This week in historical past: Don’t mess with Al Capone’s 4th of

As reported within the Chicago Daily News, sister newsletter of the Chicago Sun-Times: Al Capone is also certainly one of Chicago’s greatest vacationer sights as of late, however within the overdue 1920s, memento stores in Miami Beach, Florida, weren’t moderately able to slap the bootlegger’s mug on a T-shirt and promote it to Fourth of July vacationers. A June 28, 1928 document within the Chicago Daily News detailed Capone’s arrival in Miami Beach simply sooner than the Fourth of July — and town’s try to put the Chicago mobster at the back of bars to save lots of their vacation tourism. In a “stormy special session,” town council handed a solution calling on any county officer to arrest Capone for

Patriots-Texans Preview: New England Holds Clear Edge In Playoff Matchup

Share this: The New England Patriots shut out the Houston Texans 27-0 in September with their third string quarterback under center. There’s no reason to believe the results will be different when the two teams face off in the divisional round of the playoffs Saturday night at Gillette Stadium. The Texans are one of the worst teams in NFL history to make it into the second round of the playoffs. They won an extremely soft AFC South and then played the Oakland Raiders, who were down to a rookie third-string quarterback, in the wild card round. The Texans ranked 29th in Football Outsiders’ total DVOA, 30th in offense and seventh in defense this season. Tom Savage, who took over at quarterback for Brock Osweiler in

Roger Federer vs Tommy Robredo — 2011 Australian Open 4th Rd

World No. 2 and defending champion Roger Federer faces Tommy Robredo in the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open. As many of you know by now, Federer has been playing aggressive, first-strike tennis ever since teaming with coach Paul Annacone. To counter this strategy, Robredo will have to play aggressively as well. He'll need to change direction frequently and keep Federer on the move. Extended, back-and-forth rallies play right into Federer's hands. ...