Archive for January, 2009

Nats Caravan details

A reminder — the Nationals 2009 Winter Caravan starts tomorrow in Martinsburg, W.Va. Being that Martinsburg is close to Hagerstown, Md., home of the Nats minor league team, the Suns, you would expect something about the event on the Suns Web site, but nothing on the front page is shown. How about some coordination folks?
Anyway, [...]

Just like football

Lions roar past Wolverines – CDTLions down Wolverines – The CollegianPenn State beats Michigan — in men’s basketball too.
A certain bureau chief in an adjoining state wants to start spelling something. Over on Black Shoe Diaries, people are getting even more ahead of themselves.
Penn State, Nittany Lions, men’s basketball,
©MMX William F. Yurasko

Music Tuesday: Whipped Cream

The other day I stumbled onto this excellent video of “Whipped Cream” by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and decided I just had to post it, even though I prefer some of the other tunes more. The album it is from, Whipped Cream and Other Delights, is one my favorite album covers though.
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Another inaugural parade for Charlie Brotman

‘Ordinary’ Sports Guy Will Introduce the President Once Again – The PostCharlie Brotman, long-time D.C. baseball p.a. announcer and public relation legend, is scheduled to be behind the microphone for the inaugural parade. He has handled every one of them since 1956.
Back in 2005, I featured a profile on him — (Brotman’s job of a [...]

Change we can all believe in: free Krispy Kremes today

Pop Candy says Krispy Kreme is giving out free donuts today. Store locator — I wonder if the Dupont Circle location is participating. They could have a very long day…
KrispyKreme, free donuts, doughnuts
©MMX William F. Yurasko

Who knew that Derek Wake became a CFL star and changed his name to Cameron?

Dolphins sign former Penn Staters Cameron Wake, Ethan Kilmer – Patriot-NewsThis was news to me.
Good to see folk hero Ethan Kilmer is still in the NFL too.
Derek Cameron Wake, Ethan Kilmer, Miami Dolphins
©MMX William F. Yurasko

Don’t buy Nats at Baltimore tickets

Single-game tickets to the Orioles are apparently on sale now. While it may be tempting to take in a Nationals road game 40 miles away, doing so says that you:
- agree that the Nats television rights should not belong to them
- did not think it was unfair that a vast majority of the Nats first [...]

Well, that was some bad prognositicating

0-2 in NFL picks this weekend! Now, I need to figure out who is going to win the Super Bowl. Frankly, I am disappointed that a northeast corridor team is not in the game this year. Erica is pretty happy about the Steelers though.
©MMX William F. Yurasko

Spring training tickets on sale at 10 a.m.

Nationals Spring Training tickets go on sale today – nationals.comJust in case you don’t know.
Washington Nationals, Nats
©MMX William F. Yurasko

Love for players and Penn State kept Larry Johnson Sr. from taking Illinois job

LJ STAYS AT PSU – Patriot-News“…my love for my players, the university and the Penn State family kept me here.”
Larry Johnson, Sr. will remain defensive line coach for the Nittany Lions for the reasons cited above. According to the reports above, he did not ask or receieve a raise or a new title or position.
Johnson [...]

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