Extravagant ....to the nth degree!
Arthur Blank must have one hell of an ego. This new Atlanta Falcon stadium will have everything ...and then some.
1.2 Billion dollars? A retractable roof? A gigantic side window with the Atlanta skyline in full view?
Simply amazing!
Take a look:
Last night it was Philadelphia's turn to witness the greatest show on the hardwoods.
Even sitting 3 starters...for rest...we suspect...the Atlanta Hawks again rolled.
Court Vision: Undermanned Hawks extend win streak to 9 games
JAN 13, 10:34p ET
| Zach Dillard
It was all that is was built up to be:
Finesse vs. Brute strength
Speed vs. Power
Blitzkrieg vs. Methodical
Old School vs. New School
Traditional vs. New Age
What a game this was. What a win for Ohio State. They came...they saw...they dominated.
Here's the Headlines today from Ohio:
In this small southern college town...it is a gray January day. Kind of dreary looking outside.
But...we are wiser...cuz this is what we learned over the week-end.
Well...we still don't know what a "catch"...is:
Colts will face Patriots for Super Bowl berthThe Atlanta Hawks are rapidly becoming the talk of the "Association".
Best record in the east.
Beating up on the vaunted west.
Our...Atlanta Hawks!
Court Vision: Hawks sweep Clippers, win seventh consecutive road contest
JAN 6, 1:43a ET
| Knox Bardeen
How 'bout them Cowboys...How 'bout them ...refs?
Can you say...conspiracy?
I did not see the game live...but....
I hear the refs called a foul.
The refs announced the foul.
The flag was then picked up.
No yards were paced forward.
No explanation from said refs.
Instead of ...a first down...now fourth down.
49 years well lived years!
"When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer," Scott told the
audience. "You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the
manner in which you live."
~ Stuart Scott (7/19/65 - 1/4/15)
I'm a Georgia Peach, but I pulling for Carolina since the Atlanta is not in the Playoffs.
For almost five weeks...the football players on the Ohio State Buckeye team heard the constant rants and commentary about how the Alabama Crimson Tide...would wipe the field with them as their own personal cleaning rags.
ESPN...the World Wide Leader...and their mass of "TalkingHeads"...gave the Buckeyes little chance of winning.
The big bad SEC....Number 1 ranked Alabama!
Even the boys in Vegas had Ohio State 7 point under-dogs.
Well someone forgot to tell coach Urban Meyer.
He used all that negative press...to pump his team. He prepared them. And he got this:
They came...they saw...they dominated!
Enough said!
Four Downs: Georgia runs past Louisville to win Belk Bowl
DEC 31, 12:42a ET
| Lauren Brownlow
First of all....
Why do they call it "Black Monday"?
What does black...have to do with coaches getting fired?
It should be "Pink Monday"...being that all those coaches got the "Pink Slip"!
Anyway...so goes the NFL!
Poor Mike Smith....Nice guy. Winning-est coach in Atlanta Falcon history.
Hire 7 years ago...Fired Monday.
You can open your eyes again...The Atlanta Hawks just won another game...against another formidable team.
This time it was the Clippers of LA. With none other than former Hawks great guard ...Doc Rivers coaching.
I watched this from the opening ceremonies (you really have to see the new Hawks Intro) ...to the end.
These Hawks...I think..are ...for real!
There...I said it...
Court Vision: Hawks extend impressive streak with comeback win over Clippers
DEC 23, 11:36p ET
| Zach Dillard
Carolina and Atlanta...Next Sunday...playing for the NFC South Division Champion.
Wow!
Neither team will finish with a winning record...but who cares? This is the NFL. Just get to the post season...and see what happens.
From the Charlotte Observer:
For us? This was great! Our beloved Birds...beat the hated Saints....In New Orleans!
As bad as this season has been...this was one of those, "It don't get no better...than this!"
These Falcons fell behind...7-0...scored the next 20....then held on to win. A defense that hasn't stopped an offense all year.....stopped the Saints.
On the road.
In the SuperDome!
From the New Orleans Times-Picayune... We just love to see them lose!
Bay of Pigs...I was only a child at the time...but my Dad was there.
The Cuban Revolution of 1952 to 1959 had seen President Fulgencio Batista,
a right-wing ally of the U.S., ousted. He was replaced by a new
left-wing administration dominated by Castro, which had severed the
country's formerly strong links with the U.S. by expropriating their
economic assets and developing links with the Soviet Union, with whom the U.S. was then embroiled in the Cold War. The President of U.S. government Dwight D. Eisenhower
was concerned at the direction which Castro's government was taking,
and in March 1960, Eisenhower allocated $13.1 million to the CIA in
order to plan Castro's overthrow. The CIA proceeded to organize the
operation with the aid of various Cuban counter-revolutionary forces,
training Brigade 2506 in Mexico. Following his election in 1960,
president John F. Kennedy was informed of the invasion plan and gave his consent.
Over 1,400 paramilitaries, divided into five infantry battalions and
one paratrooper battalion, assembled in Guatemala before setting out for
Cuba by boat on 13 April. On 15 April, eight CIA-supplied B-26 bombers attacked Cuban air fields and returned to the U.S. On the night of 16 April, the main invasion landed at a beach named Playa Girón in the Bay of Pigs.
It initially overwhelmed a local revolutionary militia. The Cuban
Army's counter-offensive was led by Captain José Ramón Fernández, before
Castro decided to take personal control of the operation. On 20 April,
the invaders finally surrendered, with the majority of troops being
publicly interrogated and then sent back to the U.S.
The failed invasion strengthened the position of Castro's
administration, who proceeded to openly proclaim their intention to
adopt socialism and strengthen ties with the Soviet Union. This led eventually to the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis
of 1962. The invasion was a major embarrassment for U.S. foreign
policy. John Kennedy ordered a number of internal investigations across Latin America.
The aftermath?
This is a story you will not see on any "Headlines".
Mike...we love you! Keep making good decisions!
From NBC Sports:
APJets quarterback Michael Vick paid his debt to society when he spent time in federal prison for his conviction on dog fighting charges.
