Ned Flanders

Soccer Socialism The Metric System What are three things Europeans love but we can do without, Alex. And oh yea, mods please move to appropriate board, whichever that is...

This is especially true this year, with NBC getting a say on late-season Sunday night games. Expect times of games in the second half of the season all to be listed as 'TBD.' (No, not 'Two Bills Drive!') I believe the NFL Network made a big deal on the official schedule announcement last year, in that they carried it live, etc. Some outlets, however, leaked the schedule before the 'official' announcement. (I think I remember the NY Daily News leaked the Jints/Jets sched a few days before they were 'official.')

And why isn't Marge's hair three feet tall and blue? And why isn't everyone yellow? Amateurs...

First big seed to fall: Tennessee (2) loses to Winthrop (15)

Oh....by your intro, I was hoping the 'Friends' spinoff was mercifully cancelled.

I do like that they have Cal Thomas on some mornings, usually around 7:50 AM...and they get Russert to talk about the Bills sometimes during football season. Will be interesting to see what 1500 turns into once WTWP hits the airwaves.

I always wondered...there's gotta be some town between Rochester and Syracuse, where "pop" ends and "soda" begins...could it be Weedsport?

Very prophetic...all around! Got tonight's lottery numbers?

Always thought he was over-rated...besides I remember one game, the 1999 Sunday nighter at RWS, where Ted Washington ate him alive...Big Ted toyed with Mawae that game.

Abstinence Everyone over 14 years of age is bound to observe the law of abstinence. Abstinence from meat is to be observed on all Fridays within the season of Lent and Passiontide and on Ash Wednesday. On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, everyone over 18 and up to the beginning of their 60th year is also bound to observe the law of fast. On these two days, only one full meatless meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs; but together they should not equal another full meal. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, therefore, are the only days of both fast and abstinence. It should be noted also that "the Fridays of the year outside of Lent remain days of penance, but each individual may substitute for the traditional abstinence from meat some other practice of voluntary self-denial or personal penance: this may be physical mortification or temperance or acts of religion, charity or Christian witness." Link

Oh, it's coming, maybe not this year, maybe not next...but it's coming. First thing I notice about a hockey game on Classic is the clean, white boards and the playing surface being ad free. Cripes, look at the AHL...the rink, and the players, look like NASCAR vehicles. Remember the Orange Bowl, the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl? Now it's the "Insert Coroprate Name Here" Bowl. In fact, I believe next year, the Chik-Fil-A Peach Bowl will be just the Chik-Fil-A Bowl...the Georgia Peach will be nowhere to be found. Cash-register hound Tagliabue and his ilk (Jones, Snyder, Kraft) will certainly spoil the fields, uniforms, and image of the NFL within our lifetime.

I was thinking the same thing, it's Dennis Weaver. Dennis Weaver dies

Christ, this is a 5-11 team...we need Marv to "warn" us of the fact that we have a loooong way to go before even smelling the playoffs?

I read the article twice to see if I missed something...nope. Jeeziz, why is it always "us against them" when it comes to Bills coverage, refs, the cap, taking fried bologna off the RWS menu, etc, etc.... Granted we've had our share of "just give it to 'em(s)." But cripes, why is everything "WE GET NO RESPECT." Calgon, take me away....

The game I most remember him calling was game six of the 1975 World Series...a true classic.

I really like Steve Rushin...I think he's the best part of SI...and everytime I start to think of letting the subscription run out, they do a photo spread like a couple of weeks ago, when they did a two-pager on the pond hockey tournament...I musta gawked at that pic for a good twenty minutes. Sporting News I let run out when they started to feature NASCAR. If NASCAR's a sport, so is driving to work.

Haven't seen the clip yet, but you know there will be some Leon Lett comparisons...

Local food critic Tom Sietsema in the Washington Post always raves about Jimmy Cantler’s Riverside Inn in Annapolis...never been there, but Sietsema is usually dead-on in his reviews.

Well, don't you think it's a "political" message? (I know, I know....EVERYTHING these clowns do is a political message) I think it's clear, no matter how well-disguised, this type of message belongs on the DCCC site...not the Member's official web page.

Don't know what Lonsberry's beef was, but Slaughter's rant seems very political in nature and thus, in violation of the House rules. If this was on her campaign site, so what...but it's on the taxpayer-funded .gov official site. Content The content of a Member’s Web site: 1. May not include personal, political, or campaign information. 2. May not be directly linked or refer to Web sites created or operated by a campaign or any campaign related entity including political parties and campaign committees. 3. May not include grassroots lobbying or solicit support for a Member’s position. 4. May not generate, circulate, solicit, or encourage signing petitions. 5. May not include any advertisement for any private individual, firm, or corporation, or imply in any manner that the government endorses or favors any specific commercial product, commodity, Link

Snyder is not tall enough for any of the rides, so he decided to buy the place.

I'm partial to Eagle fans...they talk a big game and strut like they've actually won something, but the only thing they got going for them is Mama McNabb. They are the worst in all of sport.

Lobby firms and trade associations. Any decent firm or organization in this town, and there are alot of them, doesn't think twice about coughing up this amount for tix. BUT, if some of the new lobby rules go into effect, i.e. no entertainment for congressional members and staff, you will soon see these tickets go unsold...it would not be worth it for the big firms to buy season tickets anymore.

"...Dick Jauron's nowhere-to-go-but-up Bills." Cripes, I guess that's one way of looking at it...

Anyways, FWIW, here's my top five reasons you can't blame Scott Norwood for losing Super Bowl XXV: 5. The Bills abandoned the running game. Thurman was running wild, should have been the MVP, and should have been featured earlier in the game. 4. Lost chances. Due to Giant hits, Andre Reed suddenly afraid of going over the middle. Bruce does not swat the ball out of Hostetler’s paw in the end zone, resulting in a safety not a TD. 3. Mark Ingram’s (sp?) catch on third and forever. Kept a Giant TD drive alive as Ingram broke several tackles (most notably Shane Conlon). EDIT 2/6/06: I've since learned it was Talley and Odomes that whiffed on Ingram. 2. Marv Levy. Marv never had control of his troops when they invaded a Super Bowl city. Bills players have recently boasted of the partying in Tampa during the short Super Bowl week. 1. It was a loooooong FG attempt. On grass. 47 yards. Never known for a strong leg, the chances of Norwood making the kick were no more than 30 percent before the ball was even snapped. TSW link