Feud

Tonight's episode is "Feud. " The main attraction is the face-off between Finn (aka wedding wrecker) and Mr. Schuster (aka jilted at the altar by Emma Pillsbury on Valentine's Day). And in true Glee style, the confrontation will take the form of song. The ever-mature Artie ("Switzerland"), Tina and Blaine serve as mediators. Mr. Schu delivers a dose of reality to Finn (who, in case you missed it earlier this season, kissed Emma just before her wedding day possibly serving as the final chill to her already cold feet)

Having co-hosted a pre-game radio show with John Unitas for four years while producing the radio broadcasts on WCBM for the Baltimore Colts, I think John would be laughing over the family feud about Joe Flacco portraying him in a movie. John would probably remark that Joe is a little too tall for the role. John had a great sense of humor, and I think he would have approved of Joe Flacco's own "golden arm. " As a Ravens season ticket holder, I can attest to both quarterbacks "coolness quotient.

Friday night's Smackdown left me with one major question: Why did I just watch Wade Barrett face Randy Orton? That's not necessarily a complaint, as I enjoy watching these two share the squared circle, but it's a match we've seen twice on television in the past two weeks. And it was nothing new. The ending of the match may have been the most disturbing part. In their first encounter, Barrett won because of interference from Alberto Del Rio. In the rematch, Orton got his win back.

Tonight's episode is "Feud. " The main attraction is the face-off between Finn (aka wedding wrecker) and Mr. Schuster (aka jilted at the altar by Emma Pillsbury on Valentine's Day). And in true Glee style, the confrontation will take the form of song. The ever-mature Artie ("Switzerland"), Tina and Blaine serve as mediators. Mr. Schu delivers a dose of reality to Finn (who, in case you missed it earlier this season, kissed Emma just before her wedding day possibly serving as the final chill to her already cold feet)

The feud between Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy is starting to click. The brothers highlighted a good episode of Smackdown Friday, as Matt opened with a solid promo, and an exciting stretcher match between them closed it. (For more, go to baltimoresun.com/ringposts)

Conflict and tension between authority figures and superstars are by no means new concepts in the world of professional wrestling. The most obvious example comes in the form of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's crusade against WWE CEO Vince McMahon. That duo battled on the microphone, in the boardroom and in the ring. Many have debated whether the ongoing CM Punk vs. John Laurinaitis issues can reach the fever pitch of McMahon-Austin. But really, these overly analytical fans need to let the past be the past and let this feud blossom into its own. Not helping matters any is the clustered nature of the feud to begin with.

Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs has taken several subtle digs at New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady throughout the season, but he has been on his best behavior this week. In a news conference with the media in Owings Mills today, Suggs said that he has moved on from any perceived fued with Brady. "I guess the genesis of that was the incident in '09, when I almost hit him below the waist," Suggs said. "That's when it all started, but you grow and mature. As you all can clearly see, I'm not the same guy that I was in '09. I'm definitely 20 pounds lighter.

HALLANDALE, Fla. -- The feud among the owners of Strike the Gold, who won last year's Kentucky Derby, escalated yesterday when B. Giles Brophy moved to dissolve the partnership and to prevent the colt from entering races until the group's financial matters had been resolved.Brophy was ousted last August as managing partner by the other owners, William Condren and Joe Cornacchia, then filed suit against them last fall.In his new action, he noted that the horse had not won in 11 straight races and said: "Strike the Gold is obviously mentally and physically tired."

Personal demons have long been exploited for the sake of advancing a professional wrestling storyline. As a matter of fact, current WWE Champion CM Punk is no stranger to it, as he himself brought Jeff Hardy's history with drugs and addiction into their feud a few years ago. But when it comes to Punk's current battle with Chris Jericho, one has to wonder what exactly is the point? The promo exchange between the two the past few weeks hasn't focused on Punk's demons but those of his family.

A judge has determined that a Howard County man embroiled in a long-running neighborhood feud violated his probation in an assault case that stemmed from him spitting at his neighbor in 2006, prosecutors said. The incident came after a nearly decade-long dispute between Timothy and Barbara Cerny and David and Donna Elliott, who live on Swift Current Way in Columbia. The feud spawned more than a dozen criminal cases, as well as civil court proceedings, and resulted in county police responding to the upscale River Hill neighborhood more than 100 times.

Friday night's Smackdown left me with one major question: Why did I just watch Wade Barrett face Randy Orton? That's not necessarily a complaint, as I enjoy watching these two share the squared circle, but it's a match we've seen twice on television in the past two weeks. And it was nothing new. The ending of the match may have been the most disturbing part. In their first encounter, Barrett won because of interference from Alberto Del Rio. In the rematch, Orton got his win back.

