The music tracks for the DJ Hero Renegade Edition game include a new song by Eminem.

Activision has revealed the track lists for rappers Eminem and Jay-Z’s pack-in albums for the DJ Hero Renegade Edition. The Eminem CD contains album cuts, rarities, and an all-new, unreleased track called, “Taking My Ball,” which will debut only on the DJ Hero Renegade album.

DJ Hero Renegade Edition

“The tracks we put on this disc are mostly overlooked or rarer favorites of mine from all different parts of my career,” said Eminem. “I also put a brand new, unheard song on there so even the biggest fan has something new.”

Jay-Z’s CD features one hit song from each of his 11 studio albums, plus his contribution to the Notorious film soundtrack.

The DJ Hero Renegade Edition also includes the game, a premium turntable controller, and a hard-shell carrying case that converts to a “performance-ready” DJ stand.

For more about the game, music tracks, and pre-sale details, click here.

Monopoly World Game

The McDonalds Monopoly game begins today and the grand prize is $1 million dollars.  Game pieces are available on all large fries, medium to large fountain drinks, Angus Burgers, and 10 to 20 pieces Chicken McNuggets, and large hot McCafe drinks or with your breakfast hash browns.

Ten critical pieces will be rare and hard to find, and those pieces happen to be the last property, when listed alphabetically, for each color group (except Boardwalk). If you get one of these rare pieces, and if there is only one then you’ve won that prize.  Finding that key piece is more difficult than it seems. On a website like the Fatwallet Forums you might find people willing to sell or trade rare pieces to complete a set.

For 2009, the rare pieces (and the prize you can win with that color group) are:

• Mediterranean Avenue ($50 prize, 2000 prizes)
• Short Line Railroad ($500 prize, 750 prizes)
• Vermont Avenue ($1,000 prize, 125 prizes)
• Virginia Avenue ($2,000 prize, 75 prizes)
• Tennessee Avenue ($5,000 prize, 10 prizes)
• Kentucky Avenue ($10,000 prize, 6 prizes)
• Ventnor Avenue ($25,000 prize, 8 prizes)
• Pennsylvania Avenue ($50,000 prize, 4 prizes)
• Golden Avenue ($100K prize)*
• Boardwalk ($1 million dollar prize, 1 prizes)

 Good luck!

Australia (Aus) plays against New Zealand (NZ) in the ICC Champions trophy today. Millions are expected to watch the Aus vs NZ match from around the world.  The cricket match will take place at SuperSport Park in Centurion at 6 PM. Australia was the favorite and they were expected to make it to the finals, but New Zealand was a surprise and they have created some major upsets and turnarounds since the beginning of the tournament. 

Here are a few live streaming sites where you can watch the match, but they are slow…and frustrating.  Sopcast requires the download of software before you can watch it.  It may be easier to wait until it is over and watch the video of it online.  Or you can view live commentary and scores, see link below.

UStream

Sopcast

Justin TV

Cricket (also has live scorecard)

Manager Arsene Wenger

On Sunday, Arsenal will take on Blackburn Rovers live on Sky Sports 1 & HD1. Manager Arsene Wenger is eager to mark his 14th year of management at the Gunners with a win. Arsenal fans want to see if injury victim Theo Walcott is involved. Attacking might be the best form of defence for Rovers, and Arsenal’s backline is still unproven.

Here are a few other live streaming sites where you can watch the match, but they are slow…and frustrating.  Sopcast requires the download of software before you can watch it.  It may be easier to wait until it is over and watch the video of it online. 

HD1 Live

UStream

Sopcast

Justin TV

Brazil at Night

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil beat out Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid to become the first South American city to host the Olympic Games in 2016.  The people of Brazil are known as the happiest people on earth.  The country is full of sun, beautiful beaches, and tropical nights.  The people of Rio are passionate about the Olympics and they want to host them.

“It’s a beautiful country, just gorgeous,” Arielle Martin, an athlete who is training at the US Olympic training center in California told the Salt Lake Tribune. “The food is great, the people are so nice. The concern that’s on everyone’s mind is the crime rate. … The big question they’re looking at is being able to control the situation and assure the safety of the athletes,” she said.

A social worker, Orlando Pinto said, “I don’t think it’s appropriate considering what our country is going through,” he said. “We don’t have good health services, education; we have transportation problems, housing problems, crime problems,” CNN reported.

