Some favorite links

For those that actually check in here periodically, sorry for the delay. It's been a whirlwind few weeks with a Bruce show, a trip to Salt Lake City and Portland, a birthday, and crazy busy at work. Anyway, I thought I would pass along some of my favorite links on the web right now. But before that, I need to congratulate my great friend Ken and his wife Carrie on the birth this week of their first child, Owen Alexander. Welcome to the club.

In no particular order, here are some links that I am enjoying these days aside from the obvious espn.com, rollingstone.com, livedaily.com, etc.

Music:

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html

Dot net, as Bruce die hards call it, has really evolved this tour and the highlight is the videos that they post here from the shows. Amazing footage. They also post the handwritten set lists from each show so you can see the deviations of the actual set list.

http://www.backstreets.com/news.html

A great source for all Bruce news.

http://www.countingcrows.com/

They put some good content on this site and with the new album out this past week, it's been a good spot for downloading some of the new songs for free. Adam Duritz, the lead singer also has a blog and he is a nut.

Sports:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/simmons/index

Bill Simmons is The Sports Guy for ESPN. His podcast is a must listen for me on a weekly basis. He is a crazy sports writer who loves weaving pop culture references in to his columns. If you don't know him, check this out immediately.

http://www.rotoworld.com

The bible for fantasy sports new.

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/

SI's new creation, this site has every article that has ever appeared in Sports Illustrated, every cover, etc. It debuted a week ago and is truly amazing.

http://philhughes.wordpress.com/

Phil Hughes has a blog, and he does a really good job. He gives away some free stuff with contests and gives a little insight on being a major league pitcher. I hope he keeps it up during the season.

http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com

If you want details on anyone's contract status in baseball, this is your spot.

http://www.mockdraftcentral.com/

A fun way to pass some time if you are a roto nut like me is a mock draft before the season starts. You don't have to pay a lot of attention, but it gives you a sense of where guys should be taken. Of course, then you get to your real draft and someone takes Manny Ramirez with the third pick in the AL only draft and you realize that some people have no idea what they are doing.

Others:

http://www.linkedin.com/home?trk=tab_h
A pretty cool professional networking site that has helped me find some old friends.

http://thesecret.tv/index.html
Some say that The Secret is a little hokie. That's fine with me. I am a proponent of positive thinking and willing things to happen. Please reference the previous entry in this blog. Believing you can do something is the first step in getting it done.