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Jun.12.2013
Rugby is like football but instead of kicking the ball down the field, it is picked up and carried. The sport began in 1823 in Warwickshire, England when a fellow named William Ellis, at Rugby School, picked up the ball and carried it this way. In 1875 Rugby was introduced into the United States...
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Apr.29.2013
Faux News Network sports reporter, Jock Strapper, filed this report from New York City today. The New York Jets announce they have signed a sumo wrestler from Japan.
The 5-10, 400 pound Hochi Tokamuchi will play nose guard in the Jets 3-4 defense. The Director of Player Personnel said that...
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Mar.30.2013
Life Among Giants, by Bill Roorbach
I bought this book with fingers crossed. Usually when I buy a book I don’t really know much about or an author I’ve never read, I hedge my bets and buy the e-book version. So buying this one in hardback was an article of faith. But this time my crossed fingers...
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Jan.29.2013
Barack Obama – a Red Room member, by the way – has expressed concern about the damage football causes to its participants. If the violence in the game is reduced, thus also reducing the damage to bodies and brains, then ``those of us who are fans maybe won't have to examine our consciences quite as...
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Jan.26.2013
One of our nation's most eloquent wordsmiths, George Walker Bush, said it best:
“There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee...that says, fool me once, shame on..shame on you. Fool me...you...you can't get fooled again.”
While some thought these were merely...
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Jan.17.2013
High on Winning – Go Ravens!
By Bernadette A. Moyer
Our entire area, our city is high on winning! We love our Ravens and we love winning! People are driving around with Ravens flags on their cars; homes are decorated with Ravens flags and purple and black lights. Our grocery stores have purple and...
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Jan.14.2013
Photo: The Golden Globe
A few quick things about the [see title]:
--Yes, I can be a big fan of football games and yet still watch the Golden Globes. (In fact, I was told recently that I know the sport perhaps a little too well.) One of my favorite high school memories...
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Jan.09.2013
What goes around comes around. Everyone knows that, right?
Well, Notre Dame got what it deserved when Alabama totally beat down the undefeated Irish in the BCS National Championship Game on Monday night. The 42-14 slaughter of the only undefeated team left in college football settled...
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Jan.09.2013
On Wednesdays Phil Naessens Show Phil replays an interview with Mark Barry, author of the novel Ultra Violence. Listen in as Mark Barry shares tales of Soccer Hooliganism in the United Kingdom.
To listen to the program from the site please click the link provided below. To save...
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Dec.27.2012
On Thursdays Phil Naessens Show The Sports Goons Jameyan Smith joins Phil for the full hour. They begin the program by discussing Dwight Howard, the Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics followed by their predictions on 26 NCAA College Football Bowl...
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