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...more than a decade, Joe Buck, the lead play-by-play announcer for Fox's baseball and football coverage, has narrated many of the biggest moments in sports. On June 15, the ubiquitous broadcaster kicked off a new phase in his career with the premiere of Joe Buck Live, a quarterly HBO show billed as part sports talk, part sketch comedy. Hours before his first live taping, Buck spoke to TIME about transitioning from the broadcast booth to the host's chair, the perks and pitfalls of the format and how he intended to coax Brett Favre into revealing...
...make sure we open up our doors to anybody who's worthwhile, who's newsworthy and who has something to say. It doesn't always have to be the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. It can be somebody in the political world, the comedians' world, even an average Joe who has made a difference or has some story to tell...
Thank you, Joe Klein, for being the rare writer to condemn both the use of torture and the release of its images [June 1]. The response to the use of torture should be based on a factual examination, not on a visceral reaction to pictures. Images are not necessary to understand and evaluate what has happened. One can comprehend and assess a story about a murder, for example--and have a complete moral response--without seeing the crime-scene photos. Nadia El-Badry DOBBS FERRY...
...linking smoking with lung cancer, emphysema and other diseases. The report led a surge in restrictive legislation, including mandatory warning labels on packages and a ban on advertising on radio or television. Tobacco companies in return simply changed strategy, advertising to younger markets with candy cigarettes and mascots like Joe Camel - whom a 1991 study found was more recognizable among 5 and 6 year olds than Mickey Mouse. By labeling cigarettes as an "addictive drug" in 1996, the FDA sought to gain control over the industry and limit the sales and advertising of tobacco products. While its actions were supported...
Asked on Meet the Press on Sunday whether Obama would be the President who allowed Iran to go nuclear, Vice President Joe Biden said, "He's going to be the President who stopped it, God willing. We are not going to allow Iran to go nuclear, any more than the rest of the world is going to allow it to go nuclear...