| Sale 20-13 Harlequins
Only the fact that they were playing a team one place below them in the Premiership had suggested this might be a tough game for Sale. About the only factor in Quins' favour was the heavy pitch. The expected siege began immediately, with only brave defence by David Strettle, falling on a Hodgson grubber, preventing the Sharks scoring after barely two minutes. .
Updated: Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET
Speaking of the Eagles and painful defeats, why do TV announcers always add insult to injury by casually dropping lines like, "How many Eagles fans are wondering, 'It's happening again?' " ... As a fan, I can't describe how horrendous it feels to hear something like that. The announcers pulled the same crap when the Sox were playing the Yankees last October. It was like they were getting royalties everytime they said "Nine outs away!" or brought up the thing that rhymes with Schmurse. Here's the best way I can describe it: Imagine being at a bar in college, and you're on one of those stupid hiatuses with your girlfriend. You know it's bad. You know it's probably not ending well. But when you see her hanging all over another guy, that's when you realize it's probably over. And man, does it hurt.
Broken Dream
Tamika Taylor put everything she had into saving her house. She drained her savings and borrowed from her retirement account to make her mortgage payments. But in the end, she could not keep up with her monthly payment, which had ballooned from $2,400 to $4,000. An auction date was set: Tuesday, Jan. 29. "The market has basically dropped," she said, a week before her home was to be sold. "There's little or nothing you can do except be at the mercy of the mortgage company." Looking back, Taylor admits she made an unwise financial decision. She took out an adjustable-rate home equity loan to pay off some bills and to live off of while she stayed home with her newborn. Like many others, she assumed she would refinance the loan before the higher rate kicked in. But then the market softened, leaving her, and thousands like her, stuck in bad loans.
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