A woman was punched in the face and then pinned between two cars Friday in a lot at The Avenue at White Marsh after a "screaming match" over a parking spot, police said. Police received a 911 call at 8:25 p.m. about a fight. When police arrived, they found the victim lying in the parking lot near Staples and screaming. Police said it appears a woman driving an Oldsmobile believed her parking spot had been stolen. An argument ensued with the passenger of the other car, a Volkswagen.

WWE has a long track record of revising its own history. Former enemies all of a sudden are best friends, a certain former world champion has been erased completely from history, and the list continues. But Monday night on Raw, general manager John Laurinaitis took it upon himself to not only rewrite WWE history, but also that of All Japan Pro Wrestling, where Laurinaitis competed as Johnny Ace from 1990 to 2000. Laurinaitis claimed to be the greatest star in the history of Japan, comparing his impact on the industry to the careers of Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin and The Rock rolled into one. In all honesty, I think Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa is even a bigger star in Japan than Laurinaitis was during his heyday.John Laurinaitis rewrites wrestling history to build feud with John Cena on WWE's Monday Night Raw Believing his own hype, Laurinaitis said it's those skills that will enable him to beat John Cena at Over the Limit later this month.

On Monday's Raw, Daniel Bryan earned the right to face WWE Champion CM Punk at Over the Limit. On tonight's Smackdown, Bryan lost to World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus. Bryan has now lost to Sheamus in three consecutive singles title matches -- WrestleMania, Extreme Rules and Smackdown. That doesn't seem like the way to build a challenger for the company's top prize. Bryan and Punk have proven on multiple occasions they're capable of stealing any show, and that mindset will surely carry over to Over the Limit, when they'll focus on the story they're telling in the ring rather than the one playing out outside of it. But even so, in the eyes of the general viewing public, what chance does Bryan stand against Punk?

The sniping between Kentucky's John Calipari and Louisville's Rick Pitino has been put on hold this week, much to the disappointment of the fan bases of their respective teams and the media assembled for the Final Four in New Orleans. It picked up in October, when Calipari talked about Kentucky's stature in college basketball. “It's a unique thing,” Calipari said at the time. “There's no other state, none, that's as connected to their basketball program as this one. Michigan has Michigan State, California has UCLA, North Carolina has Duke.

Personal demons have long been exploited for the sake of advancing a professional wrestling storyline. As a matter of fact, current WWE Champion CM Punk is no stranger to it, as he himself brought Jeff Hardy's history with drugs and addiction into their feud a few years ago. But when it comes to Punk's current battle with Chris Jericho, one has to wonder what exactly is the point? The promo exchange between the two the past few weeks hasn't focused on Punk's demons but those of his family.

WASHINGTON -- Saying that "decisive steps are required," Sen. Charles S. Robb of Virginia put three top aides on leave yesterday pending resolution of his feud with Gov. L. Douglas Wilder over telephone eavesdropping.The Democratic lawmaker, in a statement released last night by his office, identified the aides as David K. McCloud, his administrative assistant; Steven D. Johnson, his press secretary; and Robert Watson, political director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which Mr. Robb heads.

WASHINGTON -- Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and Sen. Charles S. Robb, the warring giants of Virginia politics, met for a public cease-fire yesterday insisting that they'd never been fighting to begin with.Smiling and deferring to one another as they stood before cameras on a Capitol Hill sidewalk, the two Democrats declared themselves the best of friends despite the recent revelation that Mr. Robb's office had for 2 1/2 years kept a clandestine tape recording of a Wilder phone conversation in 1988.

WWE has begun developing a WrestleMania feud that no one had speculated. With less than seven weeks until the "Showcase of the Immortals," WWE has planted seeds for a rivalry between John Laurinaitis and Teddy Long, the general managers of Raw and Smackdown, respectively. The two men agree on the issue at hand: That power within WWE should be consolidated, and one sheriff should preside over both shows. But, of course, each man believes he is the right one for the job. As the story advances, it's likely fans will be treated to a number of challenge matches and segments organized by the two, and that started on Monday's Raw. Two matches on the show fit the mold that will inevitably expand in the coming weeks.

Star power. WWE fans have thrown those two words around a lot lately, mostly in the context of its absence from the current roster. One needs to look no further than the two world title bouts announced this week for the upcoming Elimination Chamber pay-per-view to see where these complaints originate and develop. On Monday night's Raw, it was announced that CM Punk would defend his WWE Championship against Chris Jericho, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, R-Truth and Kofi Kingston. Smackdown's match, which pits World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan against Big Show, Randy Orton, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes and the Great Khali, was announced on Friday night's show.