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Len Berman’s Blog: The Greatest Show on Earth (WNBC)Len Berman blogs about a weekend packed full of buzz-worthy sports headlines.

JON COUTURE: A different kind of Clemens closure (The Standard-Times)Aug. 31, 2003, did not prove to be Roger Clemens’ final on-field appearance in Boston. It is, however, the last Red Sox game for which I bought a ticket and went purely as a fan.

International News: Regulators raise concerns — Two U.K. regulators have raised concerns over Europe’s biggest paybox, BSkyB, becoming ITV’s largest single stockholder following a dawn raid on the terrestrial web in November.

- BSkyB buy scrutinized

TV News: Ex-HBO CEO being put on informal probation — Former HBO topper Chris Albrecht pleaded no contest to a charge of battery in Las Vegas on Friday, receiving a six-month suspended sentence and paying a $1,000 fine.

- Albrecht pleads no contest

Two Taiwanese men plays Nintendo's new Wii console in Taipei in March 2007. According to British experts, the console is as effective as more traditional videogames for burning calories, but players are running the risk of injury by not warming-up properly.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)AFP - Nintendo’s Wii console is as effective as more traditional videogames for burning calories, but players are running the risk of injury by not warming-up properly, according to British experts.


- Wii have a problem with injuries: British experts
(AFP)

PC World - Xbox 360 EliteThe $480 Xbox 360 Elite, which comes dressed in matte black with metallic details, has several improvements over its predecessor. It packs a roomy 120GB hard disk (up from 20GB), a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), and a wireless controller. Like the previous version of the Xbox, the Xbox 360 Elite plays regular DVDs, stores music ripped from audio CDs or digital photos, and connects to a PC to enable digital content streaming. .

- In Pictures: Xbox 360 Elite
(PC World)

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