Новости за 04.05.2010

Tennis columnist, Richard Pagliaro reports the latest tennis news. Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin prove that they are the favorites for the French Open due to their recent wins. Ernests Gulbis is the first to take a set of Nadal on clay this year and shows that he is one of the biggest clay court competitors.

There is a question of which WTA will dominate the courts this year due to injury and strong wins from a variety of players. Serena Williams is looking fit even though she has not played in three months. Читать дальше...

The one with its own satellite, the ones that made you, and the Mama of them all

Of all the words that could be used to describe the inimitable Mike Patton, “accessible” is hardly the first to come to mind. But any fanboy worth his weight in Mr. Bungle bootlegs will testify that beneath the weirdness for weird’s sake, the animalistic grunts, and the lyrics about bedding down with Betty Crocker,…

There are moments on Deftones’ first new disc since 2006—and first without bassist Chi Cheng, who’s been in a minimally conscious state since a 2008 car accident—that sound a bit like a band on auto-pilot. Luckily, though, the title track and “Royal” stomp such limp moments with pleasingly crude riffs that claw and…

STUTTGART, Germany — Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group recently got a chance to try out the Army’s new MC-6 parachute, which they say will be put to good use when dropping into tight combat zones in Afghanistan.