Security and traffic will be the main problems that Rio will need to focus on.  Although the city will get money from the IOC, the city itself will also need to pay a considerable amount of money to work on transportation issues.  For the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic games, the entire freeway system had to be re-vamped to handle the sheer number of people who attended the games.  It does take a lot of work and money, according to Mitt Romney, who organized the 2002 Olympic Games.

Brazil at Night

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) picked Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as the host city for the 2016 Olympic games.  Chicago was out in the first round of voting, then Tokyo, then Madrid.

Brazil is the first South American city to host the Olympic games.

President Barack Obama, the first lady, Oprah and others made a trip to Denmark to voice their desires to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago, and are returning from that trip now.

CNN reported from downtown Chicago this morning when Chicago was eliminated from the Olympic bid.  The crowd unanimously looked perplexed, as though they didn’t hear the correct announcement.

White House officials called the result “disappointing” but said the president will move on to other issues.

Rio de Janeiro on the other hand is absolutely thrilled.  CNN showed a crowded beach and downtown area filled with people when the decision was handed down that they won the bid, people were screaming with excitement at the thought of the 2016 Olympic Summer games being played in their city.

In a little over three hours, the International Olympic Committee will announce their decision about which city will win the 2016 Olympic Bid.  Representatives from Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Madrid all converged on Copenhagen yesterday to list their reasons why their city would be best for the 2016 Olympic games.

World leaders, sports stars and showbiz personalities have all been doing their bit to help swing the IOC votes their way.

President Obama delivered his address before the IOC saying, in part that the U.S. “is ready and eager to assume that sacred trust…I urge you to choose Chicago. And if you do — if we walk this path together — then I promise you this: The city of Chicago and the United States of America will make the world proud.”

First lady Michelle Obama, a native Chicagoan made her speech, and evoked memories of her father, who developed multiple sclerosis in his 30s, noted that as a child she remembers sitting on her father’s lap and cheering for Olympic gymnasts Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci. She said: “He taught me how to throw a ball and mean right hook better than anybody in our neighborhood,” breaking into her trademark smile.

Klitschko vs Arreola boxing on HBO

HBO Sports presents a heavyweight title fight between two ring giants in World Championship Boxing: Vitali Klitschko vs. Cristobal Arreola will be live Saturday, September 26 at 7 pm pacific time from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and will be aired exclusively on HBO.  The World Championship Boxing team will be ringside for the event, which will be presented in HDTV and in Spanish on HBO Latino.

HBO Klitschko bio: 

HBO Arreola bio:  Hailing from Riverside, California, Cristobal “Nightmare”Arreola (27-0, 24 KOs) hopes to use his hometown advantage to take down the taller Klitschko. At 6′4″, Arreola is hardly undersized or underpowered, impressively knocking out 24 of his 27 opponents while going undefeated against the likes of Travis Walker, Jameel McCline and Chazz Witherspoon.  Now, the fast-rising 28-year-old has a chance to send shockwaves through the boxing world and become the first heavyweight titleholder of Mexican heritage.

The India vs Pakistan cricket match today is estimated to attract several million viewers, and defeat is usually unacceptable for both teams.

India should be inspired by the fact that they have never lost to Pakistan in an International Cricket Council (ICC) in the battle for the trophy, even with the team’s fair share of injuries.

India and Pakistani cricket teams have played each other in non-test-playing nations such as Canada (Toronto) or the United Arab Emirates (Sharjah), but didn’t have the same number of viewers.

Here are a few live streaming sites where you can watch the match, but they are slow…and frustrating.  Sopcast requires the download of software before you can watch it.  It may be easier to wait until it is over and watch the video of it online.

UStream

Sopcast

Justin TV

Cricket (also has a live scorecard)

30 point buck shot in Wisconsin Monday

Wayne Schumacher of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin held the rack of the deer he shot with his bow and arrow on Monday. The deer has an unofficial count of 30-points, a 20 and a 1/2 inch spread, and weight of 225 pounds. 

Photo credit:  Patrick Flood from the Reporter

The largest buck ever shot (and recorded) was in 2006 near Alberta, Canada and was reported to be a 36-point mule deer, the record before that was in the same area in Canada in 1926 (photo below). 

36 point white mule deer shot in 2006