Just prior to her run at the gold in Vancouver, Brit bobsledder Gillian Cooke earned new fans at the  World Championships in St. Moritz.  Cooke was  limbering up for her run when her skin-tight pants split, exposing a G-string and chilled-pink tush.
Despite a sudden rush of cool air,  Cooke seemed focused on the track.   An [...]

Though still in November, the end of the year is making it’s presence known by the varied “Best ….. of the year” lists popping up. It’s not just for the past year, but rather the “Best of the Decade”, be it in books, film and television.
(DailyHelping acknowledges a deficiency in music appreciation and certainly welcomes’ [...]

Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman have re-united to create what many consider an Oscar caliber production.  Considering past pairings either as co-actors and director and actor, the two have “The Unforgiven” and “Million Dollar Baby” to their credit. What’s next?
“Invictcus“. It’s a movie you’re going to hear a lot about, and for good reason. There [...]

The Baseball World Series is now underway and it’s between last year’s champion, the Philadelphia Phillies and perennial powerhouse, the New York Yankees, with both teams quite evenly matched. It’s a championship series that boasts some of the biggest names in the sport.  Superstars like Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Howard and Pedro Martinez, all make [...]

(Reprinted, without anyone’s permission)
(10-28) 15:54 PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) –
A Philadelphia woman charged with offering sex for World Series tickets says she’s embarrassed about her arrest, but did nothing wrong and is still hopeful of attending a game.

“I didn’t do anything wrong, so I’m not embarrassed about my actions. I’m embarrassed about how [...]

Daily Helping loves baseball and acknowledges that a good number of our readers residing outside of the United States might consider the  game  a complicated, complete waste of time. It’s to those readers that we beg your indulgence as this story transcends the game and is so remarkable that it must be shared.
The Daily Helping [...]

A film that has been getting a lot of positive buzz for the past few months is a pretty dark and weirdly funny film by the guy who wrote “The Wrestler”. The movie is called, “Big Fan”.
Writer (and now director) Robert D. Siegel has touched on mainstream sport and the almost unhinged devotion that many [...]

Columbia Studios took a look at the recent script treatment for the widely anticipated baseball movie called, Moneyball.  The studio  hated the script so much that filming of the movie, which was supposed to start this Monday in Phoenix has been stopped.  Adapted from Michael Lewis‘ very popular book about building and running a contemporary [...]

Shibe Park, was home to the Philadelphia Athletics. It opened in 1909. Originally named for one of the club’s initial owners, Benjamin Shibe, the park was renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1953. The legendary Mack became the sole owner in 1936. The stadium would be demolished in 1976.
This great picture allows you to get down [...]