The Dallas Cowboys loose to Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings 24-21. Jerry Jones was a nobody Billionaire from Arkansas when he decided he wanted to be a Celebrity and have an International Spotlight in the News. So he bought the Dallas Cowboys football team. He made a world of enemies out of the Dallas Cowboy fanbase right off the bat by firing living legend Tom Landry so he could hire his college buddy Jimmy Johnson. Hiring Jimmy Johnson was the only smart thing Jerry Jones ever did. Jimmy Johnson was a football guy and pretty much ran the show…
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Olympics Time Again-Wake Me When It’s Over
My Mom was a big fan of the Olympics-she especially liked the Gymnastics and would watch the tiny girls bounce around the floor in fascination. I still find the Gymnastics to be my favorite part of the Summer games, though I do have a great love of Cycling as well. I’ve never been a big fan of the Track and Field events. For a couple of weeks, we would stare at the TV and pretend that we understood what we were watching. I remember when the Thomas Flare was introduced into the Horse routine and I also remember being outraged…
Giants Beat Patriots-Insert Stunned Silence
The Perfect Season didn’t quite happen. The Giants beat the Patriots 17-14 in one of the slowest moving games I ever watched. It came down to the wire and there was still a chance for the Patriots to pull this one out of the fire as they had so many others this season. But the NFL record breaking stopped in Super Bowl 42. For me, the best part of the game was the reaction shots of Peyton Manning, one of the best near the start of the game where he is making a big circle with his hand telling Eli…
Micheal Vick and Dog Fighting
Millionaire Atlanta Falcon’s quaterback Micheal Vick has been indicted for his part in a dogfighting ring. This story has all the elements we have come to expect from Professional Athletes. I want to say something like- You can take the thug out of the hood, but you can’t take the hood out of the thug. But that might sound a bit racist. Instead image how huge this story would be if it were Mr Wonderful Beckham who was accused of killing dogs in his spare time? This is a level of evil, vile, and wrong behavior that goes why beyond…