Sweet!!!!
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
The Hawks are knocking them out so far, 2-0.
Brandon Bollig squares off in a fight with the Coyotes' Paul Bissonnette.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Baseball Hall of Fame: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, MArk McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro & Mike Piazza shut out
2013 Hall of Fame voting
For the first time since 1996, no players were elected to the Hall of Fame by baseball writers. A player needs at least 75 percent of the vote to gain election.
Player Votes Pct
Craig Biggio 388 68.2
Jack Morris 385 67.7
Jeff Bagwell 339 59.6
Mike Piazza 329 57.8
Tim Raines 297 52.2
Lee Smith 272 47.8
Curt Schilling 221 38.8
Roger Clemens 214 37.6
Barry Bonds 206 36.2
Edgar Martinez 204 35.9
Alan Trammell 191 33.6
Larry Walker 123 21.6
Fred McGriff 118 20.7
Dale Murphy 106 18.6
Mark McGwire 96 16.9
Don Mattingly 75 13.2
Sammy Sosa 71 12.5
Rafael Palmeiro 50 8.8
Others receiving votes: Bernie Williams, 19; Kenny Lofton, 18; Sandy Alomar Jr., 16; Julio Franco, 6; David Wells, 5; Steve Finley, 4; Shawn Green, 2; Aaron Sele, 1.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Monday, December 17, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Friday, November 30, 2012
RIP on this day in 2007, Evel Knievel
“You can fall many times in life, but you’re never a failure as long as you try to get up.”
~Evel Knievel
Monday, November 26, 2012
Jets superfan Fireman Ed retires
"J-E-T-S!"
New York Jets superfan Fireman Ed, who for decades has fueled home crowds with his famous "J-E-T-S!" cheer, has decided to "R-E-T-I-R-E!"
"For people to be harassing him at the game, I don't know. He's not in the locker room with us. He's not on the payroll. He's a regular fan like everybody else is. I don't know why they'd harass him. That's crazy," linebacker Bryan Thomas, the longest-tenured Jets player, said Monday.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/8675816/new-york-jets-superfan-fireman-ed-hangs-helmet
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Saturday, November 24, 2012
#1 Notre Dame will play for the national title game.
Friday, November 16, 2012
No more Twinkies!!!!!!!
Woody in Zombieland
Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters
Twinkie Weiner Sandwich in UHF
Die Hard
Family Guy
This is my house. I went out yesterday & bought ever Twinkie I could buy.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The bodybuilder to beat Schwarzenegger died on Monday, Sergio Oliva was a Retired Chicago cop
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-retired-chicago-cop-former-champion-bodybuilder-dies-20121113,0,3844901.story
retired Chicago police officer who was the only bodybuilder to beat Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Mr. Olympia competition has died.
Sergio Oliva, 71, a longtime Rogers Park District officer, was found unresponsive by a family member Monday and pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital Evanston, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Oliva defected to the United States from Cuba in 1963 at a Pan American Games qualifying competition in Jamaica, bringing the entire Cuban bodybuilding team with him. He came to Chicago in 1963 because “he heard this was where the jobs were,” longtime friend Jack Merjimekian said.
Oliva studied English at Wells High School to qualify for citizenship, and worked at the Duncan YMCA after stints as a foundry worker and meatpacker. He began competing as a bodybuilder soon after coming to Chicago, and began winning local bodybuilding titles.
While working as a civilian physical education instructor at the Chicago Police Academy, Oliva became interested in becoming an officer and got help from a police captain, Merjimekian said.
Because of his dimensions, including a 60-inch chest, Oliva’s police uniforms had to be specially made.
The titles he won included Mr. World at Montreal in 1966; Mr. Universe at Munich in 1967, 1968 and 1969; Mr. America in 1970; and Mr. Europe in 1981. He defeated Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1968 and 1969 in body-building competitions, including Mr. Olympia.
He won the World Cup seven times, three times in a row.
“He’s the only guy who defeated Arnold in Mr. Olympia,” Merjimekian said.
Schwarzenegger on Tuesday mentioned Oliva in a Twitter message: “Oliva was one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time & a true friend,” Schwarzenegger said. “A fierce competitor w/ a big personality - one of a kind.”
Oliva survived a 1986 incident in which he was accidentally shot during a fight with his wife. He went back to work in the Rogers Park District until retiring about 10 years ago.
lford@tribune.com
Twitter: @ltaford
Copyright © 2012, Chicago Tribune
Friday, November 9, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
RIP, We lost Sweetness 13 years ago today!!!!
Monday, October 29, 2012
FAKE......Sandy update from Arlington, VA
Here we see the Old Guard, which guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The photograph is absolutely real, but it was taken in September, as the Old Guard's Twitter feed has been pointing out this afternoon.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
TMZ Chicago Reports........
I just saw this man walking down Michigan Ave, this morning with his wife. I turned and said "WOW!!! Coach Dave!!!! No response from him, just like his tenure here in Chicago, Miami, Unv. of Pitt & now Buffalo.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
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