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And I was so looking forward to another futile, heart-breaking Leafs playoff run! Anyway, here's Bettman's statement. Here's one by Harley Hotchkiss, chairman of the NHL's board of governors. Goodenow is expected to give a statement at 4 p.m. ET. Check CTV.ca or TSN.ca. They'll both be on it.
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Giuliana Sgrena appeared Wednesday in one of those awful videotapes, begging for her life to be saved. An excerpt from the CTV.ca story: “You must end the occupation, it's the only way we can get out of this situation,” Sgrena said in the videotape, obtained by Associated Press Television News. Rocking back and forth, Sgrena [...]
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Well, how about that Gary Bettman! Is one really working towards a settlement when they present something as a final, non-negotiable offer? Here's an assortment of stuff I could find: The Toronto Star's Damien Cox: The NHL has humbled its players' union, a group heretofore considered all but invincible after a decade of piling one [...]
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An NYT reporter and a Time magazine reporter are staring jail in the face after a U.S. appellate court rules they must identify the sources who helped them identify a covert CIA agent. Some excerpts: … Citing a 1972 decision of the United States Supreme Court, the panel held that the reporters, Judith Miller of The [...]
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A perceptive column by the NYT's Paul Krugman on what the ascension of Howard Dean to the chairmanship of the U.S. Democratic National Committee means. An excerpt:
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