Long time readers of this site and my previous site know that I have been an outspoken critic of Ohio State’s now former Head Football Coach Jim Tressel. Allegations against his program have been floating around since he went to Columbus in 2001, but I especially didn’t like the way he recruited, used and then […]

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I can just hear Blackhawk announcer Pat Foley saying Winnipeg into the microphone. I hope that there is more to do in Winnipeg, because Foley told me that he hated going to Winnipeg – besides being boring, it is very cold up there, just like Calgary and Edmonton (but with less to do). Finally, the […]

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Two words: GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!

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1. Minnesota Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew died today. It had been announced that his cancer was inoperable a few days ago and that he would enter a hospice. The man was a great long ball threat and was a class man. I met him at the 1983 All Star Game at the old Comiskey Park. […]

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In our hotel room last Sunday night, I saw on my iPhone that President Obama was making a surprise message to the nation at 10:30 PM. Well, I had been out with the family at Jazz Fest all day, so I didn’t make it, so I didn’t hear about the death of Osama bin Laden […]

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The Huffington Post reported today that Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has pleaded guilty to participating in a rampage during student protests that included an attack on a royal convoy last December 9th. Thousands of students demonstrated against rising university tuition fees, with some protesters having broken away from the main […]

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I know that I have two children named after female British monarchs, and I love James Bond, Doctor Who and Monty Python, so I’m an Anglophile. However, I was able to avoid the pomp and pageantry when Prince Charles married Diana 30 years ago, and I will not pay much attention to their son William […]

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