Yahoo Odd News with Greg Proops

Greg on Odd News this week with a 4-year old who is in Mensa, a bat infested house and a physicist who used science to get out of a traffic ticket.

Here is the link:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/oddnews-22772304/4-year-old-genius-joins-mensa-house-infested-with-500-bats-physicist-avoids-traffic-ticket-using-science-28985684.html

Atlanta Tennis Championships to Offer Weeklong Ticket Packages

Weeklong ticket packages are now on sale for the 2012 edition of the Atlanta Tennis Championships.  The tournament, which will be the first men’s event in the Emirates Airline US Open Series, is set for Atlantic Station July 14-22.

Tournament organizers are telling fans to get their tickets early.

Premium seats are available in five categories, all of which offer the best viewing of the best players in the world competing on the ATP World Tour. Former No. 1 Andy Roddick, Top 10 player John Isner and US Open Mixed Doubles champion Jack Sock will lead a star-studded field at this year’s tournament.

The tournament will offer Champagne Suites, Courtside Seats, Platinum Seats, Gold Reserved Seats and Silver Reserved Seats. The suites and Courtside Seat packages provide access to the Courtside Club and VIP Lounge. All packages include tickets to the tournament’s 11 sessions.

Weeklong tickets are available by going to www.atlantatennischampionships.com and through the Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ATChampionships. Individual session tickets will be available beginning in May.

Additionally, the ATC announced a new site plan with a 3,612-seat Stadium Court with seating on all four sides and improved viewing angles. Stadium Court and the Grandstand Court, which will seat an additional 784 spectators, will be located in the complex’s northeast corner, in full view of the magnificent Atlanta skyline and with an unrivaled exposure to more than 500,000 vehicles a day passing on the I-75/85 corridor.

“We want the entire metro Atlanta community to see our facility and feel the heartbeat of tennis in the city this July,” said Tournament Director Bob Bryant. “By moving our Stadium Court to the edge of Atlantic Station we have a dedicated tournament grounds, added natural shade elements and unrivaled visibility and accessibility. Additionally, we are expanding our plan for seating and providing fantastic viewing of Stadium Court from the north and south ends as well as increasing VIP seating options including Champagne Suites and covered seats.”

“The Atlanta Tennis Championships site configuration and court locations within Atlantic Station give our guests, residents and office workers direct and easy access to the main events” said North American Properties Managing Partner Mark Toro. “Placing the two main courts with the Midtown skyline backdrop right in the heart of our city will provide a tennis-going experience like no other.”

At least four courts will be built south of 17th Street. One court will used as a third competition court, and the other three for practice.

For special events, tennis demonstrations and other engaging activities, a Family Zone will be built in Atlantic Station’s Central Park. Shoppers, restaurant goers, residents, office workers and others enjoying the complex’s unique atmosphere will be able to participate in tennis and watch events there. Events will focus on kids’ activities, especially the hugely successful USTA’s 10 and Under Tennis initiative.

Emirates Airline to Sponsor U.S. Open Series

A new sponsor in 2012 for the U.S. Open Series, tennis' annual build up to the U.S. Open in New York.

Now in its ninth season, the Emirates Airline US Open Series continues to serve as a true regular season of hard court tennis, linking 10 summer tournaments to the US Open.  Fans follow the action throughout the summer during national broadcast coverage while players battle for $40 million, including a chance for bonus prize money at the US Open.  The Series collectively reached a U.S. television audience of 39 million and drew more than 800,000 on-site fans in 2011.  In 2012, Emirates Airline became the title sponsor of the Series, as well as the official airline of the US Open.  The Emirates Airline US Open Series is also supported by sponsors American Express, Chase, Citizen Watch Company, Esurance, evian and Gatorade.

Americans Mardy Fish and Serena Williams swept the 2011 Emirates Airline US Open Series men’s and women’s titles. In 2007, Roger Federer collected the biggest paycheck in tennis history – $2.4 million – for winning the US Open and the Emirates Airline US Open Series. In 2005, Kim Clijsters also captured both the US Open and the Series, winning $2.2 million – the largest purse in women’s sports history – and equaled that amount in 2010, winning the US Open and finishing the Emirates Airline US Open Series in second place.

Jeff Larson's "The World Over" Now Available

If you are going to buy one record this year, this should be the one!

Imagine a virtual living room filled with ringing guitars, velvet-toned singing, and sure-handed playing as you experience the warm-grained musical journey that is Jeff Larson s The World Over. This set of ten original songs washes over you in melodic waves, pulsing with strong emotions and genuine feeling. There is a special quality to Larson s music that listeners can trust. Anyone seeking respite from the often jarring clamor of day-to-day life in the 21st century can find safe harbor throughout this album. With a painterly eye for detail, Larson tells stories with themes of searching and finding, losing and longing, capturing everyday life through a clear-eyed lens, journeying near and far, ultimately leading, from song to song, to wherever listeners call home. The music on The World Over is enriched by such top-flight vocalists as Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of the band America, Jeddrah Schmit, the daughter of Eagles bassist/singer Timothy B. Schmit, and Jeffrey Foskett, music director and part of the Brian Wilson Band. The way Bunnell and Schmit, in particular, blend with Larson s crystal-clear vocals in shimmering harmony makes you smile and sway with the sound.

Great melodies, timeless lyrics and music that just takes you away.

2012 Green Bay Packers Schedule Released

And it really begins with a bang.

The 49ers, the Bears, at Seattle, then the Saints?

It's gets a little more manageable after that, but there is a 3-game road trip thrown in.

There is no way this is the 2nd easiest schedule in the NFL.

Who knows what will happen, but I'll say 11-5.