Indian Premier League auction update #2

Current squads, with prices paid for the players:
Jaipur Shane Warne (US$ 450,000), Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000), Younis Khan (US$ 225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$ 150,000), Yusuf (US$ 475,000)
Chennai MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00), Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000), Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$ 325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$ [...]

Indian Premier League auction update #1

Keep tabs on the action by visiting Cricinfo’s blog page.  Too early to really make any statements on the make up of each team, but after throwing money at MS Dhoni and a bit less at Murali, Chennai don’t have much more in terms of spending power. Dhoni, whilst working his way into form, will [...]

Julia Gillard’s other deputy role…

…is running second behind Jennifer Hawkins in Ralph Magazine’s sexiest woman awards according to News Limited’s report. Evidently, vocal stylings weren’t on the voting criteria, because there is no doubt that she is Australia’s own Fran Drescher.
Jokes aside, this proves that some people are not caught up in what generally characterises “sexy”. Either that or [...]

50 Cent believes that America would kill Obama if elected

News Limited reports that this US rapper has endorsed Hillary Clinton for this rather bizarre reason. I can’t imagine an influential female entertainer endorsing Barack Obama because the US wasn’t ready to elect the former First Lady to the office of Commander in Chief. If anything, 50 Cent should be affirming his fellow African American and pointing to [...]