Archive for the 'Sports' Category

Daytona 500

Big happenings down here in Florida this weekend: The Daytona 500 I don’t watch many races, but I follow Nascar enough to know the drivers. The races I do watch are mainly the super-speedways, but I loves me some Bristol – 1/2 mile oval, super-tight, lots of rubbing. Anything can happen. Anyway, if you’ve tried [...]

Dwight Howard is Superman

The Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard put on a show – you gotta love it when a man puts himself out there like Dwight does in this video, then comes up BIG!

Time to give Fred Taylor his due

Without much hype or countdown outside of Jacksonville, Fred Taylor reached a milestone equaled by only 21 other men in the history of the world: 10,000 NFL rushing yards. To give you some perspective on this accomplishment, here’s some numbers: Number of people to climb Mt. Everest: @ 660 Ok, I’m too lazy to go [...]

Are you a Sports Trivia Junkie?

I have to admit – I like my trivia and think I’m pretty decent at it. I mean, I’m no Fab or Colleen, but I can hold my own. So, I was checking out a sports trivia site called Triviafix, and figured "Why not make it a challenge – I’m a Jags fan, so let’s [...]

Football – Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Denver Broncos

Oh, it was quite a big football weekend here in North Florida! We’ll get to the Gators shortly; for now, I wanted to point to an article about the Broncos by Woody Paige at The Denver Post. He ain’t pullin’ any punches folks:   They were lucky the first two Sundays. They were lucky on [...]

Really? Penny Hardaway?

“Hello? 1996?” “This is the Miami Heat calling. Could you send us a guy that pissed off our star center, acted like a primadonna when he didn’t have the skills to back it up, got a championship coach fired, and now hasn’t played competitive basketball in YEARS?” As my brothers and I used to say [...]