Denard Span hits three triples, ties record

The speedy Span hit three triples, tying a modern major league record, and drove in five runs to help push the Minnesota Twins back into first place in the AL Central with an 11-4 victory against the Detroit Tigers.

Minnesota Twins Mike Redmond (L) and Denard Span celebrate at homeplate after they are driven home on a three run RBI single by Brendan Harrisin the second inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on June 26, 2009. St. Louis won the game 5-3. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

Span's third triple, which came in the fifth inning, cleared the bases and just missed clearing the fence for a grand slam. It bounced hard off the fence — in the tradition of the old Metrodome turf, perhaps — and rolled away from outfielder

He shares the record with many players, but only Rafael Furcal(notes) (2002), Lance Johnson (1995), Herm Winningham ('90) and Shawon Dunston ('90) have hit that many triples in a game since 1982 (h/t Baseball-Reference.com).
Ken Landreaux, 30 years ago, is the only other Twinkie to triple thrice in one game

D-Span3 said he was on the spot after Jim Thome(notes), his 39-year-old lumberjack of a teammate, hit an unlikely triple in the previous game. Span came into Tuesday with four triples this season and 21 for his career — along with 17 homers.

Sachin tandulker activity

 

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born April 24, 1973) is one of the most famous Indian cricketers of all time. He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 1989. He made his international debut against Pakistan in 1989 at the age of 16. He is widely regarded as one of the best batsmen of all time and by many as the greatest of his era. His cricketing and batting abilities are widely regarded as genius by many stalwarts of the game. In a famous instance, Sir Donald Bradman, who is himself universally regarded as the greatest ever batsman to play the game, said of Sachin: "He reminds me of myself". Tendulkar is affectionately known as 'The Little Master' by his adoring fans. As this epithet was previously applied to another great Indian batsman, Sunil Gavaskar, Gavaskar himself conferred the title "The Little Champion" on Tendulkar. Tendulkar received India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in the year 1997-1998.

One of the greatest players to have ever played the game, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has been the greatest icon of world cricket for almost two decades now.He already holds the record for most runs in Tests and ODIs and most centuries in both forms of the game. He deliberately omits himself from Twenty20 Internationals and that may have been his biggest regret as a young Indian team won the inaugural World Twenty20. As age catches up with him, he picks and chooses series he wishes to participate in. His ultimate goal is to sign off with a World Cup victory, which millions of Indians are hoping will come in his home-town India, in 2011.

Mumbai: Sachin and Anjali Tendulkar were preparing to celebrate their daughter Sarah’s birthday last October when she bowled a googly to her dad. Today, he admits that it is one of his greatest lessons off-the-pitch.

“We were preparing to celebrate her (Sarah’s) birthday when she said that she doesn’t want a party at home. We were a little surprised. She wanted to have a party at (the slums of) Govandi and wanted to share the goodies with the (slum) children there. We felt really proud when my daughter said this,” says Sachin even as Anjali nods her head in approval. As usual Anjali had decided that it was only Sachin who will do the talking.

Recently after the Indian hockey team won their first match of the ongoing World Cup against Pakistan, a particular state government announced rewards only for the goal scorers. Sachin feels that though a couple of players only bring glory to the country on a given day, it is the team effort that wins the day.

WORLD CUP 2010: Portugal 7 North Korea 0 - Cristiano Ronaldo's warriors lay on the most ruthless executuion

Cristiano Ronaldo, finally broke his two-year (over 1,300 game minutes) international goal scoring drought from open play (i.e. not penalties) Monday by tallying the sixth of Portugal's seven goals against a helpless North Korea side. Ronaldo played well but you could tell he really wouldn't be satisfied until it was his turn to put the ball in the net. In fact, he looked downright confused when Liedson came off the bench to immediately rip one past the keeper while Ronaldo waited for a centering pass in the middle.

Portugal have long been capable of rhythmical, energetic, instinctive football like this. Since the Euro '96 tournament came to England, they have been producing some of Europe's most gifted player. 

Too often, though, they have been let down by their capricious nature, by defensive frailty and by personality clashes. These problems may yet return later in the tournament to trouble a team who struggled to make it to South Africa at all.

 

Yesterday, though, Cape Town found them at their very best, and thank goodness for that. It was a World Cup afternoon to remember for all the right reasons.

This is a great day for Portuguese football,' said Queiroz afterwards. 'My players played beautiful football and scored beautiful goals. It is only three points but it was truly a great performance. 'To keep it going, we need to play in a competitive way and be serious. We must have the same spirit. We have to fight for each pass, for each goal, and win each duel.
'We must play with freedom and with courage and with our own unique style. Without that attitude it's not possible to win anything.

Amanda Bynes Tweets 'I've Retired' From Acting

Amanda Bynes tweeted surprising career news on Saturday. "Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem," she wrote. "If I don't love something anymore I stop doing it." "I don't love acting anymore so I've stopped doing it," she continued. "I know 24 is a young age to retire but you heard it here first, I've retired." As a teenager Bynes starred on her Nickelodeon variety series "The Amanda Show" and on the dramedy series "What I Like About You." Her big-screen credits include 'She's the Man' and 'Hairspray.'

 

Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3, 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California. The youngest of three children, she became interested in acting and performing from the age of three, when she would say her older sister Jillian's lines with her while she performed in plays. It was from then on that her family and friends knew that she would be a star someday.

