The main trunk line traverses the Grand Canal and lagoon, from the railroad station to the island of Lido, passing by ornate palaces and historical St. Mark's Square and underneath famous bridges. Branch lines serve smaller canals and outlying islands.That's not something I believe in. But, to each his own. I'm sure the Vikings organization did not release him based on that.

Me? I just want to be a fan again. Return to the backyard of my childhood home, play Wiffle ball with Joey from next door. Then I fantasized that I was Carl Yastrzemski trying to hit a home run over the Green Monster.For millions of sports fans, "Monday Night Football" on ABC was an American institution, and a generation of TV viewers has never known life without it. The program was the brainchild of the late Roone Arledge, who in the 1960s and 1970s pioneered sports broadcasting as the head of ABC Sports, and Pete Rozelle, then the NFL commissioner, who was the first to see the role that tel