End of Black

A New Way of Being on this Planet

As the Decider, The True Barack Obama will Become Clear

Special Inaugural Crossword Puzzle

Obama Isn’t the Only One Being Inaugurated on January 20th

NFL Playoffs Philadelphia Eagles vs Minnesota Vikings

Both clubs started the season slowly, the Eagles were 2-3 and the Vikings 1-3. But both finished the season with strong winning streaks as the Eagles won 4 of their last 5, while the Vikings won 5 of their last 6. “We had to earn it, as it should be, and that makes it that much sweeter,” says Vikings head coach Brad Childress, speaking, really, about both clubs. And why shouldn’t he? Childress was the Eagles’ offensive coordinator from 2002-05.

READ ON >>

Eagles and Vikings on a Mission

NFL Playoffs Baltimore Ravens vs Miami Dolphins

This game is also a rematch of a regular season game between these teams this year, when Baltimore registered a 27-13 win on October 19 at Dolphin Stadium. Each team believes the result propelled them to the playoffs and where they are today.

READ ON >>

Ravens and Dolphins Again in AFC Wild Card Weekend Playoff Game

NFL PLayoffs Indianapolis Colts vs San Diego Chargers

Returning to San Diego for the second time in seven weeks to face a familiar playoff foe, the Indianapolis Colts, 12-4, meet the San Diego Chargers, 8-8, on Saturday, January 3 in the AFC Wild Card Playoffs.

READ ON:

Don’t Be Misled by Colts & Bolts Regular Season Records