 

Actress Amanda Bynes was the young star of the movie What a Girl Wants (2003) and the cable TV comedy series What I Like About You. Bynes was already a comedy veteran by the time she became a teenager, having performed for years on Nickelodeon's shows All That (1996-2000) and The Amanda Show (1999-2002), where her skill at broad comedy earned her comparisons to Lucille Ball. She made the leap to the big screen in 2002 as Frankie Muniz's co-star in Big Fat Liar, and starred in 2003's What a Girl Wants (co-starring Kelly Preston). In 2006 she played opposite Channing Tatum in She's the Man, a takeoff on Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, and in 2007 she appeared in the movie version of the musical based on John Waters's Hairspray (2007, with Zac Efron).

Extra credit: Bynes was also a regular panelist on the Nickelodeon's Figure it Out game show.

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Afghan minerals faces huge obstacles.

FILE -- In a June 9, 2010 file photo US General David H. Petrarch commander of United States central Command, CENT COM, speaks at the Royal United Service Institute, Land Warfare conference in London, England. the New York Times reports that Petrarch has told them "hugely significant" mineral deposits have been located in Afghanistan.

KABUL, Afghanistan – It could take years and possibly even a peace settlement for Afghanistan to reap profits from nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral resources that U.S. geologists say lie beneath its rugged terrain — some in areas currently controlled by Taliban insurgents or warlords.

A team of U.S. geologists and Pentagon officials has discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, conceivably enough to turn the scarred and impoverished country into one of the world's most lucrative mining centers, The New York Times reports.

Afghanistan has up to $1trillion (£690bn) worth of untapped mineral resources which could revolutionise the country's economy and perhaps even the war, American officials have said.

'Transformers' Fans to Receive a Shock.

The first step to fixing a mistake is admitting a wrong. For his part, Michael Bay has done that verbally.
Bay admitted the second "Transformers" movie deserved some of the negative feedback it received: "I'll take some of the criticism. It was very hard to put (the sequel) together that quickly after the writers' strike [of 2007-2008]." OK, fair enough. Now he's trying to fix the abomination that was "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" through his actions, too.

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I bet all of you want to see a "Transformers 3." Whether it be for an action-packed sequel, redemption from "Transformers 2," or just to see Megan Fox running. Well you might be in luck, because Bay is meeting with Spielberg and Kruger about "Transformers 3."
 

The reports confirm that, Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf along with director Michael Bay will return for the explosive ‘Transformer 3’ film. Michael Bay revealed that Transformers 3 had already gone into pre-production and its planned release was back to its original date of July 1st, 2011 instead of 2012.

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Brazil: World Cup 2010 team guide.

2006 World Cup squad No. Pos. Player Dob/Age Caps Club 1 GK Dada 7 October 1973 89 A.C. Milan 2 DF Cafu (captain) 7 June 1970 140 A.C. Milan 3 DF Lucio 8 May 1978 53 Bayern Munich 4 DF Juan 1 February 1979 41 Bayer Leverkusen 5 MF Emerson 4 April 1976 72 Juventus 6 DF Roberto Carlos 10 April 1973 123 Real Madrid 7 FW Adriano 17 February 1982 34 Inter Milan 8 MF Kaká 22 April 1982 41 A.C. Milan 9 FW Ronaldo 22 September 1976 95 Real Madrid 10 MF Ronaldinho 21 March 1980 66 Barcelona 11 MF Zé Roberto 6 July 1974 82 Bayern Munich 12 GK Rogério Ceni 22 January 1973 16 São Paulo 13 DF Cicinho 24 June 1980 11 Real Madrid 14 DF Luisão 13 February 1981 19 Benfica 15 DF Cris 3 June 1977 16 Lyon 16 DF Gilberto 25 April 1976 10 Hertha BSC 17 MF Gilberto Silva 7 October 1976 38 Arsenal 18 MF Mineiro 2 August 1975 2 São Paulo 19 MF Juninho Pernambucano 30 January 1975 38 Lyon 20 MF Ricardinho 23 May 1976 20 Corinthians 21 FW Fred 3 October 1983 4 Lyon 22 GK Júlio César 3 September 1979 11 Inter Milan 23 FW Robinho 25 January 1984 26 Real Madrid.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Leading goalscorer Kempis Daley (left) of Jamaica shields the ball from a Colombian player during a Group C preliminary round match at the Pan American Games last week.

 

 RIO DE JANEIRO, June 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Brazil's Santos rejected Thursday the first official offer it receives for its key player Robson de Souza "Robinho," as Real Madrid was said to have offered 15 million US dollars for a transfer.

Brazil's Ronaldinho Gaucho, World Player of the Year 2004, waves to his team-mates during the first half of their Lunar New Year friendly match against Hong Kong in Hong Kong on Wednesday. — Reuters.

Michael Jackson was unquestionably the biggest pop star

There were whispers that he somehow injured his nose in early September 2001 while rehearsing, necessitating his seeking medical attention for it. Once again, this is difficult to confirm, but if an actual injury had occurred, it would begin to explain the resurgence of the "Jacki's nose fell off" rumor in the fall of 2001.

In 1991, Jackson released Dangerous, featuring the hit "Black or White." The video for this song included an appearance by child star Macaulay Culinary, and was directed by John Land is. In the video's final minutes, Jackson caused some controversy with his sexual gesturing and violent actions. Many were surprised to see the Peter Pan-like Jackson act this way.

In March 2009, Michael announced a shock comeback tour at the O2 Arena in London to start in July 2009, influentially for 10 dates but the total grew to a sold out 50 dates with over 750,000 tickets sold. All sold tickets sold out within minutes of being released.
On June 25th 2009 Michael Jackson died suddenly of a reported cardiac arrest. He was 50 years old.