Jeez, can't a guy catch a break and land 16 more votes? Poor Jim Rice. The man listened to the annual chorus of "maybe next year" time and time again while his Red Sox teams tried to bring home a championship; now he has to listen to the same call again, for the 14th time, as he wonders whether he'll ever get voted into the Hall of Fame. Once again the MVP could have been......

Okay, okay, this edition of "Series of Tubes" isn't all about Britney Spears, but local bloggers had plenty to say about her dopey performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. --Karen is far more sympathetic to Britney's case because America can't resist a story of someone like Spears. --Rude Boy finds similarities between Miz Spears and Family Guy. A debate then ensued as to whether or not it was appropriate to discuss Spears in the......

Sure, so the New England Patriots will not be suiting up for next week’s Super Bowl, but that doesn’t mean you have to be all depressed or anything. The Pats will keep showing up on the television without stepping foot on the field. You might recall last year’s Simpsons episode when Tom Brady lent his voice and cartoon-likeness to the show. Well, it seems Brady is also a fan of another Fox show, “The......