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Monday, November 2, 2020

Reboot of the anti-redneck, redneck -sports and politics

Three civil rights groups; The Urban League of Greater Kansas City, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City and the Kansas City, Missouri, chapter of the NAACP in the Kansas City area, have cautioned the NBA about relocating the Raptors temporarily to KC because they feel  the city has failed to demonstrate that Black Lives Matter. Here's an earlier blog with similar themes. Return of the anti-redneck, redneck 
  So who made these three groups, judge and jury?
  BTW, #Mahomes is for the KC raptors 
Nov 3
"f--- you SNL...trying to reduce me to greed." #ICECUBE , rapper and owner of the BIG3, reacts to be the SNL mocking him for talking to #Trump
Nov 9
#BurgessOwens , former NFL DB, takes a narrow lead over Democratic incumbent Ben McAdams in Utah’s 4th District  Congressional race. Counting continues so maybe everyone should hold their powder about all the election races.
Nov 18, 2020
Ben McAdams, the Dem incumbent , conceded to Burgess Owens yesterday.
dec 18, 2020
 An Argentine court ruled that  #DiegoMaradona body must be conserved and not cremated pending a paternity case . Maradona's lawyer told the court  that  DNA samples exist so there  is no need to exhume the body. 
Jan 7, 2021
Heat and Celtics players took a knee during the anthem to protest the "Capital incursion in DC"  and that the cop who shot Jacob Blake, who was facing sexual assault charges and was carrying a knife. won't face  charges. 
NBA was mostly silent during the BLM and Antifa riots last summer. The NBA is selective about what violence it ignores.
Jan 21, 2021
So the four letter Network was gushing over the Biden Inauguration yesterday with #BillBradley, a former solid player with the Knicks and Democrat Senator from New Jersey, and I'm thinking they still are clueless that the S stands for Sports. I changed the channel after 15 seconds and would've have done the same if a sports channel was gushing over Trump.
Jan 23, 2020
#NBCSN has been unable to keep pace and is being shut down at the end of the year and migrating much of its programming, including the NHL and NASCAR, to its sister general entertainment network USA.
Feb 10, 2021
The NBA's rulebook requires players to stand during the national anthem, but Silver has declined to enforce that rule, and Mark Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks owner,  has taken that opening and halted the playing of the anthem at  Dallas home games. Perhaps Silver and Cuban will  raise the flag of Mainland China next.
feb 12, 2021
Bluefield College forfeited a men's basketball game on Thursday after the NAIA  school president David Olive  suspended multiple players who ignored his previous warnings to stop kneeling during the national anthem.
April 14, 2021
Just wondering: Will the Blue Jays(MLB) and the Raptors(NBA) ever leave FLA and return to Canada for home games?
May 14, 2021
Blue Jays will return to Buffalo on June 1- will they ever play in Trudy's Toronto again?
#Buzbee , a lawyer for some the gals suing Deshaun Watson, claimed “some of the women did not feel like they were being respected” by the NFL investigators. These are serious charges- the kid gloves are off. I guess he thinks the NFL should believe the gals and the case is over.
July 17, 2021
 Blue Jays will return to Toronto for a July 30th game against KC after receiving a National Interest Exemption from the Canadian government, allowing the team to enter the country without having to adhere to the country's Covid-19 travel restrictions. It's their first game there since September 29, 2019. Just have to laugh! Maybe they thought the team was starting to dig Buffalo?
July 24, 2021
 Our "national" feelings are  safer with the Guardians  moniker replacing Indians in Cleveland, and any announcer  who slips and calls them the Tribe will be canceled. . Perhaps Willows will replace the Redskins moniker in DC. Or Weak in the Knees?
July 28, 2021
Trudeau , the Canadian Morality Director  and PM, lectures the Habs on drafting Mailloux, who was charged in Sweden last year with defamation and offensive photography and fined approximately $1,650. " I think it was a lack of judgment by the Canadiens organization" . 
Habs GM  said he was the best player available.
aug 11, 2021
The name game continues: Valparaiso University announced the Beacons as its new team name, which replaces the Crusaders, a term school officials claimed had been embraced by hate groups.
Jan 18, 2022
Former NBA player Yao Ming has a protected status in Communist China and this shows it. "If there is an opportunity, I would like to invite him(Kanter) to visit China. Then he may have a more comprehensive understanding of us."
 Dude, Enes Kanter has to be careful where he travels because President Ergodan of Turkey will have his boys kidnap, then jail him. And why would Kanter trust China to not jail him?
Jan 19, 2022
Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive, and one of the owners of the NBA Warriors, is catching he!! for saying that he - and most Americans - "don't care" about abuses against the Uyghur minority in China. His quick apology didn't help.  Golden State Warriors MGT quickly distanced itself from Palihapitiya, who owns 10% of the team, calling him a "limited investor with no day-to-day operating functions".
Jan 23, 2022
Aussie officials claim "Where is Peng Shuai?" T-shirts are political and ask tennis fans to remove them at the Australian Open.  Communist China is as sensitive as the WOKE crowd. Australia is moving closer to Fascism between this and its tactics on Covid.
Feb 2, 2022
While #BrianFlores may have some valid points about the Rozelle rule, I can't see how he can prove enough points to win in court.  His NFL coaching career is toast. One thing that could be noteworthy is the accusation that the Dolphins' owners pushed for the team by offering incentives to tank in 2019..

