Skating timers a bit edgy

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Don't ask me why, but whenever I read about a skater's short program being too long, all I can think of is jumbo shrimp.

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Me, I'd handle the situation the way they do at the Academy Awards. If somebody exceeded the time limit, I'd start playing the theme from "Titanic" or something like that.

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Poor Michelle Kwan. Her program at the worlds ran over by, what, two seconds? If she'd done that at the Oscars, they would have given her the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

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News item: NFL might start handing out 15-yard penalties for pre-planned end zone celebrations.

Comment: Worse, if another player tries to place a cell call after scoring a TD, he'll be charged at operator-assisted rates.

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