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Showing posts with label 2007. Show all posts

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Baseball's Mitchell Report List of Players Using Steroids

The 300+ page report unveils more than 50 names (each of the 30 MLB teams having at least one player), including some MVPs and perennial All-Stars.

1. Roger Clemens
2. Albert Pujols
3. Nomar Garciaparra
4. Johnny Damon
5. Pudge Rodriguez
6. Gary Sheffield
7. ... see the entire list of 75+ names (and growing) by clicking here


Monday, December 10, 2007

2007 Spike Video Game Awards

The Spike Video Game Awards (VGA) is an award show that recognizes the best computer and video games of the year. Started in 2003, the Spike TV Video Game Awards garnered much attention, since video game awards were not common prior to its introduction. These are the winners from 2007:

  • Game of the Year: BioShock
  • Studio of the Year: Harmonix
  • Best Shooter: Call of Duty : Finest Hour
  • Best RPG: Defjam: Vendetta
  • Best Military Game: Call of Duty : Finest Hour
  • Best Individual Sports Game: Nascar 02'
  • Best Handheld Game: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
  • Best Graphics: Crysis
  • Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Best Rhythm Game: Guitar Hero 3
  • Best Driving Game: Need For Speed Underground
  • Best Action Game: Turak
  • Best Team Sports Game: NBA 05'
  • Best Soundtrack: Guitar Hero 3
  • Breakthrough Technology: Sega Genesis
  • Best Xbox 360 Game: BioShock
  • Best Wii Game: Elebits
  • Best PS3 Game: Metal Gear Solid
  • Best PC Game: The Sims
  • Best Original Score: Tomb Raider
  • Best Multiplayer Game: Halo 3
  • Most Addictive Video Game fueled by Dew: Halo 3

    Thursday, October 18, 2007

    Top 10 Most Viewed Pictures from 2007

    If you aren't part of the "everyone" bandwagon who has seen these pics, now you are!
    1. Pope John Paul II waving from the grave
    Pope in Fire
    2. Two-headed turtle
    Two headed turtle
    3. A Geek Lemonade Stand
    iphone
    4. Britney Spears Shaving Head
    Britney bald
    5. 1 GB today vs. 1 GB 20 years ago
    1 GB, 20 years ago
    6. This Picture is NOT Animated!
    moving
    7. Northern Lights (aka Aurora Borealis) from Space
    Northern lights
    8. The Worst Time to be going into an Adult Bookstore
    Google Earth Adult Bookstore
    9. We finally found Carmen SanDiego
    Carmen San Diego
    10. The Burj Al Arab in Dubai
    Dubai

    Saturday, October 13, 2007

    Top 10 Reasons Ohio State is ranked #1

    The top 10 reasons Ohio State is now ranked unanimous #1 college football team in the nation!

    1. Southern Cal loses
    2. LSU loses
    3. West Virginia loses
    4. Texas loses
    5. Michigan loses
    6. Florida loses
    7. Wisconsin loses
    8. Oklahoma loses
    9. Virginia Tech loses
    10. Louisville loses

    Tuesday, October 2, 2007

    2007 McDonalds Monopoly: Odds of Winning $1 Million

    The odds are against you! Approximately 557,111,800 total Game Pieces are available throughout the world.



  • Instant Win $1 million - 1 in 557,111,800 - chances are 0.000000179% - One (1) Instant Giveaway Prize is available. The Instant Giveaway Prize consists of a one million dollar ($1,000,000) annuity payable as $50,000 per year over 20 years with no interest.


  • Instant Win food prizes - 1 in 6 - 17% - The odds of winning a McDonald's Food Prize over the course of the Game are approximately 1 in 6.


  • Instant Win $50 - 1 in 74,282 - Seven thousand five hundred (7,500) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a check in the amount of fifty dollars ($50). Odds of winning approximately 1 in 74,282.


  • Instant Win $50 Arch Card®. - 1 in 222,845 - Two thousand five hundred (2,500) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a fifty dollar ($50) McDonald's Arch Card. Odds of winning approximately 1 in 222,845.


  • Instant Win $25,000 - 1 in 111,422,360 - Five (5) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a check in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). Odds of winning approximately 1 in 111,422,360.


  • $50 Purple Stamps - Mediterranean Avenue (Stamp #801) & Baltic Avenue (Stamp #802) - 1 in 33,616 - Fifteen thousand (15,000) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a check in the amount of fifty dollars ($50). Odds of winning approximately 1 in 33,616.


  • $100 Railroad Stamps - Reading Railroad (Stamp #823), Pennsylvania Railroad (Stamp #824), B&O Railroad (Stamp #825) & Short Line (Stamp #826) - 1 in 2,094,076 - One thousand five hundred (1,500) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a check in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100). Odds of winning approximately 1 in 2,094,076.