And I don't see how you can codify one of his demands in the NFL bylaws:  Increase "the objectivity of" hiring/terminating GMs, head coaches and coordinators.
April 4, 2022
So Shannon Sharpe would rather pay $20 a gallon than have Trump as Prez? Cuz you can afford it!

Why would anyone still want Kapernick with all the baggage he brings?
April 18, 2022
Zoe Rosenburg, 19, had a chain and attached herself to the back of the basket near to the Timberwolves' bench at Memphis Fed Ex arena prior to the start of the MEM/MINN game. Security personnel removed the chain from around her neck, and she's was later arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing. There have been animal rights' protests at TWolves'  games this season because one of their co-owners also owns factory farms.
How she able to get that close to the basket?
May 21, 2022
Brittany Griner, the 6-foot-nine-inch center for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, who also has played off-season hoops in Russia, was busted for possession of cannabis-infused vaporizer cartridges a few months ago. She should have been aware of Russia's laws. Most of the time stars buy their way out of these drug busts, but  the war in the Ukraine has  F'd up this situation. And as much as I detest Putin, I don't understand our State Department's claim that she was wrongfully detained. She may not get released until the war is over.
May 22, 2022
And the crap continues Josh Donaldson called Chisox shortstop Tim Anderson "Jackie". JD said the "Jackie" comment was in reference to a 2019 interview with Sports Illustrated in which Anderson described himself as feeling like "today's Jackie Robinson" . 
But Anderson feels disrespected, and Chisox MGR LaRussa whines that it's a racist comment. I've always disliked LaRussa so I ain't surprised he's fueling the melodrama.
May 29, 2022
F U to SF Giants MGR Gabe Kapler who says he'll remain inside the clubhouse while the national anthem is being played before games in protest of the school shooting in Uvalde, TX and how our country is.
May 31, 2022
and Kapler changes his mind for Memorial Day and stands for the National Anthem. I wonder if he's the same way about lineup decisions and promises made to players.
June 5, 2022
Celtics wear “We Are BG” T-shirts to practice in support of Brittney Griner.
June 18, 2022
 I can't stand Dan Snyder, but I understand why he's hesitant to testify before Maloney's House Oversight committee due to other ongoing investigations.  Maloney's response, "Congress has long investigated matters subject to parallel proceedings," wouldn't ease my mind. 
Plus, watching another hearing, the Jan 6 House freak show ,without rebuttals, does not engender confidence in the process. 
Aug 20, 2022
BBC presenter Annita McVeigh issued an apology on air and explained that the headline 'Manchester United are rubbish' was written when someone was learning how to use the ticker. Apology sounds like rubbish!
Sept 6, 2022
Nothing like messing with success from the 2020 World Cup: Skocic, a Croation and the head coach of Iran's World Cup team, has faced an uncertain future after he was briefly ousted last month and may get dismissed again.  Some of tension arises from demands for the head coach to be Iranian.
Sept 9, 2022
Paging Dennis Rodman: Time for you to go visit your fat buddy, the dictator of North Korea. North Korea officially enshrined the right to use preemptive nuclear strikes yesterday.
Sept 27, 2022
Macedonian soccer fans booed the Bulgarian Anthem but lost the match. Bulgaria defeated North Macedonia 1:0 in a League of Nations football match played in Skopje, NM. 
Oct 11, 2022
This gave me a chuckle.  In the 1930s the Boston Bruins (NHL) had a front line of Dumart, Schmidt, and Bauer that was nicknamed the Kraut Line. 
Nov 4, 2022
“I cannot be antisemitic,” Irving said, “if I know where I come from.”. Was he saying that being black means he can't be a bigot? He tends to talk in riddles. Anyway, the NBA suspended him for 5 days w/o pay. 
Jan 27, 2023
Panthers go with Reich over Wilks, and we get the obligatory cries of racism from the media. The D showed flashes of solid play, but this had to be about fixing the QB position. Wilks needed a trip to the playoffs to get the HC gig. I thought Flores was screwed by Miami last season, but in neither case do i see it being about crayons.
Lawyer representing Steve Wilks says 'there is a legitimate race problem in NFL' , but Wilks hasn't.
Feb 9, 2023
Woke time-NHL: U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is likely leaving the Biden ADM to run the NHLPA. He was once the Mayor of Boston and claims to be a big-time Bruins fan.
March 19, 2023
I wonder if Hradek will go on a rant against Reimer, who is not a Russian, for opting to not wear a Sharks Pride Night jersey and sitting out warmups vs. Islanders 
May 1, 2023
 Three weeks since the Josh Harris' group agreed to a $6.05 billion deal to buy the Commanders from Daniel Snyder.  "Evil Dan" is still around. Funny thing about money or the lack of it.
May 20, 2023
I smell a "woke" coup on USC AD Bohn's exit. Bohn mentioned his own health. Others question the "culture".
June 10, 2023
SEC(REEVES) challenges Newsom (PAC12) to a gun debate. Tie it to a bowl game since politicians are using or abusing sports to promote agendas.
Oct 18, 2023
I've noticed less of EJ Hradek on NHLN in the afternoon and appreciate it.
Dec 17, 2023
I guess if you live long enough: The Baltimore Bullets(now Wizards) franchise of my youth. will be in playing Alexandria VA by 2028. NHL’s Washington Capitals and NBA’s Washington Wizards are moving out of DC and into a new $2 billion "world-class" entertainment complex that will be built in Alexandria, Virgnia.
Abe Pollin started this move gradually 50+ years ago.
March 12, 2024
State Sen. L. Louise Lucas of VA pretty much blew up the Wizards'/Caps move from DC to Alexandria by omitting if from budget bill.
March 31, 2024
 Caps, Wiz staying in DC, however new restrictions on noise, loitering, and vending, plus more cops around Cap1 Arena.
June 30, 2024
Knicks accused Ikechukwu Azotam, their former video, analytics and player-development assistant, of stealing thousands of proprietary files  and sending them to the Raptors in the summer of 2020.
U.S. District Judge Jessica Clarke granted the Raptors' request to compel arbitration, saying the NBA Constitution gave Commissioner Silver exclusive jurisdiction over disputes involving the two teams.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Israel PM Netanyhu visits China - wow didn't see this was coming. I figured China would be searing after the Israeli air strikes of Syria.

