How to play biblical baseball

Have you been to a baseball game lately? Nope? Then start your own game – Bible Baseball style! Set up: You will need 4 bases: a home plate, a first base, a second base and a third base. You will also need a card from each of the following titles: home run, single, double, and triple. Lay out the bases […]

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Nothing warms the hearts of Cubs fans more than a record 500 in August and when combined with a White Sox team so deep in the basement that they squint when they see daylight it makes summer days happy. . But coming into August above 500 and playing not only well but also great leads a Cubs fan into a […]

The Plate: The Dice Man Arrives

The Red Sox need to get on planes heading west more often. Three years ago, Boston general manager Theo Epstein boarded a plane for Arizona on Thanksgiving, dropped into Curt Schilling’s kitchen, and wouldn’t leave until he had Schilling’s name on a huge contract. free agent. One bloody sock later, and the Red Sox were the 2004 world champions. This […]

Northern Illinois Wins School – Record 11th game win in the Humanitarian Bowl

Northern Illinois linebackers coach Tom Matukewicz decided to make his 15 minutes of fame fun after being named interim head coach for the Huskies Humanitarian Bowl game against Fresno State. Things were, after all, on the dumper after winning 9 straight games going into their Mid-American Conference championship game at 10-2 and quickly losing 26-21 to Miami from Ohio. Two […]

Week 1 NFL Power Ranking: From a Fan

As the first week of the NFL season came and went, some teams won, some teams lost, and some teams, like the Buffalo Bills, saw life in perspective. With just one game down and fifteen to go, it’s hard to tell who’s good, who’s bad, and who’s just plain awful. But, with our week one power rankings, we’re trying to […]

Whoopi brings ‘stuff’ into view

First, there was Star Jones among the mix of Barbra Walters’ Woman Chat, which included Meredith Viera, Joy Behar, Lisa Ling. However, as the seasons changed, so did the comings and goings of The Views co-hosts. I credit the original cast for mild to moderate moments of interest to the viewing public, however, nothing came out of those roundtables, not […]

What is a Butkus?

The pin play is the most basic play in the game. Objective: gain a yard. The quarterback takes the snap, pivots, and hands the ball to the fullback, who hits the line of scrimmage, head-on. The goal is to gain a yard or two. It’s not pretty, and it rarely creates a big play, but it builds confidence by creating […]