Are you an avid sports fan, like me? And did you watch Super Bowl XXXV and witness the superb defensive effort by the Baltimore Ravens, the hard-hitting replays, and exquisite execution of a masterful game plan?

There's been no better illustration of stock market volatility than the events of fall 2008.

Monday marks the big day for online holiday shopping. (Dylan Ray photo illustration) MOREHEAD CITY — Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, is expected to be more promotional than ever this year as retailers offer one-day sales and special offers to bring holiday shoppers online.

Photo Illustration by Kenny Greer /The Lantern Mickey and Minnie Mouse will get introduced to Sparty, not Brutus Buckeye, according to a source at Michigan State. A source within the MSU football program said the Spartans are preparing for the Capital One Bowl, presumably for a game against Georgia

Before the last federal election, the Georgia Straight did something very unusual. We published an illustration of Conservative Leader Stephen Harper on the cover with the headline: Stop Harper.

The No. 3 most-rented Netflix movie in one U.S. city on Nov. 17 was Colma, a rock musical about a city just outside San Francisco where residents bury their dead. Seventeen of the top 25 Netflix rentals in another city were political films, foreign films and TV shows. Photo by Illustration by Gregg Bender | The Journal Gazette

GREEN BAY — For a full-color illustration of just what a difference a yard makes in the NFL, one can look no further than Sunday’s Packers-Panthers game.

Dale Eisinger makes a political statement in a photo illustration.

As holiday shoppers cope with crowds, lines and frazzled clerks, weak cell phone signals can be one more irritant. Photo by Illustration by Gregg Bender | The Journal Gazette

The euro slipped further against the dollar late Monday as the market bet that the European Central Bank will cut eurozone interest rates sharply later this week.