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Sad news, sports and a pop culture tidbit…

On Dancing With The Stars, Helio Castroneves, a former winner and current Indy series racing champion was eliminated last night along with Drew Lachey (brother of Nick).  Helio is a former DWTS champion??? Where were all the Indy car nation … Continue reading

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Sports update…

San Francisco avoids elimination by defeating Cincinnati 2-1 in 10 innings.  Cincinnati leads series 2-1.  Also, The Oakland A’s will live to play another day as they avoided elimination, defeating the Detroit Tigers 2-0.  The  trail in the series, 1-2. … Continue reading

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Georgia Tech fires defensive coordinator Al Groh

Breaking news this afternoon, Paul Johnson, head football coach at Georgia Tech, announced that Al Groh would be relieved of his duties as defensive coordinator immediately!  Well, well, it comes as no surprise as the GT defense has been awful, … Continue reading

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Let’s hear it for the boys from Atlanta…

Way to go Falcons.  The Atlanta Falcons defeated the Washington Redskins 24-17 and improve to 5-0 for the first time in their NFL history.  Redskin’s super rookie quarterback RG III was knocked out of the game with a concussion but … Continue reading

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NFL Today…

Full slate of NFL games on tap for today for sports fans.  I will be watching two games closely.  First, Matt Ryan and the red hot Atlanta Falcons vs. RG III and the Washington Redskins at 1:00 pm EST.  Later, … Continue reading

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And they all came tumbling down…

Super Saturday delivered, and it delivered some big upsets and shakeups for the top five in the polls.  Numbers 3, 4, and 5 all fell!  LSU lost to Florida in the afternoon, and in last night’s action, South Carolina spanked … Continue reading

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“…I only wanna be with you…”

College Game Day from Columbia, South Carolina:  Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish fame was the celebrity guest and of course picked his alma mater South Carolina to win. The funniest sign I saw in the crowd (and there … Continue reading

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Let’s keep Chipper playing!!

The Braves and the Cardinals meet today at 5:07 pm in Atlanta for the National League Wild Card playoff game.  Kris Medlin is pitching for Atlanta and that means good things (23-0 with him as starter!).  Here’s hoping Atlanta and … Continue reading

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A Triple Crown Winner and bye bye Valentine!

For the first time in forty five years, we have a Triple Crown Winner in MLB (no, not horse racing!)  Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera has achieved this distinction and joins the ranks of other notables such as Lou Gehrig, Ted … Continue reading

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Half The Sky part 2

I have not had the opportunity to watch this important documentary in detail yet.  That being said, some interesting observations from part 2 are as follows; Diane Lane spent time in Somaliland where 1 in 12 women die giving birth!  … Continue reading

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