I finished City of thieves, an interesting tale of Russia during WW2 by David Benioff , yesterday. Benioff blended humor in nicely to brutal tales of the German occupation of Russia. The character Kolya,  a Red Army deserter and fledling writer, quipped a few times about how a writer  often  borrow  the best lines of other writers.

When I first heard the line  "nothing is true , everything is permitted"  in a Jim Carroll song  (circa 1980),  I considered it a solid line from the jaded junkie,  however most data points back to this line being a deathbed utterance of  Hassan-i Sabbah, the early 12th century leader of the Hashashinis (later to be called Assassins). Then again, that may not be true.

Sports, politics,  and assassins- did I capture the events of the day?


Put in a penny,   check the Chechnyans,  pat the poet,

enough of this vamp: To put together; fabricate or improvise:



8/28/13

Is Obama going to take us to war ( recall Libya?)  with Syria w/o Congressional  approval. Why not let both sides (Assad & Iran vs.Al Queda) kill each other? And,  I get the chemical warfare argument.


9/1/13

 Now King Barack says he'll consult Congress on Syria although he doesn't have to. Load of crap from BO


10/26/13
FBook follows Obama's NSA lead trying to give me cyber staph with its search graph . The govt and  corporations don't value privacy so stop trying to sell us that crap.

Is Putin's attempt to incorporate Ukraine  going off the rails despite the $$$?  Ukraine's Prez is compromising but folks want more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25923199


4/21/14
NSA spying , invasive  airport searches ,   and a kid hops the fence and sneaks into the wheel well of a plane. Indeed everything is permitted.  link

4/28/14

Fits with the topic title. Donald Sterling, the former owner of the NBA Clippers before a lifetime ban for racist comments, was a DNC & NAACP donor.

