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    The Juice: Angels match franchise worst start after dropping series opener to Astros

    The Juice returns for season No. 6! It's almost eligible for free-agency! Stop by daily for news from the action, along with great photos, stats, video highlights and more. It seems we've been here before with the Los Angeles Angels. Fairly recently, too, as in just last season. You know...
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    Here?s the crowd at the Miami Marlins home opener

    We've talked a lot about ticket sales for the Miami Marlins' home opener in the last month. There was the short line when tickets went on the sale, the buy-one-get-one-free offers, the Groupon deal, the Little Caesars challenge. It all lead up to Monday's home opener for the massively made-over...
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    Photos: Pregame scene at the World Series opener

    SAN FRANCISCO — Is this heaven? No, it's just AT&T Park, home of the second World Series Game 1 in three seasons. There really isn't any better setting or ballpark in baseball so let's take a quick look at the scene before the San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers started playing on Wednesday...
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    Ohio will honor child abuse victims during season opener against Penn State

    The Ohio football team will be wearing special decals on its helmets to honor victims of child abuse when it meets Penn State next Saturday in the season opener for both teams. The Bobcats' equipment staff has been working with the Penn State athletic department to design the stickers, which...
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    Peyton Manning shows the work still to be done in home opener

    Football isn't just a team game; it's also a game of communication and repetition. You can put a Hall of Fame quarterback together with a group of talented receivers, but until everyone's on the same page, individual pedigrees don't really matter. This was very evident in the Denver Broncos'...
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    New York Giants to host Dallas Cowboys in 2012 NFL season opener

    The defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants will host the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday, Sept. 5 to open the 2012 NFL season. League officials made the announcement on Tuesday at the NFL's annual meeting. It's the ninth-straight year a Super Bowl winner will open the game at home. The...
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    Hi Torque Geared Bottle Opener Pops Corks With Ease [Wine]

    Never ruin another dinner party again while you embarrassingly fumble to open a bottle of wine. Using the same planetary gearing setup that gives automatic transmissions their torque, this corkscrew will easily yank any cork by just turning its handle. More »
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    Constructive criticism on the opener of my sci-fi story so far (re-post)?

    “Markolo, your hair is bright purple.” I looked up from my breakfast cereal at my mum. She was staring at me. “What?” I asked, sure that I’d misheard her. “Your hair is purple,” she repeated, stifling a laugh as I launched myself from my chair at the table and started running upstairs to find...
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    Constructive criticism on the start of my sci-fi opener so far?

    “Markolo, your hair is bright purple.” I looked up from my breakfast cereal at my mum. She was staring at me. “What?” I asked, sure that I’d misheard her. “Your hair is purple,” she repeated, stifling a laugh as I launched myself from my chair at the table and started running upstairs to find...
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    Crack a Beer With a Switchblade Bottle Opener and Feel Like the Badass You Absolutely

    Chances are you don't have much use for a switchblade in your life. But you probably use a bottle opener all the time. GamaGo's Switch Pop combines the tough guy imagery of the former with the utility of the latter. More »
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    Five Biggest Surprises From the Michael Jackson Trial Opener

    Nothing like starting things off with a jolt to get the peanut gallery gunning for justice. Monday marked day one of Dr. Conrad Murray's trail on an involuntary manslaughter charge...
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    Lightning strikes twice: Marshall concedes to West Virginia in storm-shortened opener

    </p> Two days, two victories for Mother Nature: A little over 24 hours after Michigan and Western Michigan called it quits due to nearby lightning in Ann Arbor, West Virginia and Marshall officially pulled the plug tonight after two lengthy delays, handing West Virginia a 34-13 win in just...
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    Grove wallops Jensen and calls out Konrad at Bellator 47 opener

    Zac Jensen and Neil Grove opened Bellator 47 with bang. Both heavyweights, who reside just under the 265 pound heavyweight limit, collided from the opening seconds like brahma bulls. Grove got rocked just five seconds in, but recovered to gain top control and smash out Jensen in just two minutes...
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    Trying to set back default program opener...?

    When a file such as a .dat file or an unknown file gets clicked, this window pops up and it tells you that you could try to find a program that opens it. Since I messed with its default opening program, I can't change it back to that window thing. I think its window thing was Microsoft commoner...
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    Who will the Packers host in the NFL’s Thursday night opener?

    The NFL schedule will be released sometime in the next few days, labor agreement or not. One of the biggest questions ahead of the release is who the Green Bay Packers will face in the traditional league's Thursday night season opener. Shutdown Corner looks at the chances for the eight teams who...
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    A garage door opener fell on my car. I rent. Who's liable?

    I rent a house with a garage. One day I click the remote to open the garage door and it's stuck. I press it a few times to try to open it and all of a sudden I hear a thump. I look inside and the entire garage door opener fell off and landed on my car roof, damaging it. Who's liable? Landlord...
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    Jar Pop lid opener

    We are always looking for a better jar opener around here!* Mostly I rely on the “run hot water over it and then gently tap it on the edge of the sink” method, but sometimes that just doesn’t work.* Arieanna has told you about the One-Touch opener and 6-Way opener, which kind of scares me when I...
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    Winter Olympics: US Women Fall to Japan in Curling Opener, 9-7

    After jumping out to an early 4-1 lead, Debbie McCormick’s Team USA fell to Japan’s Moe Meguro 9-7 in opening day action in women’s curling at the Vancouver Olympic Center. The US missed two key shots in the fifth end to allow Japan to score three points and tie the game 4-4. After picking up...
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    Winter Olympics: US Women Fall to Japan in Curling Opener, 9-7

    After jumping out to an early 4-1 lead, Debbie McCormick’s Team USA fell to Japan’s Moe Meguro 9-7 in opening day action in women’s curling at the Vancouver Olympic Center. The US missed two key shots in the fifth end to allow Japan to score three points and tie the game 4-4. After picking up...
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    Lid Punch jar opener

    The Viatek Lid Punch jar opener is making the infomercial rounds, and so far the reviews are really good.* It works.* It simply punches a very small hole in your jar lid to release the pressure and make it easier to remove the stuck lid.So what do you do with jars that have holes in the lids?*...
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