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I’m sorry it has taken me so long to wrap-up The ‘07 Eightfivethree Classic. My Uncle Orval was victorious in his first Classic appearance. His victory prize will be in the mail soon. Not only did he score the most points, he also made the most correct picks and finished in the 95th percentile for [ READ MORE ]
With KU out, I now have no hope of winning The Eightfivethree Classic. I can’t believe they lost to UCLA. All that’s left to do is cheer Oregon on to victory. [ READ MORE ]
The following are all facts I have compiled and observed about this year’s Eightfivethree Classic. 16 entries in this year’s Eightfivethree Classic 2 entries missing a champion selection. As commissioner, I have decided to select Oregon for both entries (even though one of the entries obviously doesn’t have Oregon in the finals) Scores ranging from 33 to 49 There [ READ MORE ]
I went to the Ducks game tonight with Cam. It was the first time I had ever been to a game McArthur Court and it was great. We had tickets that were under the overhang of the 2nd deck which made listening and watching the game a little interesting, but we were pretty close and [ READ MORE ]
We won our third game of the season tonight. After a hard-fought regulation, then an even first overtime, the game went into double overtime, where the first team to score wins. We won the tip and had a good look at the basket, but couldn’t convert. The other team got the rebound and put the [ READ MORE ]
We won the flag football championship tonight in the pouring rain. I unfortunately didn’t get to play much more than a couple downs due to an injured hamstring. Tomorrow is picture day at work, you can be sure the four foot trophy will find its way into more than a couple of those pictures. [ READ MORE ]
Tonight was the last game of our flag football regular season. We played our nemesis from the east, the East Side Bad Boys. This was our third game of the season against the Bad Boys and beating them tonight put us at 3-4 for the season. This was our second straight week with solid offense [ READ MORE ]
We had our first basketball game tonight and we started off strong. We won by about 20 points and after a strong first few minutes of the second quarter never really looked back. We were missing a few key players to injury and a business trip, but we were six strong and ready to play. Nothing [ READ MORE ]
Inside the Dodgers: “And for you history buffs, here’s an interesting note. It was on this day in 1955 that a young left-hander named Tommy Lasorda was optioned to Montreal to make room for another young southpaw named Sandy Koufax, who had been on the injured list.” I don’t post direct quotes of other blogs often, [ READ MORE ]
I used to be a pretty big Dallas Mavericks fan, and that was in the early 90’s where in five years they won as many games as some teams win in a season. That’s a bit of an exaggeration, but the 92-93 season only yielded 11 wins! Since I haven’t lived in a basketball city [ READ MORE ]