Lance Armstrong has been nominated for Texan of the Year but not as a sterling example of the Lone Star State's population. The Dallas Morning News has nominated him for its award as a top newsmaker who has had a great impact. His fall wasn pleasant to behold, the newspaper said in an editorial.Less than half an hour from home, and the sight of familiar faces reassure the weary traveller. John Lennon Airport in Liverpool also has a cosy feel to it, but getting through security is a pain which could easily be resolved if more staff were employed. Why airports, particularly the bigger ones, have to have such interminable queues to get through their departure procedures makes one wonder if there is some great Machiavellian plot at large..

In 1924 Emlen Tunnel was born there. Playing less than three years at some mid western university, the Giants drafted him in 1949. He quickly became the point man in the Giants' secondary, similar to Ronnie Lott with San Francisco or Darrell