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Basketball season is in full swing; NHL Hockey had an incredible opening weekend; and a made-for-TV scenario has brothers coaching against each other in the Superbowl. Sports are a part of everyday life around my house. During the first snow of the season, my boys had done their fair-share of sledding but then I looked outside and there they were with a couple of other neighborhood boys...playing wiffleball in the snow. Each year, Sports Illustrated gives out a SportsKid of the year award, this year's recipients were the inspiring pre-teen Long brothers: Connor and Cayden Long. Cayden has cerebral palsey and as a way for them to enjoy sports together...Connor and Cayden began training for the triathlon. Read the entire story

For those who grew up with Jodie Foster, her acceptance speech for the "Cecil B. DeMille Award" at at last night's Golden Globes was amazing. She was adorable, seemingly impromptu yet rehearsed, funny and beautiful. She was the perfect choice after 47 years of TV and the big screen: from Taxi Driver to Silence of the Lambs to Contact to Nell...Jodie Foster is an amazing actress. Her Golden Globe acceptance speech is on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=efYg0vQyPGA

According to the National Geographic News: Aging mice can be made "young" again, according to findings one scientist initially found unbelievable. The key is muscle-derived stem cells, which—like other stem cells—are unspecialized cells that can become any type of cell in the body. When injected with muscle stem cells from young mice, older mice with a condition that causes them to age rapidly saw a threefold increase in their life spans, said study co-author Johnny Huard, a stem-cell expert at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Pittsburgh. Check out the full story at National Geographic News.

The vote came in and NO player received the mandatory 75% votes required to be inducted to the hall of fame. Bonds, Sosa, Clemans, McGwire, all punished by the Baseball Writers Association of America...apparently because of Performance Enhancing Drug use. What do you think? Read Sporting News story

With the word dirigible  one typically thinks of the Hindenburg or maybe even Snoopy on the MetLife Blimp floating over a football game. But one company is launching a new vehicle: AerosCraft's rigid-variable-buoyancy airship. The company plans on flight-testing the in the next 60-days what the CEO claims is the future of air travel. Honestly, the allure of a Land Cruise to see Iron Horse & Mount Rushmore, down the Rocky Mountains and the into the Grand Canyon. Or how about a trip across the frozen lands of Alaska, viewing the majestic wildlife and terrain. What a great vacation that would be. Below is a video of the dirigible demonstrating its hover abilities. I'm looking forward to the flight-test video in the coming months.