2007 Timeline

A Kenya Airways plane that crashed after takeoff in Cameroon with 114 people on board is largely submerged in a swamp and there is no chance of survivors, Cameroon's civil protection serv...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The hue and cry for Alex Cora to play more may soon be renewed, but this time it will have nothing to do with the rookie at second base, Dustin Pedroia. Instead, the cla...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Curt Schilling looked calm, sitting in the dugout after having been removed after his command unraveled in the seventh inning. The game was left in the hands of Hideki Okaj...

On the same day that Roger Clemens signed with the New York Yankees to bolster a rotation that's been ravaged by injuries, the Orioles sent Brian Burres to the mound as a means of repairi...

It's Yom Kippur, and while Ari attempts to gain forgiveness for his sins, he runs into 'Medellin' co-producer Nick Rubenstein at his temple. Nick drops the bomb that the biopic is back in...

Lessons not learned, Part I The Orioles did absolutely nothing against Cleveland starter Fausto Carmona when they saw him eight days earlier, managing just six hits and one earned run ...

Early edge The Orioles jumped out to a 4-1 lead after two innings with some solid two-out hitting, and never looked back. With the bases loaded in the first inning and two down, Melvin...

TORONTO -- If Josh Beckett had any regrets last night after winning his seventh straight game, 9-2, against the Blue Jays, it's that he wasn't allowed to grab a bat. The undefeated Bec...

TORONTO -- Daisuke Matsuzaka restored order to his world, and two nations -- Japan and Red Sox -- breathed a sigh of relief. Tomo Ohka missed out on an opportunity to impress his, and was...

Offensive explosion It started early for the Orioles, and the offensive firepower spread to the Devil Rays last night, as the teams combined for 17 runs. Those runs were not scored wit...

TORONTO -- The petty bloggery, Barry blathering, and Papi peeving? Excess baggage, the kind the Red Sox were more than happy to leave at the border. When a trip has been as good as thi...

No one in the dugout cringed. No one suffered that spontaneous reaction when the air goes out in a rush. But that was the experience in the stands, the surprise audible among the 37,039 w...

Are you a fan of Star Wars but feel that there just weren't enough brain-stunningly idiotic names for your taste? Do you like the Lord of the Rings films but find they move too quickly an...

If your attention lagged a time or two yesterday afternoon while the Red Sox were beating on the Orioles, 13-4, you weren't alone. Even the Sox acknowledge their win was hardly a four-hou...

Imagine what must have been going through Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo's head when he turned, the frustration so clear, and slammed something down in the dugout after having watched a six...

'Five Towns' is about to debut, and Drama is doing everything he can to avoid seeing any reviews for his new series. He swears to spend the entire day relaxing, but instead he finds himse...

Aretha Franklin - The legendary vocalist was awarded an honorary doctor of music degree. Widely known as "The Queen of Soul," Franklin is considered one of the top singers of all time an...

"That Matsuki guy," as Tigers manager Jim Leyland called him before last night's game, might still be a mouthful for some folks on this side of The Pond. Last night, Daisuke Matsuzaka ...

Humanity: Hour I is a concept album (and sixteenth studio recording) by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, which was released in Europe on May 14, 2007 and in the United States and Ca...

Frustration sets in After the Orioles' third straight loss, teammates Jay Payton and Melvin Mora nearly got into a fistfight in the dugout and then outside the visiting clubhouse. Payt...

"Beautiful Liar" (Spanish: "Bello Embustero") is a song by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles versus Colombian Latin pop singer Shakira. The song was written by Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Ia...

For six weeks, the Red Sox have avoided the flat tires and fender benders that might have slowed them down as they raced out ahead of the pack in the American League. But you don't hav...

Dirk Nowitzki Wins 2006-07 MVP Award Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks was named the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2006-07 season,...

By Way of the Drum is an album by the American funk band Funkadelic. It was recorded in 1989 for MCA Records but shelved until its release in 2007 on Hip-O Select. The original sessions w...

