The time has come, ladies and gentlefolk. (We’re actually starting a little bit late.) The 2008 Sportshuman Of The Year awards are about to grace you with their presence, and, as always, we need your nominations over here.

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This is the third annual SHOTY tournament. The first winner died, and the second one may have tried to kill himself, maybe. So it’s quite the honor.

The voting itself will begin next Monday, but, as always, we ask for your nominations for the 16-human bracket. (In the comments, or emailing me, Mr. Emeritus, at will@deadspin.com.) Pairings, and Mr. Jim Cooke’s arty brilliance, will be unleashed upon an unsuspecting planet then.

So hit it up. SHOTY 2008 Fever … CATCH IT.

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dan lungren (r-ca)inside the beltway conventional wisdom states that any member of the house winning their last election with under 55% is vulnerable the following election recycle. even with it’s incredibly gerrymandered districts– gerrymandered for the protection of incumbents of both corrupt parties– there were more intent calls for california incumbents than there have been in diverse years. statewide, of despatch, obama completely wiped out mccain 7,342,729 (61%) to 4,501,611 (37%), a piece of rejection because conservatives and their toxic fuse of corruption, reactionary policies and deficiency that was beaten at most in 8 states and the district of columbia (93%)– hawaii (72%), vermont (68%), rhode island (63%), new york (62%), massachusetts (62%), maryland (62%), delaware (62%), and illinois (62%).the only california incumbents who failed to reach the cover of 55% were 5 open-wing extremists:dan lungren (50%)brian bilbray (50%)ken calvert (52%)david dreier (53%)dana rohrabacher (53%)i don’t want to tell chris van hollen how to do his province– established, i don’t– but he should be having talks with each of the democratic challengers, persuading them to run again and helping them plan faultlessly how to make it work in 2010. one, reckoning durston, has already agreed to take another shot at the clownish lungren. outside california there are now 22 republicans, either freshmen of vulnerable incumbents who should also be seriously targeted after blind spot to reach the 55% mark:mean jean schmidt (oh-02)- 45%michele bachmann (mn-06)- 46%erick paulsen (mn-03)- 48%bill cassidy (la-06)- 48%blaine luetkemeyer (mo-09)-50%)thaddeus mccotter (mi-11)- 51%leonard incise (nj-07)- 51%lynn jenkins (ks-02)- 51%jim gerlach (pa-06)- 52%dave reichert (wa-08)- 52%henry brown (sc-01)- 52%dean heller (nv-02)- 52%lee terry (ne-02)- 52%steven guthrie (ky-02)- 53%mario diaz-balart (fl-25)- 53%cynthia lummis (wy-al)- 53%pete olson (tx-22)- 53%judy biggert (il-13)- 53%bill posey (fl-15)- 53%michael mccaul (tx-10)- 54%john shadegg (az-03)- 54%addison wilson (sc-02)- 54%no sense waiting until 2010 but degrade a hardly weeks off and let’s embark right to it.

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the boombox music blog: t-pain and lil wayne not only have the charts on lock but at present they are taking their harmonious chemistry to the originate on a joint tour. it was announced yesterday that the two along with keyshia cole and gym domain heroes will be coming to a city near you… read more

Rapper Bump J. Arrested For Chicago Bank Robbery

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chicago rapper despatch j. has been arrested by federal officials for allegedly robbing a suburban chicago bank in 2007. bump j., born terrance boykin, was arrested and taken into custody following a routine traffic stop off earlier this week. police accuse bump j. and another associate of robbing a chase bank branch at gunpoint on january 2007. the pair entered the bank, announced a robbery was in place and emptied the bank of more than $100,000 dollars in cash. no…(read more)

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by Marcel Mutoni

The NBA sched is fairly light this evening (only five games), but there a couple of gems in there…

Toronto @ Boston: Are the Toronto Raptors for real? Early on, it appears as though they very much are. And tonight, they face their first true test of the young season, as they visit the defending champs in their house.

The best teams in the East this season will likely be Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, and Toronto (settle the hell down, Hawks fans); a win tonight for the Rapts would do wonders for their confidence, and force the rest of the conference to sit up a little straighter.

Memphis @ Phoenix: Yes, I have an unhealthy man-crush on this Memphis team (I see you, OJ!). They’re loose, care-free, and are definitely not short on highlight plays. Sort of reminds one of past incarnations of the team they’re going up against tonight.

