The Detroit Tigers All-Time Starting Rotation

Imagine you are responsible to select an all-time starting rotation for the Detroit Tigers.   The pitchers you pick will form the Tigers all-time team and compete against the best of their competition. Who would you select?   To whom would you give the ball to face off against Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Whitey Ford, Jim Palmer, and Roger Clemens?   Who would be your backup pitchers and ...

Education: Seattle Public School's fiscal rating, Race to the Top and Initiative 1098

This is in response to Seattle Public Schools flunks fiscal discipline [Opinion, July 28]. All the numbers are provided, but to formulate an opinion few readers will do the math rather than relying on the headline.

Lawler: Slam-Dunk Stimulus? MS = Missing Something!!!!

CR NOTE: There have been a couple of "stimulus" proposals making the rounds over the last couple days from major analysts. Housing economist Tom Lawler takes a look at one proposal from Morgan Stanley ...

NRL Talking Points: round 20

The NRL premiership took another twist in round 20 as four of the top five ranked teams heading into the weekend were defeated. Here's what you had to say.

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DBAP/ DURHAMIt's obligatory for Bulls beat writers to make the occasional Bull Durham movie reference. After the Bulls lost a lead and then rallied to beat Syracuse last night, 5-4, the line that popped into my head was this one : "This is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball.