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SaulToPaul 2
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I'm guessing the slam dunk contest will feature a bunch of 3rd string shooting guards and small forwards, as usual?
They would be schooled by Larry Nance and Dominique Wilkins. I didn't say "His Airness" because that should be understood without saying.
SaulToPaul 2
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I remember watching the Lance one live.
In the olden days, the best players participated. Now they are too cool.
In the olden days, the best players participated. Now they are too cool.
Pitchers and catchers will get it rolling. And we have March madness starting with the conference tournaments before the big dance. And not long after, the NHL playoffs, which are the hardest fought playoff of any amateur or professional sport.
Now that pitchers and catchers have been working out....
This is one of my all time favorite plays in all of sports. If ever a player had to dig deep, as the cliché goes, this is it.
| Centerfield | |
This is one of my all time favorite plays in all of sports. If ever a player had to dig deep, as the cliché goes, this is it.
| Gibson isn't even in the dugout | |
I just watched a documentary about the Harvard-Yale game in 1968 that ended 29-29.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Beats_Yale_29-29
It was pretty fascinating. A huge collapse by Yale.
Some of the stories were funny. I didn't know that Tommy Lee Jones played football and was a college roommate with Al Gore.
One of the Yale players was dating Meryl Streep at the time.
Another one was roommates with George W Bush and told a story of Bush being detained by police when they tore a goalpost down at Princeton. :chuckle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Beats_Yale_29-29
It was pretty fascinating. A huge collapse by Yale.
Some of the stories were funny. I didn't know that Tommy Lee Jones played football and was a college roommate with Al Gore.
One of the Yale players was dating Meryl Streep at the time.
Another one was roommates with George W Bush and told a story of Bush being detained by police when they tore a goalpost down at Princeton. :chuckle:
Lynah Rink at Cornell has a funny sports tradition or two. When a certain song is played by the band, at an end point in the line, everyone yells out, "Screw B.U.!" And the thing is, that's yelled out regardless of the opponent.
It started to steal the visiting B.U. fans' thunder when they played "Go B.U.!" with the Cornell home crowd instinctively stealing the last line and sending back the opposing sentiment. Now it's a fixture of Cornell games. :chuckle:
Also, it's tradition to hold up a newspaper (The Cornell Daily Sun) during the announcement of the opposing team line-up and chant, "Boooring. Boooring." until Cornell's line-up is announced. Then you toss the paper onto the ice.
Traditions.
This one came out a week or so ago. The short take is my interest in it.
http://espn.go.com/college-football...tant-said-was-sexual-abuse-victim-sources-say
I suppose 39 years is a good start for them hiding what was going on at Penn State.
http://espn.go.com/college-football...tant-said-was-sexual-abuse-victim-sources-say
I suppose 39 years is a good start for them hiding what was going on at Penn State.
I will definitely be rooting for them in the tourney. :thumb: It's a good year for a mid-major team to win it all. There doesn't seem to be any clear favourite in the field.
Don't forget the NFL draft, Boston Marathon, and the Masters.
The last three weeks of March and first three weeks of April are a fun six weeks for sports.
March Madness
Opening Day of baseball
NFL Draft
NHL playoffs
NBA playoffs
Masters
Boston Marathon
The NCAA is over as you know it. Not today, but it is coming. I think a college scholarship is a pretty good payment. But the universities, EA Sports, bowl committees have made hundreds of millions, even billions all together by prostituting athletes.
http://espn.go.com/college-football...rn-wildcats-football-players-win-bid-unionize
NLRB regional director Peter Sung Ohr cited the players' time commitment to their sport and the fact that their scholarships were tied directly to their performance on the field as reasons for granting them union rights.
Their payment is based on playing sports, therefore they are employees. From that perspective, I don't see how one can disagree. Watch how fast the left shows they don't actually care about the small guy. The leftists universities and communist leaning ESPN are going to fight this hard, as if Obama was up for a third term.
This is the bottom line. They get a scholarship from their athletic performance.
http://espn.go.com/college-football...rn-wildcats-football-players-win-bid-unionize
NLRB regional director Peter Sung Ohr cited the players' time commitment to their sport and the fact that their scholarships were tied directly to their performance on the field as reasons for granting them union rights.
Their payment is based on playing sports, therefore they are employees. From that perspective, I don't see how one can disagree. Watch how fast the left shows they don't actually care about the small guy. The leftists universities and communist leaning ESPN are going to fight this hard, as if Obama was up for a third term.
This is the bottom line. They get a scholarship from their athletic performance.
so who is troubled by northwestern and this union stuff?
this is not a good thing
this is not a good thing
SaulToPaul 2
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Thanks sharing troubling union views.