Category: Sports
Memorable Monday Night Football moments
Monday Night Football, because it is shown in prime time, has long been considered the largest stage of the regular season that a football player or team can play on. During its thirty-six years on ABC, Monday Night Football became the second-longest primetime show in history, behind just 60 Minutes. Throughout its career, Monday Night…
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By Sean Hannity "Conservative victory"
Sean Hannity offers another explosive book on the dangers of liberalism and the need for conservative victory. It goes into great detail about the danger Obama’s friends, programs, and relationships pose to those who believe in freedom and smaller government. Its first chapter deals with the history of Obama and how he was raised. He…
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Baseball fans in Toronto have had little to celebrate at Canada Day games
It shouldn’t have come as a surprise that Toronto lost yesterday, despite the many things working in their favor. After all, the Blue Jays had won eleven of their last thirteen at home, there was a sold-out crowd at Rodgers Center, and they were playing a Detroit Tigers club that had just suffered a thirteen-game…
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Fundamental dynasty: the San Antonio Spurs and the Moneyball theory
Most people believe that the “Moneyball” theory cannot work in the NBA because of the high level of star maintenance, individual talent, and sometimes the lack of a team concept. Yet what professional sports show time and again is that the reasons for team success are sometimes overlooked. The “money ball” theory is a term…
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Ah! What happens in an investment bank?
So they had a big part in the financial crisis, they have most of Washington in their pockets, they are really confusing and everyone who works in one seems to be millionaires. They have names like Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Lazard, and, in the recent past, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and Bear Stearns. It takes…
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The adorable losers: the Chicago Cubs are on their way to rise
If you are a fan of MLB, you must know the lovable losers: the Chicago Cubs. It is a professional baseball team from Illinois and is a member of the National League. Why have they been called the adorable losers? That’s because they haven’t been able to pull off any championship wins in the past…
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Ness’s Notes (January 18)
The three remaining undefeated college basketball players are in action Wednesday. No. 1 Duke (16-0) will host North Carolina State (14-2) on ESPN at 7:00 ET. A victory will equal the best start in school history of 17-0, set by the 1991-92 team that opened 17-0 en route to a second straight national title. Duke…
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Larry Johnson (LJ) – AKA Grandmama Bio – UNLV Star Basketball Player Runnin ‘Rebels
Larry Johnson is known to many as the intimidating basketball player who led a competitive Charlotte Hornets NBA franchise as a forward in the 1990s. Other people may know his name better because of the tough guy personality that She appeared in notable shoe commercials as the alter ego Grandmama (Johnson dressed in drag as…
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Boston Bands Atlantics, Classic Pivot and Ball Launch Tracks
With the dawn of the digital age, an increasing number of pop music groups are re-releasing stock tracks and even offering songs for the first time that were never available before except for die-hard fans like cassettes or bootlegs. The Atlantics, a Boston-based punk / pop band that helped spearhead the New Wave scene from…
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The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to fight for their first NBA crown
LeBron James, a franchise player for the Cleveland Cavaliers, has become a certified NBA All-Star. In 2007, James led the Cavs to their first NBA Finals in franchise history. However, did you know that prior to that year, the Cavaliers had reached the Conference Finals for the previous two years (1976, 1992) and had been…
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