"Can't Tell Me Nothing" is a song by American hip hop artist Kanye West. It was released as the lead single of his third studio album, Graduation, on May 15, 2007. The song was produced b...

On May 15, 2007, Swift performed "Tim McGraw" at the Academy of Country Music Awards. She sang the song to Tim McGraw in the audience, and introduced herself for the first time to him.

TORONTO -- Several Orioles said yesterday that the near fistfight between Melvin Mora and Jay Payton after Monday's loss was an isolated incident and not an indication that the clubhouse ...

TORONTO -- Less than a week ago, it was the Orioles' opponent the past three days that was the reeling team. The Toronto Blue Jays had been ravaged by injuries and discarded into last pla...

For one night, anyway, the warning track in the right-field corner at Fenway Park resembled the sidewalk outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre. But instead of Hollywood stars gently making ha...

For one night, anyway, the warning track in the right-field corner at Fenway Park resembled the sidewalk outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre. But instead of Hollywood stars gently making ha...

Happening May 17-20, 2007 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, RailsConf is *the* official event for the growing Rails community. If you're passionate about Rails and what...

WASHINGTON -- Everything about the atmosphere at RFK Stadium for last night's series opener between the Orioles and Washington Nationals spoke to just another game over the course of a lo...

Lily has a new boyfriend, Luke. Miley catches Lucas making out with another girl. Miley proves to Lily that Luke is cheating on her. Someone steals a pair of sunglasses and Rico installs ...

Shrek the Third (sometimes known simply as Shrek 3) is a 2007 animated film, and the third film in the Shrek series, following Shrek and Shrek 2. It was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg for...

The choreography for another splendid day for the Red Sox was in place yesterday afternoon: The rain abated, Daisuke Matsuzaka was aces, the bats boomed, and a couple of hundred miles to ...

WASHINGTON -- They botched bunts, hit into ill-timed double plays and made an emergency starter look like a National League Cy Young Award contender. But as Orioles left fielder Jay Payto...

The choreography for another splendid day for the Red Sox was in place yesterday afternoon: The rain abated, Daisuke Matsuzaka was aces, the bats boomed, and a couple of hundred miles to ...

By the time Kason Gabbard left the mound yesterday, afternoon had turned into early evening, pouring rain had given way to a sunny, settled blue calm, and the lefthander had changed the d...

Drama spends a day wrangling Brett Ratner for a part in Rush Hour 3. Ari finds a backer for Medellin, but the source of his wealth, and his wife's intentions toward Vince, are shady. Turt...

WASHINGTON-- --Can a loss to the Washington Nationals be as devastating, deflating and depressing as one to the Boston Red Sox? Sure it can. Especially when they come one week apart an...

If you're a fan of movies that feature screaming, megalomaniacal divas and their relationships to shirtless guys, you have so far been limited to Barbra Steisand's "A Star is Born". Bu...

NEW YORK -- This public-service announcement comes courtesy of the New York Yankees: The rest of the 2007 major league baseball season will be played, as scheduled, contrary to any chatte...

NEW YORK -- The other morning in the Red Sox clubhouse, Julian Tavarez was bouncing around in a "Manny Being Manny" T-shirt, the one that lists all of Ramírez's hitting feats. On his feet...

Even had I thought of trying to get my boys to do this I probably couldn't have, neither were coerced into any of this and neither were hurt (for very long anyway). This was just one of t...

"Hold On" is a song by American pop band Jonas Brothers. The song was released as the band's first single from their self-titled second album in 2007. The iTunes music store named this si...

In his first extensive comments on the subject, Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo said yesterday that he isn't concerned about reports that his job could be in jeopardy. He said he has no sens...

Odd double steal The Orioles scored a run in the fifth inning in a most unusual manner. With Corey Patterson on third base, Brian Roberts broke too soon for second and got caught in a ...

Dole Food Company, Inc. was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Magazine, a national publication dedicated to illuminating the important correlation between ethi...

Jordin Brianna Sparks (born December 22, 1989) is an American pop and R&B recording artist, songwriter and occasional actress from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the ...