Friday, March 21, 2014

When We Were Kings

This is a little long...but worth every minute.  Ali versus Foreman...1974.  I had just finished high school.  Foreman had just destroyed Joe Frasier and Ken Norton.  None of us at the time thought Ali had any chance.  We all thought the worst case scenario...he would die in the ring.

But...he...did...not.

From the archives of HBO...and YouTube.

Sit back and enjoy a piece of history.  Trust me...you will be moved by this film.


 

The Madness...Of March!

My oh my.....the madness..the upsets!

And we're only in day 2.

Wow!!

 

In a New York...Minute

Only in New York... A few short years ago...Mark Sanchez was the toast of the city.  Today...he was fired by the New York football Jets.

The odd thing about this?

They've just signed....Michael Vick.

From the New York Daily News:

MARK SANCHEZ OUT, MICHAEL VICK IN: Jets release one-time Golden Boy quarterback and add veteran who served time in prison

Mark Sanchez knew this day was coming even as he wished in a strange sort of way that it wouldn’t. There was no shock when the Jets officially released him on Friday, no disbelief when the organization ended a strange five-year relationship with their erstwhile Golden Boy. read full story »

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Kyle Korver...We Salute You!

Well...it's over now.  Our Kyle Korver... of our beloved Atlanta Hawks set an NBA record when he hit at least one three-point basket in 127 straight games.

Think about it.   That is a season...and then some. 

No...Kyle Korver will never end up in the same conversation as the greatest players ever...He will not go into the NBA Hall of Fame...

But what he accomplished?  We applaud.

These Hawks these days need a reason for us fans to simply give a damn.

Kyle has done that and more.   This white boy can shoot!

And Kyle...we salute you...and applaud you!

From FoxSportsSouth:

In appreciation of Korver's streak

MAR 8, 3:45a ET | FOX Sports South
In appreciation of Korver
Kyle Korver's NBA-record streak of 127 games with a three-pointer is over, but its impact is not. Jerome Jurenovich and Mike Glenn put the run by the Hawks guard into perspective.
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Daylight Savings Time...Once Again!

One of our favorite posts...

So we ...re post:

Springing............Forward


Daylight Savings Time.....

To be quite blunt.......Daylight savings time sucks! Tomorrow....check that...today..... at 2 am we will set our collective clocks forward 1 hour. Why? Our time pieces in our body will have to adjust needlessly for this ridiculous attempt to cheat mother nature.

How......exactly....... are we .......saving......daylight? And.....what are we saving daylight from? Is .....daylight ..... in danger? Does......daylight.....need to be rescued? Oh, my bad. We're not saving the daylight from an unknown enemy........We are saving daylight........for future use. So....should we freeze it ........or can it? Or put the daylight in a bank ....and earn interest.

Now, personally, I happen to like daylight. And for years now, I have done what most Americans have done for the last 30 years.......In March........I save an hour..........of daylight.
Only to give it back in October! And when I give it back........I have no return on my investment. I just........don't get it. Spring forward...........fall backward......why? And for.......whom?

Daylight.........could care less.......In a 24 hour day..........daylight shines for how ever many hours.......regardless if we humans manipulate a doggone clock.

Meanwhile.........the moon is watching all of this........and thinking........."Hey....what about "moonlight" savings time......." We want equal representation". We too..... want to be saved.

Imagine that..............then again.......just set that darn clock ahead ......save that hour of daylight........and be a zombie for a few days before your body adjusts......

Daylight Savings Time............

Yuck!!!!