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    Olympic Torch.... Snoop Dog

    I read this morning that Snoop Dog will lite the Olympic torch to open the ceremonies in France . I thought snoop dog??? Although I really can't remember who lights the torches over the years I do remember Ali I think in Atlanta. Frank Shorter when the US hosted. But Snoop Dog?? I don't...
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    Texas joins the SEC

    In Philadelphia this week Article on Temple in the Philly Inq. " new Coach wants to change the narrative at Temple. . They picked up 18 transfers and have 31 returning players They lost their starting qb Warner and signed from Vir Boykin. Last year they finished 3-9 and 1-7 in conference...
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    Happy Birthday Raymond

    happy birthday In ocean city and last night on the boardwalk saw 1,000 of Phillies hats and shirts. Probably about 500 Harper Jerseys including my grandson And I was against that long term contract But he is worth it Happy B and go Phillies. Its nice to wear a sweatshirt on the shore . Its...
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    Happy Birthday Raymond

    happy birthday on vacation at the Jersey shore just flew in from Texas You can tell the Phillies are in 1st place. Almost 75% of the people on the boardwalk are wearing Philly hats or T-shirts , Hope we aren't peaking to soon They need to play like this at the end of august and early...
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    Texas joins the SEC

    Big celebration this week in Austin TX. Texas officially joins the SEC leaving the B-12.Texas has officially joined their new conf SEC. Sark mission is to bring the national championship to Texas. Austin is partying it up on campus in front of the Texas Tower. The celebration is kicking off...
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    Oklahoma- Temple

    OKlahoma -41.5 over Temple **** Not a great way to open the season giving 41 pts but Oklahoma starts in a new Conf SEC leaving the B-12 . Think they want to show everyone they belong and start the season in a blowout Last yrs opening day at home they beat Ark St 73-0. Think Ark st and Temple...
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    NBA mock draft June 26th

    Was reading an article about the NBA draft this morning and the No 1 and No 2 picks I never heard of. Both are not Americans . Zacchair is a fd from France and the No 2 mock pick is Alex Sarr from Australia. Zac is a 6'8 fd Sarr a 7'0 . I am so used to watching and capping US college teams that...
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    The Great Jerry West

    Probably the greatest shooter ever in the NBA Imagine him shooting a 3 pt shot He would break records I watched a video of him and he explained his jump shot . He had such a high arc and quick release His brother would make him shoot over a broom so his release was high. He learned his...
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    June 6th D-Day

    great video If my father graduated Manhattan College in 1936 then he was probably about 21-22 when he graduated . So in 1944 he was older around 28-29..Amazing .. not sure of his age but imagine having an Expresso in Rome that morning. Also the day before when the 5th US Army entered Rome...
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    June 6th D-Day

    I loved listening to my dad tell his WW2 stories It wasn't about him being a hero etc He was part of AMG which had English,Canadians, and other allied soldiers. He hated Clark and always thought he was a show boat. He also didn't like Patton who although was the most successful US generals in...
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    June 6th D-Day

    My fathers favorite story that my 2 nephews filmed and taped I watched again tonight, I remember almost the entire story but watching it made me realized its a " living history " that I have and showed some of it to my own kids and grandkids. It is June 5th and my father is in General Clarks...
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    Memorial Day need help

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    Memorial Day need help

    every year I post a Memorial day post. About growing up on a US Army base in Italy. On memorial Day my elementary school always took a school trip to the American Cemetery to honor the American soldiers killed in Northern Italy Camp Darby in Livorno was about an hour outside of Florence. I...
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    Stu Marquis RIP

    My daughter here in Austin just called . She is very upset about Stu and said she remembers 15 yrs ago she landed in Austin and Stu and his wife were at the airport to meet her. She was alone and scared coming to Texas where she knew no one and Stu and Sheila made the transition so easy and...
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    Stu Marquis RIP

    Last night went out to dinner with my 10 racquetball buddies and their wives I didn't want to look at my texts because Stu a former VietNam vet Providence College, North Texas St D-1 player was in hospice and refused to eat and was shutting down / He passed away yesterday afternoon. I think...
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    School discipline USA Today Headlines in yesterdays newspaper

    thanks Old south and damn They couldn't find a good vein and stuck me 5 times for the IV , The anthologist came in and went over my procedure Then the doctor came in and told me they were going to remove the stent ,scrap my duct for the lab . So after a few hours in recovery the doctor and my...
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    School discipline USA Today Headlines in yesterdays newspaper

    Sorry have a procedure to remove a stent in my bile duct this morning Anyway I am sitting on this bleacher looking up at the banners and crying when all of a sudden the double doors on the gym open up and a ray of the hallway lites enters the dark gym Its Yashoo our school custodian and see's a...
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    School discipline USA Today Headlines in yesterdays newspaper

    Front page headlines in yesterdays USA Todays newspapers on School Discipline . It was all about what high schools around the country are doing in their states and how they are dealing with it. Reasons for suspending students . Research data,etc Very interesting for me since I was a dean of...
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    UCONN tonight

    So much already written and heard on this game. Its bigs vs Bigs, perimeters vs Perimeters ,coach vs Coach etc Think Uconn plays better defense,has a little more perimeter players and wins and covers . So much info . I am Hurley fan and dad sits a few rows behind his son and pop has passed...
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    Final 4

    Purdue game already started Uconn -10.5 over bama *** I have Uconn to win it all vs Purdue but Bama will run and gun. They avg almost 90 pts a game But think Huskies defesne will slow them down That is double digits to cover but Huskies are on a " run away train " Like Newton a lot and...
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