7/20/14
Blog title  fits my  theme of the day.
USA border agents strafed at the Rio Grande
Russian separatists moved the bodies from  the Malaysian airlines ' wreckage

11/13/14
Thought this would fit the blog title from BBC:


European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker denies allegations he encouraged tax avoidance during his time Luxembourg prime minister





12/09/14
Didn't Feinstein sign  off on the alleged CIA ills she's exposing today?  quite a time for Dems to be transparency

4/9/15
What happened to Feinstein's "war' with the CIA?

4/13/15

Hey China: Why not reduce taxes on the mainland?  or other things. link
Parallel trading has been a key factor in the growing anti-mainland sentiment in Hong Kong.
There is huge demand in China for household items from Hong Kong, in particular milk powder, as they are seen as being both cheaper and better quality.

7/31/15
Is mainland China creeping into Taiwan's culture? link
 But opponents have charged that the revisions whitewash Taiwan’s authoritarian period under Nationalist rule before it became a democracy in the early 1990s, and amount to inserting pro-mainland China ideology into the curriculum.
1/17/16
Good election for Taiwan:  Taiwanese voters have voted for Ms Tsai  to keep Beijing at a distance. Hope she's succesful.
1/18/16
China's response is not surprising but still chilling. 
Chinese state media lashed out swiftly in the wake of the victory, saying that Taiwan should abandon its "hallucination" of independence.

6/5/16
 Malka Leifer an Israeli woman facing 74 child sex charges in Australia, is mentally unfit, due to panic attacks, to face extradition. I'd have panic attacks, too. Plus they just lifted her house arrest


7/25/16
A political marriage  #kyi and Gen Min Aung Hlaing , not only permitted but possibly working. Kyi has gone from being under military house arrest to getting  a  visit from Gen Hlaing. #burma
9/5/16
My favorite headline of the day
What Al Capone can teach India about prohibition

Gujarat, a state in India ,outlawed alcohol in 1958, but contraband liquor is still readily available at hooch stalls.
1/1/17
#shawcross is proposing a charity tax to fund a  hotline that will advise charity trustees how to increase and enhance public trust in charities.  and this guy is permitted to keep his job as chairman of the UK Charity Commission
4/11/17
Mainland China has hurt a once vibrant #hongkong  economy, but did permit Hong Kong leader-elect Carrie Lam to state the obvious on  Tuesday: 
"there is no room for moves towards independence in the former British colony which she said needs the support of the central government in Beijing to boost economic development over the next five years."
6/25/17
Update on #malkaliefer: #israel continues  to prevent her extradition as she leads a normal life in Israel  then runs to a nuthouse each time she faces an extradition hearing to Australia.
6/30/17
Hey we're just enforcing the law. F'n commies: Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 37, known as "Me Nam" #MotherMushroom was sentenced  ten years in jail by a court in #Vietnam for blogging. Yep, she dared to question the state.
9/20/17
American Left on a mission to destroy Dems: #NancyPelosi heckled as 'liar' in DACA protest in San Francisco.
11/04/17
Politicians permitted to say anything. #Bush1, the ex Prez who said read my lips, no new taxes, then raised taxes, calls #trump, a blowhard. Now that's rich!
11/29/17
#SlobodanPraljak drank from  a small bottle a liquid what he claimed was poison during a War Crimes Trial. I guess security permits this????
12/29/17
This would prove everything is permitted:  I've been invited to #PrinceHarry 's wedding. Now, back to dislodging my tongue from my cheek.
2/18/18
This fit the blog theme. Nigeria's top anti-corruption judge, #DanladiUmar ,tasked with high-profile cases, has been charged with illegally accepting money.  accused of demanding a bribe from a suspect.
9/26/18
I guess everything  has been permitted in #acapulco : The entire police force has been disarmed and put under investigation for being under the control of drug cartels.
4/28/19
 Ain't this sadly amusing from #JeremyCorbyn who can't control the anti-Semites in his Labour Party: #TheresaMay should not be rolling out the red carpet for a state visit to honour a President (Trump) who used racist and misogynist rhetoric,"
10/28/19
 A vase given to then PM Thatcher by former #Cyprus president #GeorgeVassiliou three decades ago was sold at auction. Diplomatic protocol bars selling off state gifts. No answer yet from the British Government.
11/10/19
 Outgoing Sri Lankan President #Sirisena  pardoned #JudeJayamaha, from a wealthy, high-profile family, saying he had behaved well in prison and had been jailed  at the age of 19 over an "incident of impatience". The act of impatience was the 2005 murder of a Swedish woman #YvonneJonsson .
1/14/20
 Watch out folks! A Swiss judge, Judge Philippe #Colelough, said due to the imminent danger of the climate crisis the students ,who played tennis inside a Credit Suisse branch in 2018 in protest of fossil fuel investments, were not guilty of resisting arrest and refusing to pay fines. Yep, everything is permitted.

