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Back in the day

January 5, 2009

= My dad used to say that Little League parents and Pee Wee football parents were the same people and the only difference was us kids could not hear all the whining and complaining during the football games because we wore helmets. = The rule as I grew up was to come home when the street light came on. It didn’t matter what quarter or inning the game was in that we were playing. The game stopped immediately and kids went home. If my dad wanted me home before that, he just stood in front of our house and whistled. He was loud and you could hear it for blocks and blocks. If I didn’t begin home within 15 seconds of the whistle, some parent came out of their house, looked at me and simply said, “Now, Michael, if I heard your dad, I know you did.” You remember those days. = High school basketball season is less than 10 games old and I am already tired of hearing folks in and around the stands complain and whine about and to the officials. I am waiting for an official to blow the whis

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Just some random thoughts about the sports world ...

January 1, 2009

¯ If Pat Bowlen can fire Mike Shanahan after 14 seasons because the coach is not getting it done, why can’s NFL commissioner Roger Goodell do the same to Raiders owner Al Davis.

Oakland is terrible and appears it will continue to be terri

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Do you light a life or do you curse the darkness?

December 29, 2008

This is a variation of the saying: “It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”

In his acceptance speech to the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles in 1960, John F. Kennedy used a version of the saying: “We are not here to cu

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He calms the storms or rides them with us

December 25, 2008

Mark Hall from Casting Crowns, before singing “Praise you in this storm” told an audience a simple, yet, amazing message: “I guess what God is showing me is sometimes he calms the storms in our lives and sometimes he just rides them with us.”
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There are still consequences for what you say

December 15, 2008

The First Amendment, basically, gives us the freedom of speech.

We can whatever we want, whenever we want. But, there can be consequences with those words.

Former Dallas Stars player Sean Avery has found that out. He is withou

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Eleven seasons later, Kramer is still at the top

December 8, 2008

There are times when things just hit you in the face.

Such was the case Saturday night at Wheeling Island Stadium.

Dressed in too many layers to count, getting ready to watch the Madonna football team try to complete a perfect

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