I had a second snow day today, which I didn't expect, but it was enough to make me tired of blogging about the storm and its aftereffects. Instead, I decided to post about the intersection between science and sports, climate, and the latest developments in Detroit.

• Research from BCS Championship universities
• Meanwhile, down in Australia
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Tonight, that isn't just a catchphrase from "The Wizard of Oz," it's also who's playing. In fact, the Lions and Bears are playing each other on Monday Night Football in addition to the Tigers playing the Rangers earlier in the day. No wonder the library at school was completely empty on a night when it should have been at least half full. It's ( Read more... )

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Detroit Free Press: Mayor Bing: Detroit won't build RoboCop statue
By STEVE NEAVLING

Sci-fi fans won't take no for an answer: A statue of RoboCop must be erected in Detroit.

What started as a single suggestion for the statue on Mayor Dave Bing's Twitter account Monday ballooned into an international cyberspace debate Tuesday about the merits of ( Read more... )

Those two teams haven't met in the playoffs since 1941.  From NFL Touchdown:

1. WWII can’t stop the rivalry: Exactly seven days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Packers and Bears met in the first and only playoff meeting between these two teams. In a time when the country was devastated by the advent of World War II, an overflow crowd of more ( Read more... )

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USA Today: How Fox got shots of Metrodome roof collapse
-- Michael Hiestand

Fox, preparing Saturday for a Sunday NFL game at Minneapolis Metrodome, did something different: It left a camera on specifically pointed at the roof. "We knew what we were looking for," says Fox lead NFL game producer Richie Zyontz. "This was specifically for the roof ( Read more... )

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