Story originally posted at www.usatoday.com Ballots for the 77th AAU Sullivan Award are being sent this week to AAU officials, U.S. Olympic Committee members, college sports information directors and others. Fans, too, can join in the voting for the nation’s top amateur athlete online. The total fan votes count one-third toward the final tally. […]

Britney Spears’ long weekend: Losing custody of kids, being admitted …
Chicago Tribune - Renee Donewar, former dance teacher “If she doesn’t get help, I don’t think anybody wants to see the way this will end. When she was younger, she had her friends, her cousin and for the longest time, she had [ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake]. Now …

Penfield Rotary Band to perform today
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - (January 8, 2008) The Penfield Rotary Band will play two hours of Big Band music for dancing and listening on the first Tuesday of each month. Nels Carmen Big Band Dance Series will begin at 7:30 p.m. today, Feb. 5, March 4 and April 1 in the …

Classic dance festival in Jamshedpur
Hindustan Times - In bid to promote tourism in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district, a five-day long classic dance festival Nritya Sangam will be held in Jamshedpur from January 20. Organised jointly by Sangeet Natak Academy and Jharkhand tourism department with newly …

‘People’s Choice’: Queen Latifah hosts awards show
Newsday - Musicals challenge you in a way you aren’t normally, because you have to sing, dance and act at the same time. “After weeks of rehearsing all of that, you’re tuned up. Everything is firing on all pistons, and everyone else has to do the same thing for …

Writers’ Strike Forces the Golden Globe Awards to Roll Up This Year’s …
Washington Post - Verrone issued a happy-dance statement saying, “The entire awards show season is being put in jeopardy by the intransigence of a few big media corporations.” Technically, this was not correct. Last night’s Critics’ Choice Awards on VH1 went on as usual …

Nice day for voting
Salon - Political reporters dance to the same Fleetwood Mac lyric as the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign: “Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow.” But in defiance of these journalistic dictates, I want to linger for a few beats on yesterday. There is no rational …

Who’s Blogging
Washington Post - If the other team gets a first down, you don’t do a dance like you accomplished something. The successful teams don’t have players more interested in themselves then the team. Mark Maske: I couldn’t disagree with you more. I thought he did a …

Seniors dreaming of first (and last) Dance
ESPN.com - The national title game is still three months away. But just making the NCAAs, hearing your name called on Selection Sunday, is at the forefront of so many players’ minds — even in early January. Actually, the obsession with the Big Dance started …

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