A Wisconsin man says his football loyalties to the Green Bay Packers helped save his life. He sold his blood for $15 per pint in order to attend Packers games for 56 years.
His doctor later found that the man could have died from the same disease that claimed his father at age 43 had he not sold his blood regularly, which cleared his system of excess iron.
Two-wheeled travelers across the U.S. got some good news today: Google is adding bicycling directions to its popular Maps site. Now, riders in 150 cities will be able to identify bike lanes, quieter streets and off-road trails before heading out on their morning commutes or pleasure rides.
Tomorrow, Natalie Randolph is scheduled to be named the head football coach at Coolidge High School in Washington, DC, making her what is believed to be the only woman coaching boys' varsity high school football in the United States.
Randolph, a former sprinter at the University of Virginia, is hardly a football newbie. She was a receiver for the Divas of the Independent Women's Professional League from 2004 to 2008 and an assistant coach at H.D. Woodson high school in 2006 and '07.
There have been plenty of Hollywood leading ladies honored during Oscar night -- Hepburn, Streep, Mirren -- but this year, the big Oscar buzz comes from a woman who works behind the camera.
Kathryn Bigelow is set to become the first female to win an Academy Award for Best Director. Her film, Hurt Locker, is tied with Avatar each leading the pack with nine Oscar nominations, including best picture and best director, an intriguing contest between Bigelow and her ex-husband James Cameron, the creator of "Avatar."
"All eyes are on the David v Goliath battle between the low-budget 'The Hurt Locker' -- made for around 11 million dollars -- and 'Avatar,' which cost around 500 million dollars and is the highest-grossing movie in history with earnings of more than 2.5 billion dollars to date," according to the AFP Oscar countdown story.
Watch the Kathryn Bigelow story below, or on MSNBC... And, watch the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony tonight on ABC.
We've just concluded what might have been the most environmentally friendly Olympics to date.
During the next global sporting event, the FIFA World Cup, Nike's official team jerseys -- worn by nine teams -- will be made from plastic bottles that otherwise would have been destined for landfill sites in Japan and Taiwan. And, the manufacturing process uses 30 percent less energy in production.