Hopefully, he can help us win.?Aside from that sounding a little confusing Mike, can?t we just face the facts and agree that this is not the glory days of old, and resting on Portis? laurels is a very bad idea at best?Washington?s situation at running back?especially in a zone blocking scheme?will require a talent that the club simply doesn?t have, and don?t expect them to draft anyone worthwhile this year. As for Portis, his days of being a fantasy elite are over and while I admit this article is being written in February, it?s my opinion that a retired L.T. has more fantasy worth than Portis.What? Fantasy Football is a very bad addiction even for us writers. This article is also featured on Fantasy Knuckleheads. TOKYO, Apr 30 (MARKET WIRE) — ANA today released more details of its FY 2009 Emergency Plan, which hasbeen in place since the start of the present fiscal year, April 1, andruns to March 31, 2010.  The day after the Canadian women’s hockey team got in trouble for smoking cigars and drinking champagne and beer on the ice, the men had a close call at the end of their game against Slovakia.Newspapers across Canada carried pictures of the national women’s hockey team celebrating its 2-0 win over the United States. The International Olympic Committee was not pleased when their party spilled out of their locker room and back onto the ice.The Canadian women later offered an apology The Slovaks shocked Russia and surprised Sweden. With a chance at Olympic gold on the line, the Slovaks came close to pulling off the ultimate upset.Team Canada won the game and will go to the men’s Olympic hockey final against the USA.

They earned a 3-2 semifinal win, but Slovakia came close, especially as the game wound down to a tense, dramatic close.Patrick Marleau struck first, tipping in a shot from the point by Shea Weber. Then a shot by Chris Pronger made its way through traffic in front of the net for the second goal. With just over three minutes left to play in the second period, Ryan Getzlaff scored on the power play, backhanding in a rebound off a shot by Corey Perry.Canada was leading 3-0 in the third period, but Slovakia lulled them to sleep, using the neutral zone trap, then struck with two quick goals to make it a game in the final frame. The Slovaks goals were scored by Lubomir Visnovsky and Michal Handzus.The Slovaks swarmed Canada’s goal in a mad final minute, and Pavol Demitra came close to scoring the tying goal in the dying seconds, but Robert Luongo, in net for Team Canada, made a great save to win the game.It would have been Slovakia’s third major upset of the tournament.It was close, but no cigars!Canada faces Team USA on Sunday for the gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. It’s a re-match as the teams met earlier in the tournament, with the Americans upsetting the favoured team on their home turf.Since then, Team Canada has come together, beaten the top-ranked team from Russia, with Ovechkin and Malkin, and will be a different group than the one Team USA defeated  the last time they met.The Americans, meanwhile, are hoping for another miracle on ice, giving them the gold.My prediction? Team USA will win the silver medal, Canada will get the gold, and that will be great for hockey in the USA and the NHL. But will the NHL participate in the next Winter Olympics, in Russia? . NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) – The dollar gained againstthe euro on Thursday after a govenment report showed weeklyclaims for jobless benefits decreased in the latest periodwhile continued claims notched a fresh record high. Currencies  |  Global Markets For details, see [ID:nN30500233] The euro was last down 0.1 percent lower at $1.3257 EUR=from $1.3270 before the release.

(Reporting by Nick Olivari, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) Currencies Global Markets. I would like to start this post and report to say personally Well done to Roberto Mancini and his Man City side. The reason why, they played to their strengths and used WIDTH!!!. I know we had two players sent off, I know they scored their fourth when we were down to 9 men but the danger signs were there long before in the second half. Why oh why does Carlo Ancelotti persist with playing Anelka out wide.This is now two massive games running Ancelotti, you have made the same mistakes and its BOLLOCKS!The first half was a non event until the goal. A great goal because of simply the vision from Joe Cole to spot Lampard, play a slide rule pass (because that’s what he has in his locker) to Frank and to be fair he took it well.

So we are sitting at one nil and looking comfortable and City haven’t really shown much to pose us any problems.But then it happened. I can’t stand Tevez as he just annoys me, but credit where credit is due, if you play him he will give you 100% without question He bagged the goal but we contributed to it in a big way. First off all Mikel should of cleared the header away or at least be told he had time and space to bring the ball down and lay it off. BUT it seems as though he didn’t get the call, he heads it back over the top of our defence and Tevez squares up against Terry and Carvalho I’m thinking they will deal with that, but did they fuck Tevez gets passed JT and now we have a problem.

Carvalho comes across on the cover but Tevez is in the box and a half hearted challenge doesn’t stop Tevez from mis-hitting the ball towards goal. Hilario is caught out and reacts too late, gets a hand to it but the ball goes in and its 1-1 at half time.Second half was about City and their strenghts, look at the second goal. Ball played out wide to Craig Bellemy who took it well but keeper should of saved it. The penalty was a stupid one to give away but no complaints and their fourth was a counter attack 5-3 and they played to their strengths, out wide to Wright-Phillips who takes it into the box and plays across goal for Bellemy to slide home coming in from the other wing.