  • $500 Light Blue Stamps - Oriental Avenue (Stamp #803), Vermont Avenue (Stamp #804) & Connecticut Avenue (Stamp #805) - 1 in 33,752,584 - Two hundred fifty (250) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a check in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500). Odds of winning approximately 1 in 33,752,584.


  • $1000 Maroon Stamps - St. Charles Place (Stamp #806), States Avenue (Stamp #807), & Virginia Avenue (Stamp #808) - 1 in 33,752,584 - Two hundred fifty (250) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a check in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000). Odds of winning approximately 1 in 33,752,584.


  • $5000 Orange Stamps - St. James Place (Stamp #809), Tennessee Avenue (Stamp #810), & New York Ave (Stamp #811) - 1 in 168,762,143 - Fifty (50) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a check in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000). Odds of winning approximately 1 in 168,762,143.


  • $10000 Red Stamps - Kentucky Avenue (Stamp #812), Indiana Avenue (Stamp #813) & Illinois Avenue (Stamp #814) - 1 in 56,069,351 - Thirty (30) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a check in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Odds of winning approximately 1 in 56,069,351.


  • $25000 Yellow Stamps - Atlantic Avenue (Stamp #815), Ventnor Avenue (Stamp #816) & Marvin Gardens (Stamp #817) - 1 in 186,829,657 - Five (5) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a check in the amount of twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000). Odds of winning approximately 1 in 186,829,657.


  • $50000 Green Stamps - Pacific Avenue (Stamp #818), North Carolina Avenue (Stamp #819) & Pennsylvania Avenue (Stamp #820) - 1 in 186,829,657 - Five (5) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a check in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Odds of winning approximately 1 in 186,829,657.


  • $1 Million Blue Stamps - Park Place (Stamp #821) & Boardwalk (Stamp #822) - 1 in 184,698,474 - Three (3) prizes are available over the course of the entire Game, seeded one (1) per week beginning in the second week in accordance with the following schedule: Week # 2 - 10/9/07 to 10/15/07; Week #3 - 10/16/07 to 10/22/07; and Week #4 - 10/23/07 to 10/29/07. If game piece supplies run short such that the Game may end prior to the planned end date for the In-Store Game (10/29/07), the weekly schedule may be subject to a corresponding adjustment. Each winner will receive a one million dollar ($1,000,000) annuity payable as $50,000 per year over 20 years with no interest. Odds of winning approximately 1 in 184,698,474.


  • $250 Foot Locker Gift Card - Sixty (60) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a two hundred fifty dollar ($250) Foot Locker Gift Card. Odds of winning are approximately 1 in 1,436,253.


  • $500 Toys"R"Us Gift Card - Sixty (60) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a five hundred dollar ($500) Toys"R"Us Gift Card. Odds of winning approximately 1 in 1,436,253.


  • $1 Toys"R"Us Buck - Forty million (40,000,000) $1 Toys"R"Us Bucks are available. Odds of collecting are approximately 1 in 2.


  • $3 Toys"R"Us Buck - Three million (3,000,000) $3 Toys"R"Us Bucks are available. Odds of collecting are approximately 1 in 29.


  • $5 Toys"R"Us Buck - Two million (2,000,000) $5 Toys"R"Us Bucks are available. Odds of collecting are approximately 1 in 43.


  • Foot Locker 10% Discount - Eighteen million four hundred forty thousand (18,440,000) 10% discount offers are available. Each offer is good for 10% off the total cost of all items included in a single purchase at any participating Foot Locker Stores, or online at the Foot Locker Websites. Up to two 10% discounts can be combined (i.e., are "stackable") per purchase (20% off). Odds of collecting are approximately 1 in 5.


  • Foot Locker 20% Discount - Eighteen million four hundred forty thousand (18,440,000) discount offers are available. Each offer is good for 20% off the total cost of all items included in a single purchase at any participating Foot Locker Stores, or online at the Foot Locker Websites. Odds of collecting are approximately 1 in 5.

    Lister: RyanPratt
    Source: McDonalds Monopoly Official Rules

    Monday, September 10, 2007

    Top Ten 2007 MTV VMA Live Performances

    A list of the top 10 live performances at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards:

    1. Chris Brown - Wall to Wall and Kiss Kiss
    2. Britney Spears - Gimme More
    3. Rihanna - Umbrella
    4. 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - Ayo Technology
    5. Kanye West - Good Life feat. T-Pain
    6. Fall Out Boy & Rihanna- Shut Up Drive
    7. Alicia Keys - No One, Freedom
    8. Timbaland - Bounce & Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
    9. Panic! At the Disco - "The Weight (Live)"
    10. Timbaland - The Way I Are (feat. Keri Hilson), Give It To Me (feat. Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado)
    Runners Up
    Justin Timberlake - LoveStoned
    Kanye West - Stronger