US News & World Report released their annual rankings of the world’s best universities today. Of the top 100 schools, 31 are American! Here are the American schools who made the top 100 along with a breakdown by state

One of my favorite baseball memories growing up was the McGwire vs Sosa homerun race in 1998. Sure, in retrospect the race was a sham because we were all blind to the steroids epidemic of the 1990′s and 2000′s. But at the time America was totally immersed with these two guys hitting bombs at an incredible pace. Now there is another monstrous stud… Click to read more

Two out of the three are favorites of men everywhere and the third can lead to more of one of the others during a certain time of year (I’ll let your minds wonder about which). In case you have not figured out when I’m talking about- it’s Mardi Gras!
Yes, boob fans, Mardi Gras time is drawing near. Time to push your liver to the limits and haggle with drunk women (or so… Click to read more

Students at a suburban St. Louis high school headed to the gymnasium for HIV testing this week after an infected person told health officials as many as 50 teenagers might have been exposed to the virus that causes AIDS.
Officials refused to give details on who the person was or how the students at Normandy High School might have been exposed, but the district i… Click to read more

Congratulations to Detroit, Michigan: you have won the not-so-prestigious title of “Most Dangerous City,” edging out runner-up St. Louis, Missouri by a few rapes, murders, shootings, robberies…
Actually, there’s no way to determine why a particular city gets chosen as the most dangerous, as specifics are not given – u… Click to read more

Anyone remember the 2000 MLB playoffs when St. Louis Cardinals 21 year old pitching phenom Rick Ankiel had a meltdown and couldn’t throw strikes?
For years after the 2000 playoff debacle Ankiel was floating around independent baseball leagues trying to get his wildness under control. In the summer of 2005 Ankiel, playing in the Puerto Rican Profess… Click to read more