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Marrero invited to Spring Training – The PostThey say Chris Marrero, 20, is the first baseman of the future for the Nationals, but he injured his fibula on June 19 of last year for A-Potomac and has not played since. Nevertheless, he has been invited to spring training as a member of the big [...]

Ask Boswell – The Post“Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell will be online Friday, Jan. 30 at 1 p.m. ET to take your questions about the Super Bowl, the Caps, the Hot Stove league and his latest columns.”
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Nittany Lions’ 2009 Football Schedule Features Visits by Ohio State, Iowa and Syracuse – Intercollegiate AthleticsMy brother will be quite pleased to learn that the Akron Zips come to Penn State for the season opener this year. Otherwise, the non-conference schedule is pretty weak this season.
09/05/2009 AKRON09/12/2009 SYRACUSE09/19/2009 [...]

Time for one last NFL playoffs prediction! We’ve got the established Pittsburgh Steelers against the upstart Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. The two teams, which were briefly one during World War II, have some other similarities as well. Both have been owned by the same families since the 1930s. Both were generally awful for [...]

Major Eastern Storm Looms – AccuweatherSounds like we are in for a very big winter storm next week, but we don’t know if it will be all snow. I guess we better get our bread, milk and toilet paper soon.
I eagerly await the President’s remarks about this one.
weather, winter storm, snow, mass [...]

Courtesy of Black Shoe Diaries, word is that Penn State and ESPN are working to replace the Eastern Illinois game with a matchup against an ACC team. That sounds a lot better than Tony Romo’s alma mater, no?
Apparently, UNC is not one of the teams though likely to show up in Happy Valley though. You [...]

TANNERSVILLE, Pa. — For an early birthday present, my brother and his family gave me a day of skiing. For the first time in forever, we skied together. It was also his first time skiing on the east coast in a long time. The conditions at Camelback would be described as “packed powder.” Christopher, who [...]

DAVID JONES – PSU’s position isn’t as bright as you believe – Patriot-NewsYes, the Penn State basketball team is looking better than average at 16-5 this year. They are 5-3 in the Big11Ten too which is highly unusual for them too. However, before you crown ‘em remember they did not play anybody out of conference [...]

Obama Mocks D.C.’s Reaction to Winter Weather – dcistSo much for Chicagoan Barrack Obama wanting to “live here” and not just “work here” during his presidency. If you really wanted to be a real Washingtonian Mr. President, you would abanndon the presidential limousine in the middle of Connecticut Ave. while rushing to Giant to buy [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After four off-seasons without a fanfest, the Nationals finally put one together. With a pair of extra tickets from We’ve Got Heart (thanks!) Erica and I got Will in his Nats cap and headed over to Nationals Park.
Since we arrived late, we did not have to wait in the long lines at [...]