Didn't watch much TV over the weekend, save for some football, a little baseball and "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," for my DVD column. Not a great movie. In fact, while flipping this morning before going into work, I finally settled down with "Akeelah and the Bee," a very satisfying experience even with its considerable parallels to "Searching for Bobby Fischer" (which I also like very much).
But there are some things ponging in my head, including the following:

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Over the weekend I took a look at the first three episodes of the eight-part ESPN miniseries about the '77 Yankees, which premieres tonight — and, if nothing else, was pleased to see "Rescue Me's" Daniel Sunjata get a chance to show how very good an actor he is …

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