America’s fittest cities according to Gallup, are almost all in states begnning with a C. The two anomalies? Massachusetts and Nevada (both of which border on C-States). This obvious and important factor in your fitness has not yet been studied, but I expect it soon will be.
Meanwhile, as you get your brackets set (there’s still [...]
Continue reading about Are You Fit? Do you Live in Connecticut, Colorado or California?
First off, “Thanks be to Beeg,” (as we like to say in these here parts) for sharing HoopFeed with me. If you’re on Twitter and interested in Women’s B-ball, you’ll want to follow. (And for some of you guys, it may make it worthwhile to get onto Twitter – it’s got great info!) This’ll be [...]
Looks like the skies in Western PA are gonna be cloudy for Punxsutawney Phil today. The final word ain’t in, though … as I write … and I’m rooting for more winter … MORE SNOW. (After all, we’ve gotta get in some more practice time with our wovel)!
And before moving another step into today’s post [...]
Lincoln’s birthday … always an important date in my Book of Days. I do wish that we had never gone the President’s Day route – just too generic for my taste. I was not consulted, however.
Bookeaters are celebrating Mr. Lincoln’s birth with a perusal of Daniel Mark Epstein’s book, The Lincoln’s: Portrait of a Marriage. [...]
Here’s the Women’s b-ball weekend TV schedule – for those who want to study-up for March!
Rutgers-Louisville on Sunday looks interesting on ESPNU. (I wouldn’t want to be facing Rutgers right now, after their loss to the Lady Vols).
Remember – all times are Central – check your local listings.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10
Florida Southern College at Barry
12:00
CBS College [...]
Have you been having trouble this week keeping track of what day it is? I’m not complaining about the Thursday Holidays, mind you – but it’s made for some serious disorientation. Nice and quiet at work, though. I’ve been digging through things I hadn’t gotten to for months, and my in-box is down to just [...]
Germany-Japan are underway and Japan is looking goo so far (17th minute). meanwhile, I can’t imagine what the USWNT must be feeling right now. Hopefully they are focused and confident. Their making it to the gold medal match is a wonderful accomplishment and, at the very least, has brought the eyes and attention of many [...]
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Here’s just a quick piece from The Huffington Post, highlighting a Robin Roberts interview with Elizabeth Edwards about her commitment to work with the Obama team – especially focusing on health care issues. Meanwhile Charlie Black’s disturbing statement quoted in Fortune Magazine has raised lots of eyebrows. I’ve linked to the Fortune article here. Check [...]
Another Jere Longman article, this from a year ago, about the Lady Vol known as “Little Bit.” Had she gone to Rutgers, well, that would be another story! Click the link to read on …
clipped from www.nytimes.com
CLEVELAND, April 2 — If Epiphanny Prince’s recruiting pitch had been more persuasive, she and Shannon Bobbitt might both [...]
The wild winds of April (at least that’s how it was last night in these parts) nearly blew in a couple more #2 seeds … but in the end the #1’s prevailed on a nerve-wracking night of hard-nosed basketball.
What a gutsy performance by Candace Parker (as well as Jenny Moshak and the Lady Vol’s athletic [...]
When I went to bed Notre Dame was ahead of Tennessee, and moving on to play for the Final Four was looking anything but inevitable for the Lady Vols. Candace Parker’s 34 points, however, helped bring Tennessee back from a halftime deficit to a 74-64 win over the Irish. (Did I already say Phew?) With Rutgers, [...]
Well, well, well. Sorting things out this morning I see that #6 Pittsburgh eliminated #3 Baylor to move into the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history! Meanwhile (too bad, Karyn), gritty Florida State took Oklahoma State to overtime before succumbing 73-72 (on a free throw with 0.7 seconds left in the game [...]
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I was listening to NPR yesterday afternoon and heard a piece (which I can’t find at the moment) about the ongoing debate re. whether or not students should be allowed to carry concealed weapons on college campuses. Can you imagine anything more hare-brained? I feel like the gun-lobby and others of like mind have simply [...]
The USWNT plays Norway today at the Algarve, and the game kicks off at 11AM ET. Check it out on the USSF site (on Matchtracker) at gametime, and read the preview here, if you want some background.
Here’s an interview from Fair Game with Cat Whitehill … and another piece by Gayle Bryan about Leslie Osbourne’s bumps and bruises … and some pictures [...]
Just how many super Tuesday’s can there be in a year?
Anyone see Hillary on The Daily Show? I did not … but here’s an article about the entertainment quotient. The show will be repeated tonight at 8PM. Meanwhile the polls seem to have about the same volatility as the stock ticker these days. Stay tuned, [...]
Here’s a great story about a US collegian who’s been called up to play for the Women’s National Team of Portugal at the Algarve Cup. Dominican College is just 17 miles from NYC in the Hudson Valley. Angela Correia, a standout at Dominican, will be a senior next year. (CB, take note!)
Also – for those [...]
With a win over DePaul last night, Coach C. Vivian Stringer of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights joined Jody Conradt and Pat Sumitt in the 800 wins club. An amazing achievement in an amazing career!
I believe I and some of my basketball playing buddies are part of her record, as we likely contributed to her win tally [...]
After you’ve been doing this blogging thing, it gets to be tough coming up with titles. I bet someone (scratch that … LOTS OF PEOPLE) conducts workshops on that very topic in small, stale, Danish-and-coffee saturated conference rooms all around the country … or even more likely, in on line webinars! Anyway – I haven’t been to [...]
Continue reading about Not Super Tuesday … How About Must Win Tuesday … or Tanzania Tuesday?
I’m referring, not to a candidate … but to another undefeated, #1 team from New England that’s been handed its first loss (by a team from the greater NY area). This time it was the Lady Huskies … who met their match at Rutgers last night. It was a real barnburner of a game … with the Scarlet Knights [...]