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Speaking of the Suns, they have adjusted nicely to coach Porter’s new system, and so far, resting Shaq has paid dividends. He’s not only been productive, but he’s put the time off to good use - um, he’s used it to update his Twitter feed.

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Russian submarine accident kills 20

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russian news agencies reported the fleet as saying an mishap aboard a nuclear-powered submarine has killed more than 20 people.

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congrats to gary carter on his return to the reborn york area ; managing the atlantic league’s long islet ducks should provide an excellent vantage point from which to breathe down jerry manuel’s neck. from newsday’s john jeansonne : ducks principal owner frank boulton announced that carter, 54, on be introduced at a monday press conference …

Open Thread: Nerdwestern

neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd! first, a note on the choice of graphic. try to understand. there are two kinds of college football programs: jocks and nerds. we, as ohio articulate buckeyes, are jocks while northwestern is a nerd. as jocks, it is our customs to excess nerds like northwestern a zealously time. besides, othering northwestern as nerds is the …

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david pogue praises the optoma pico projector: you’d have to be a jaded gizmophile indeed not to be impressed the first be that as it may you turn on this tiny, fulgent black surround. in the center of the short end, there’s a sheer bright light-emitting-diode lamp. inside, there’s a miniaturized texas instruments digital-fluorescent-processing (d.l.p.) chip, similar in principle to the ones that drive some full-size hdtv sets. together, they produce an astonishingly bright, dislodge, vivid video or still image. that’s properly — from a projector you’ve pulled from your jeans pocket.

There’s just one catch:

the pico has a built-in speaker, yes, but it’s about the bigness of a hydrogen atom. with the ipod volume cranked to full, the pico puts out about as much amount as you ordinarily hear leaking from earbuds on somebody sitting next to you.
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by Frank James

Perhaps we need a “No Governor Left Behind” program for Gov. Sarah Palin who evidently is about as clueless as many observers thought.

Today, Fox News Channel’s Carl Cameron told anchor Shepherd Smith that a source or sources within the McCain campaign told him that Palin didn’t know Africa is a continent. He was sworn to secrecy by his source/sources until after the election.

Let that sink in for a second. A U.S. governor didn’t know that Africa is a continent.

Here’s a transcript of the video clip:

Smith: Now that the election is over, Carl, tell us more about those reports of infighting between Palin and McCain staffers.

Cameron: I wish I could have told you more at the time but all of it was put off the record until after the election. There was great concern in the McCain campaign that Sarah Palin lack the degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate, a vice president, and a heartbeat away from the presidency. We’re told by folks that she didn’t know what countries that were in NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, that being the Canada, the US, and Mexico. We’re told she didn’t understand that Africa was a continent rather than a country just in itself … a whole host of questions that caused serious problems about her knowledgeability. She got very angry at staff, thought that she was mishandled…..was particularly angry about the way the Katie Couric interview went. She didn’t accept preparation for that interview when the aides say that that was part of the problem. And that there were times that she was hard to control emotionally there’s talk of temper tantrums at bad news clippings…

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This is the woman who is supposed to be an energy expert? I’m kind of doubting that now since Nigeria is a major oil-producing NATION. Did she think Nigeria was a county of this Africa country?

Cameron also reports that this woman who is supposedly a Canada expert because her state abuts our neighbor to the north didn’t know the nations in NAFTA.

Prediction. Palin won’t be on another Republican presidential ticket. This latest revelation, alongside all the rest that we learned about her since the Republican convention, seals the deal.

Also, each new disclosure like this just makes you scratch your head and ask for the umpteenth time and ask: “What was John McCain thinking?”

By the way, someone needs to tell Cameron that “knowledgeability,” like drinkability, isn’t a word.

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Update: Commenters have noted with undisguised relish that “knowledgeability” and “drinkability” are indeed words that can be found in the Merriam-Webster.com. Well, they shouldn’t be words. Clearly, lexicographers were far too permissive in letting these monstrosities into the English language. But I’ll admit, grudgingly, that I was wrong on those two particulars.

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Embraer Releases Third Quarter 2008 Results in U.S. GAAP

sao jose dos campos, brazil, nov. 3 — the company’s operating and fiscal information is presented, except where in another manner stated, on a consolidated basis in united states dollars (us$) and in accordance…

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