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Reunited With Mets, Paul DePodesta and Sandy Alderson a Classic Pairing

SAN DIEGO -- Now that the mutual admiration society that is Sandy Alderson and Paul DePodesta has reconvened, West Coast Bias wonders what would happen if these two brainy men were to straighten out the Mets. One, ESPN would show the Mets on "Sunday Night Baseball" every week instead of every other week. Two, folks...

Michael Lewis Will Replace Recent IR Addition Clifton Ryan on Rams

The Rams have lost defensive tackle Clifton Ryan for the season. St. Louis's fourth-year lineman out of Michigan State was placed on injured reserve Wednesday, effectively ending his season. Ryan hasn't played since the opener because of migraine headaches that have improved, then worsened periodically. The Rams had...

Michael Lewis Released by 49ers

Ask and you shall receive. So it's said, and it certainly was for Michael Lewis. The San Francisco strong safety is now an ex-49er after the club Monday granted his request of last Friday and gave him his release. Lewis demanded the release after learning Friday he was going to lose playing time to rookie Taylor...

Report: Mike Singletary's Job With 49ers Safe for Now

As the 49ers' season continues to unravel, head coach Mike Singletary is left searching for a way to get his team on the winning track. San Francisco suffered a heartbreaking loss in Atlanta to fall to 0-4, capping a tumultuous week that included the firing of offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye and the benching of...

Michael Lewis Walks Away From 49ers

The Mike Singletary regime apparently has lost another player. Strong safety Michael Lewis is the third 49er player to have walked out, one way or another, on the club in the last two months. Saying "the relationship is beyond repair,'' Lewis' agent, Rodney Williams, told CSNBayArea.com that the player was asking San...

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'The Occupy Handbook' Features Paul Krugman, Michael Lewis, Matt Taibbi And More

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05/20/12 The Occupy Handbook Source: FT.com Last week, it was hard to do so amid the round-the-clock coverage for Facebook's initial public offering and the $20bn in paper wealth that Mark Zuckerberg gained.
05/14/12 Couple Robs Mom, Hits Her With Car Source: LAist A couple has been arrested after they allegedly robbed a mom in a parking lot then hit her with their car while trying to make a quick getaway, reports KTLA.
05/10/12 Orono landscape painter honored for spreading love of... Source: Bangor Daily News - Bangor ME The sun was just peeking over the horizon when Michael Lewis drove up the hill to the University of Maine campus, a trip that had grown familiar since he began teaching at the university in 1966.
05/08/12 Berkshire Hathaway: Wall Street "rats in a granary" Source: Forbes "Wall Street now is better than it was but the majority of what was wrong has not been fixed. I agree with Michael Lewis that the Volcker Rule needs to have a lot more teeth. Take the rapid trading by the computer geniuses with their algorithms: those people have all the social utility of a bunch of rats admitted to a granary. I never would have allowed the rats to get in the granary.
05/04/12 Michael Lewis Advises Occupy Source: Counterpunch But if you believe that what you have to offer is valuable, the published self-interview is an attention getter.