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Disarm Colt 45s, road Ravens

Briefs on the Colt 45s
Yep, an MLB team had guns in it's logo.


All the FA chatter buried a big headline . The NFL did not get it's way. The  Bucked up O's could be in the playoff hunt so why the NFL thought they were going  to alter the O's plan is just another notch on their belt of arrogance. OPACY (O's stadium) and M&T (Ravens stadium) are about a five-minute walk apart.


"As such, the Orioles will play the White Sox on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m., and the Ravens will open the season on the road, instead of the recently traditional Thursday game."

"Since 2002, the defending Super Bowl champion has hosted the NFL Kickoff Game, which is usually held on a Thursday night."  corrected this in 9/5/13 edit



And then the MLB proves they can be every bit as arrogant by opening the season attempting to create a new intrastate , ALW rivalry between the Texas Rangers & the lowly Houston Astros, the new kid on the ALW block. Could you imagine the headlines if this were the early 1960's? Rangers attempt to disarm the Colt 45's. Wait, the Rangers were the second Washington Senators in the 1960's. Original Senators moved to Minnesota in 1960.



Senators disarm Colt 45's. I don't see ESPN hyping it that way. :D Is Sen Diane Feinstein throwing out the first safety lock? ;)
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6/11/13 
The federal gun grab legislation is on the back burner.

Astros had a 6 game winning streak snapped by the O's last week.

O's remain in the playoff hunt.

Ravens released Vonta Leach--odd move.



8/13/13

 Ravens lucked out that Leach was surprising still a free agent and they signed him about two weeks ago.


9/5/13

 Ravens will win on the road. Here's a Billick 2012 quote: "The league inaugurated the Kickoff Game concept (opening the season on the Thursday night after Labor Day) in 2002, and settled on its present incarnation — the defending Super Bowl champions playing at home —in 2004"  link

10/23/13
I was WRONG about the Ravens winning  GM1 on the road. As week 8 approaches. Coach Hairball needs to inspire the troops. They lost look lost in all phases of the game. Eugene Monroe,the OT acquired from the Jags  has some fire in the belly.

Ravens accept 130, 000 to promote Obama care (Washington Examiner) . That should be a PR nightmare

11/05/13
Ugly loss in Cleveland. Did the Ravens lose too much talent in the off-season?
Paul Kruger is doing Ok in Cleveland.

11/20/13

Ed Reed returns to M&T in Jets colors this Sunday


11/28/13
Ravens /Steelers, a Thanksgiving night tie? We'll see.


12/28/13

do or die tomorrow for the reigning champs


1/16/14
Was Caldwell  getting fired  by the Ravens  before getting the HC job in Detroit?


2/7/14
Wonder if Ed Reed comes up in a conversation between new OC Kubiak and Hc Harbaugh.
2/17/14
Ray Rice arrested - I'm surprised- altercation with his fiancee


7/25/14
Seven months later and Rice is suspended for two 2014 games.  Goodell's decisiion took too long, and I'm guessing Rice's lawyers had footage that we'll never see. probably enough to warrant no suspension. Issues inside a relationship are always complex, and then you toss  inebriation into the mix. If you  say the punishment was suitable then somehow you condone beating woman. The outrage is excessive. Move on. Ray's wife has.


7/28/14
Reports claim Ray's wife appealed to Goodell foir leniency- be careful judging so quickly


8/1/14
Watching some sports radio this morning and they're spending more time on Ray Rice than the baseball deadline trades. ESPN and CBSSN  have been Oprahfried


10/28/14

Wives and girlfriends will withdraw thie criminal complaints when their man's career is at stake. In the NHL Ms Voynov, wife of an LA King has.


12/1/14
maybe it's time  some of the public & press let the Rice family move on. 


1/3/15
The focus is on the 2014/15 playoffs but is Kubiak off to another head coach gig in 2015?


1/16/15
Rice and Ravens have settled. I wonder if and where he lands in the NFL next season.


2/18/15
Does Rice land with Rex Ryan in Buffalo?


