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Draftgore.com, which describes itself as a group of grass-roots Democrats, underwrote a full-page open letter to Al Gore in Wednesday's New York Times, imploring the former vice president to enter the presidential campaign.
The Boston Celtics added seven-time all-star Ray Allen and subtracted any reason for not being a contender. They also made Paul Pierce one very happy aging star.
Getaway day at the NHL draft ended up being the highlight of Akim "The Dream" Aliu's young life. Born in Nigeria, raised in Ukraine, moved to Canada when he was 11, and then shuttled to Sudbury, Ontario, to play juniors a year ago, Aliu was picked by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round on the second day of the NHL draft on Saturday.
The Major League Baseball draft next month will be televised for the first time, with four hours of live coverage on ESPN2.
Troy Smith is taking his Heisman Trophy to Baltimore. Randy Moss is bringing his sinking reputation to New England. The second day of the NFL draft hardly was without big names and drama.
Michael Bush sat and watched every agonizing minute of the first day of the NFL draft, waiting to hear his name called. Considered a first-round pick before a broken leg cut short his senior season at Louisville, Bush had to wait until Sunday when the Oakland Raiders selected him with the first pick of the fourth round to find out where he'd play in the NFL.
Another first-round pick, another wide receiver for the Lions. Detroit selected Georgia Tech's Calvin Johnson on Saturday with the second overall pick in the draft, making it four out of five drafts in which the Lions took a wideout in the first round.
Top NFL prospects Calvin Johnson, Gaines Adams and Amobi Okoye reportedly admitted to marijuana use during interviews with teams in February.
Americans would have to sign up for a new military draft after turning 18 under a bill the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says he will introduce next year.
Luke Hochevar hopes this draft experience turns out better than the last.
The Toronto Raptors beat the odds to win the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft lottery. Figuring out what to do with it will be the first major decision for new general manager Bryan Colangelo.
Jay Cutler insists that Matt Leinart and Vince Young have nothing on him — other than the fatter paychecks they have forthcoming.
LenDale White of Southern California fell from a potential first-round draft pick to the middle of the second round when the Tennessee Titans, and his former offensive coordinator Norm Chow, finally stopped his slide.
Sitting on a military draft board is not a taxing job right now. With no draft, the boards have, well, no work to do — nearly 11,000 people training for a crisis that may never come.
Sen. Chuck Hagel, speaking to an audience of Lincoln High School students, warned Tuesday that the nation may need to turn to compulsory military service "or some kind of draft" to support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
With that in mind, we're having some fun and taking a look at how things might change if the slate were wiped clean and the NFL held a re-draft today. Knowing how things have changed, what might happen? Read on …
The Army began its recruiting year Oct. 1 with fewer signed up for basic training than in any year since it became an all-volunteer service in 1973, a top general said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON: Conscription or draft, terms normally used to describe the mandatory enrollment in the armed forces, is coming to the US diplomatic service.
The NFL on Tuesday cut from 15 minutes to 10 the time between picks in the first round of its draft after a 2007 record round of 6 hours and 8 minutes.
Serious problems with the war in Iraq are well chronicled, but I am struck by one that does not seem to trouble the country's leadership, even though it is profoundly corrosive to our common good: the disparity between the lives of the few who are fighting and being killed, and …
In what's being called the "Drug War Draft," President Bush's policies deny financial aid to students with drug convictions but make it easy for them to enlist in the military. A group of college students made this video that points out the hypocrisy of the Drug War Draft.
TSW knows why the fall of the NBA East occurred when it did.
After Israel commits a form of idolatry in asking for a king, God decides to give them one more chance to change their minds.
The NBA offseason isn't officially over. NBA training camp is slated to start in about a month.
The current issue of Newsweek includes an article written by one Cpl. Mark Finelli who spent seven months serving with the U.S. Marine Corp in Iraq. Mr. Finelli writes of the need to reinstate the military draft, and lists several reasons for doing so.
As compelling as these constitutional arguments may be, they still miss the mark The most important argument against the draft is moral. Whatever the excuse given for its implementation, the draft is a form of slavery. Period.
He was in the firefights of Fallujah. He saw gaps in America's arsenal that he believes can only be filled when America's elite puts its sons on the battlefield. A plea for selective service.
Homosexuality and the Military. Is homosexuality a sin? Paul says he's "not as judgmental about that probably because of my medical background. I don't see it in [such] simplistic terms.
So Ted Nugent roams a concert stage while toting automatic weapons, calls Barack Obama "a piece of -----" and says he told Obama to suck on one of his machine-guns. He also calls Hillary Clinton a "worthless @!$%#" and Dianne Feinstein a "worthless whore."
By his own admission, Nugent stopped all forms of personal hygiene for a month and showed up for his draft board physical in pants caked with his own urine and feces, winning a deferment. Creative!
The Pentagon sharply rejected Monday a key general's assertion that a return to the military draft has always been "an option on the table" and should be considered.
Rangel continues to push for a draft, but argues that it should not resemble the one this nation experienced in Vietnam. "Vietnam had a political draft," he said. "All you had to do is what Cheney did, what Bush did.
There's only so much that war supporters are willing to do in their might and heroic struggle against Islamofacism. For example, they're willing to endlessly talk macho. But they're not willing to, you know, actually wear combat boots.
The Pentagon sharply rejected Monday a key general's assertion that a return to the military draft has always been "an option on the table" and should be considered.
Recently, President Bush's new war advisor, Doug Lute, danced around the possibility of re-instituting the military draft in America.
If a woman is old enough to sign a contract, buy a house and get married, isn't she also old enough to sip champagne at her wedding? If a man is mature enough to serve on a jury or risk his life in a war halfway around the world, isn't he also mature enough to drink a beer?
Bush's 10 yr plan for Iraq: bring back the draft.
On 23 Sept 2003, the Defense Department Website called "Defend America" posted a notice for people to join local draft boards.
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