Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes.

“I was in total shock. Then I was mad,” Ryan said of his initial reaction to Washington’s positive test during a chat Wednesday with ESPNDallas.com. “Then I was very disappointed. I went through an array of emotions.”

Then what?

Since 1973, more than 13 million black babies have been killed by abortion, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s more than twice the number of black deaths attributed to AIDS, violent crimes, accidents, cancer and heart disease during that period.

Andre Agassi told ESPN.com he was “out of line” and apologized for poking fun at Pete Sampras during a charity match last week.

I love Nadal’s comments about it further into the article.

Studies suggest that this disconnect between body time and clock time can result in restlessness, sleep disruption and shorter sleep duration. Other studies have suggested links between time change and increases in heart attacks, suicides and accidents, though scientists say more study is needed.

I’ve never understood why a) we needed to shift time (as if people didn’t understand that the day ebbs and flows as far as sunlight) and b) why one time couldn’t be used for the entire globe (UTC?). Seriously, if they said a soccer match was going to start at 1600, why can’t 1600 be the same worldwide?

Minnesota [18-12 (9-9), RPI: 76, SOS: 46] The Gophers are probably a fringe bubble candidate at best, but they’re back on the board after routing Iowa 88-53 on Sunday to finish 9-9 in Big Ten play. Frankly, the Gophers have as much of an argument as Illinois to be included in the NCAA field. The Gophers are 4-4 in their last eight games, including a 62-60 victory at Illinois on Feb. 27. The Gophers have three high-end victories, having beaten Wisconsin (home), Butler (neutral) and Ohio State (home). Minnesota is 3-6 against RPI top-50 foes, 4-7 against the top 100 and 3-7 in true road games. The Gophers have five losses to RPI sub-100 opponents, including an ugly 83-55 defeat at Michigan on Tuesday night. The Gophers are the No. 6 seed in the Big Ten tourney and play No. 11 seed Penn State on Thursday.

Seems like a stretch to me, but it would be fun.

After all, even if you’re not a conspiracy wing nut and want to give people the benefit of the doubt, it is not hard to imagine the Ad Hoc Sub-committee for Selecting a Keynote Speaker deliberations going something like this:

Sub-committee Member #1 (chair): OK, this meeting has come to order. We need to select a speaker to recommend for the keynote address to this year’s convention. The table is open for discussion.

My brother-in-law and sister have met Joe a couple of times. Troglotyke #3 has played catch with him in someone’s back yard and talked to him on the phone. By all accounts, in addition to being one of the best in the game at what he does for the last few years, including setting a team record for saves last year with 47, he’s a quality guy.

By all accounts I have heard, as well, he’s a great guy. I think the hole can be filled by the Twins, but tough not seeing him about there on the hill in crucial situations.

Nathan has a torn ulnar collateral ligament and will decide whether to have surgery within two weeks, ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney reported.

Surgery would likely cost Nathan all of 2010.