3/3/15
Kubiak in Denver, will he trade for Andre Johnson


3/24/15

If Thuggs or Flacco had received a DUI would the Ravens have cut them? Pierce hasn't been producing, and the Ravens found an easy out.


6/1/15
Ray Rice  is proof that video kills. How else can one explain Hardy & McDonald (who blew it) getting second chance , and  Ray not.


6/16/15
This blog veers everywhere. Colt 45  going under.Colt Defense LLC-bankrupt
Gun maker Colt Defense LLC said late Sunday it is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy-court protection, amid business-execution issues and a heavy debt burden.

7/11/15
Greg Hardy suspension reduced to four games. Ray Rice must be saying WTF, Tom Brady, too.

9/25/15
Headline from June 16 link about gunmaker: Colt Defense bankrupt could be used for the 2015 NFL Colts.
9/27/15
Will the Ravens look at Ray Rice? Just felt like stirring the pot after the Ravens anemic rushing game today

10/06/15
The Astros  wear Colt45 throwback unis for tonight's playin game- won't happen but it would set the Twitter world ablaze.

10/12/15
Ravens D has been disarmed, destroyed, etc. you get the point.
11/3/15
Since 1984, I enjoy a Colts defeat. Camthers 26 Indy Colts 23 OT
2/8/16
Quite a trek for Kubiak to a SB ring as the head coach.
2/27/16
How often has an NFL team put a franchise tag on its kicker? Ravens put the the tag on Justin Tucker
6/10/16
Too many Hairballs in the  news. John for violating NFL pre-season rules, Jim for self promotion
9/1/16
When I started this  blog entry Paul Kruger had left the  Ravens for the Browns , and yesterday he signed with my Saints.Hope he's got something left cuz the Saints D needs all the help it can get.
9/23/16
Possible headlines from last night: #Patriots disarm #Texans. #Osweiler shoots blanks.  NE 27 Hou 0
10/25/16
Osweiler and the #houstontexans shot blanks with no TDs against Denver.  #HoustonCougars lost to SMU and are  fading in the #AAC.  rough weekend for houston football teams.
And the Ravens wilted in New Jersey.
12/29/16
Maybe it could occur only in Texas , but the Astros wore throwback jerseys,  that included a pistol below the name Colts, for a few games in April, 2012.  #BudSelig , then the MLB commisioner, was not happy. link with Colt45 jersey
5/27/17.
I 'll continue to veer this blog all over the sports road. #HoustonAstros (33-16) , once, the #Colt45 s, ain't shooting blanks this season.
10/7/17
#astros , once the #colt45s , ain't shooting blanks this post season
11/2/17
Congrats to the #Astros, once known as the #Colt45s. The history revisionists haven't wiped that away...yet.
1/22/18
Love to see a repeat of this in April 2018: Astros wore throwback jerseys,  that included a pistol below the name Colts, for a few games in April, 2012. #colt45
2/16/20
Hey #HoustonAstros : Find a can of Colt45 malt liquor, sip on it, and shut up!
3/27/20
Jimmy Wynn, "The Toy Cannon" died last night at age 78 last night. I had his baseball card. He played for the Astros from 1963-73
Jan 25, 2022
Former Ravens HC #BrianBillick joins Herm Edwards Arizona State’s staff as an analyst on offense. He'll also be working with his former Ravens DC and later Bengals HC, Marvin Lewis.
June 23, 2022
Tony Siragusa, former Raven's DT died at 55.
 Jaylon Ferguson, the 26 year old Ravens LB, was found dead in his residence and investigators are not ruling out the possibility of an overdose. Ferguson played college ball at La Tech(CUSA).
Oct 9, 2022
Starting to wonder if Billick is having more of an influence after Herm was fired.  ASU has a decent running attack, and they upset UW 45-38 yesterday. BTW, Tom Herman is being chatted about to take over in 2023.
April 18, 2023
Hurts gets 179M of 255M guaranteed from Philly. Will this change LJAX's  negotiations with the Ravens?  
And did Dillingham keep Billick as a consultant at ASU?
April 14, 2024
Arizona State returns to hiring ex NFL assistants with the addition of Hines Ward as wide receivers coach.

He coached the XFL’s San Antonio Brahmas in 2023. His resume:  worked with the receivers at FAU in 2021 and serving as an offensive assistant with the NYJ(NFL) in 2019 and ’20.

Two Irelands - more coming

John Connolly, who was jailed for 14 years by a Belfast(NI) court in 2000 after being caught with a Real IRA mortar bomb on his way to blow ...