A Good Year for the Outlaw

…is still not as impressive as Wilt’s 100. Nothing Kobe Bryant will ever do will put him to the level of Wilt Chamberlain, Mikey Jordan (whom I have no love for), Kevin Garnett, Bill Russell, Kareem Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Magic Johnson, Larry Legend Bird, or even The Diesel, Shaq O’Neal.
Getting the point? Kobe [...]

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Anybody else have to go to work before standard rush hour begins at 6am? For the past few months, since the move of the radio station I work for, I have had to go the other way (towards downtown) on Knoxville at 4:55, 5:00 am. I have never been able to go from McClure to [...]

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The short postseason is indeed the case. Damn fine season by the Bears, who overachieved tremendously with that pop-gun offense and a good (but not great) defense. They were exposed in a pressure situation today. Over 400 yards allowed, able to score 21 with the aid of six first downs aided by Panther penalties (I [...]

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Sorry, didn’t know I’d shut off comments from non-bloggers, I’m very sorry. Josh, thanks for bringing it to Bill’s attention, who brought it to mine.
I was trying to figure out a way to stop the anonymous comments that bug me…guess there’s not a way. For those who use their internet “handle” or their real [...]

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The Hall of Fame will welcome Bruce Sutter this year. And only Bruce Sutter. It’s not Sutter’s election that is a joke, it’s the lack of enough votes for Bert Blyleven, who should already have been voted in several years ago.
More later on this, but suffice to say it’s time, IMO, to blow up the [...]

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I almost saw a teen on a bike get killed Sunday evening. How? By some daredevil driver speeding down a city street? By a bluehair not paying attention and weaving off the center of the street and into the bike’s path? No and no.
It was because the young man on the bike, I’m guessing 14 [...]

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I just went here
and took a 10-question quiz. It came out exactly as I have always protrayed myself…a centrist that leans left:

So then I did one for a couple of others. Based on the opinions and posts I’ve read from Vonster, here is what he showed as:

Not at all shocking. Next comes Bill Dennis, again, [...]

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Everyone has published or announced on the radio their lists from 2005. This week the PJS had three different Top 10 Movies lists.
I don’t go much for the artsy-fartsy stuff that sometimes makes these lists, you know, the ones where their total box office is $74.32 and they get nominated for 12 awards. Mine are [...]

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Who wants to go bowling?
Last fall, Diane and I took the boys bowling and had a blast. I hadn’t bowled in years. Diane breaks out the bowling bag and her own shoes and her own pink ball, and I rent the odor-rific size 11 two-tone slipper slides, and find a flat black 16-pound ball [...]

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Long live The King.
I had the good fortune of visiting Boomer at least once or twice every summer I’ve lived here. I marvel at the size and regalness of lions everytime I see one. Sad that he’s gone.
The story.

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…about Al Franken, but last week, as I was just finishing his chapter in “The Truth…With Jokes” that told sordit details about one Jack Abramoff, Abramoff tells his side. Any differences in what Franken claimed and what Abramoff is admitting? Not a bit.
The trickle-down effect of Abramoff’s testimony is being felt this morning, as [...]

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Attention all those who slander through blogs, anonymous or not:
A Minnesota blogger has been sued for statements made on his blog, statements which the lawsuit says have no basis in fact.
The suit has already caused him to unmask himself.
An excerpt:
Lawyers who filed the suit say that Web logs and other new media should be [...]

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The Bears played five playoff teams all season. They were 2-3, but more telling, here was Chicago’s offensive output in those five games: 7, 7, 13, 13, 9.
They were outscored 67-49 in those five games. That means they gave up an average of 13.4 points per game, including the two wins. Which is more [...]

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10 of the 12 playoff teams scored over 350 points this season. Two did not. Tampa Bay with 300, and Chicago with 260. You don’t give up 90-100 total points to another team (that’s a touchdown EVERY game more) and expect to have your defense carry you.
Besides, that 260 includes what the defense scored, too. [...]

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There IS hope for this country after all.
Judge John Jones’ ruling in the Dover, PA school board case a couple of weeks ago was dead-nuts perfect. Every case about ID…every case…will eventually include Jones’ 139-page conclusion and decision, and in each case opponents of the separation of church and state will lose.
A federal [...]

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No, not Reggie Bush. Reggie Bush will either be a washout running back or a great wide receiver in the NFL someday. But the guy who played college ball this year and who will have the most impact in the NFL rushing the ball, Laurence Maroney, has declared for the NFL draft.
Maroney rushed for [...]

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The Bears got blown out today. There were many reasons. So don’t bore me with the excuses, I’m well aware of them. But at least there were two honest guys on the airwaves after the game tonight: O’Bradovich and Buffone.
Those two guys were hot. And justifibly so. Pros don’t mail in games. Pros don’t say [...]

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