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Goodbye Charlie
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"You guys are a 6-5 football team. This will not just cut it for me. I'm not here to be a .500 football team."--Charlie Weis, December 13, 2004, during his press conference introducing him as Notre Dame head coachWell, guess what? Notre Dame is once again a 6-5 football...
Do They Have to Put New York Through This?
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One of the bigger news stories over the past week has been the Obama administration's decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other 9/11 co-conspirators at a trial to be held in New York sometime next year and not before a military tribunal.I gave myself some time to think...
And You Thought MLB Umpires Were Bad?
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Check out this disgrace from today's World Cup qualifier between Ireland and France. Ireland's up 1-0 in extra time in the second leg with the winner going to next year's finals in South Africa. (The previous encounter was a 1-0 France win so they needed OT to get a winner...
Even Yankee Fans Like Thom's (Well, At Least For Trivia)
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My friends Lisa and Jon at Subway Squawkers did a very nice write-up of their experience taking part in Trivia Night last night at Thom's on their site today. Lisa's a Yankee fan and Jon's a Mets fan, so it interesting talking to them afterwards about being in a Red Sox...
Trivia Q&A: November 17
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We had 19 teams come out for Trivia Night on Tuesday, and I especially pleased to see Lisa and Jon from the fine baseball blog "Subway Squawkers" come out and try their hand at Trivia. Thanks for taking the time and taking part.Everyone seemed to have a good time, and we...
Shout Outs
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Wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate my friends at The Fresh Air Fund for a very successful summer they just had.This past year they teamed with OneSight, and they screened about 3,000 kids and made sure they had good optical care. They gave them free eye exams and eyewear...
Know Your Beatles Ringtones
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Well, we worked out the technical difficulties, and on Tuesday night we are bringing back the audio round on Trivia Night. It will be part of The Q Train lightning round, and this week it will be "Beatles Ringtone Trivia." What that is is ten Beatles songs you have to identify...
Winning Extremely Ugly
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I spent Sunday afternoon at Bar None, the Vikings/Saints hangout in Manhattan, checking out the Vikings-Lions game. It was the first time I had been back in a few weeks. Despite the fact the Vikes were 16 1/2 point favorites, bum teams like the Detroit Lions always scare me.There&...
The Bell Begins Its Toll
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And that bell will be tolling for one Charlie Weis, as Notre Dame lost on Saturday night at Pittsburgh to the Panthers, 27-22.Before this season, most experts had the Irish winning 10 games, and with this loss, they are now 6-4. They have two remaining games on the schedule before...
Guess What Capt. Tange & I Have In Common?
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So, what would that be you're asking yourself? That Derek Jeter and I were born in same town? That he and I have similar range playing shortstop? That we both could get any woman we want at the drop of a hat?You'd be wrong on all three. Actually, Jeter made a cameo appearance...
Happy Anniversary Felix
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It was on this day, in an unknown year, that "Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence." And this was born one of the greatest sitcoms in TV history, "The Odd Couple." (I'm going to say 40th anniversary, as the show debuted in September...
Where Else But Boston?
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Jason Varitek, who will be 38 this coming April, took the full five days he was allotted to decide he'd exercise his player option for $3 million and will be back with the Red Sox in 2010.But let's face facts. What other choice did Tek have?No one, and I mean no one, was going...
Thank You.
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On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month in 1918 (and exactly two months after the Red Sox won their fifth World Series title), World War I came to an end. And to commemorate that historic day, the United States celebrates Veterans Day, to remember those brave...
Trivia Q&A: November 10
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We had a nice crowd in for Trivia Night on Tuesday. 20 teams took part, and I was ably assisted by my friend John, who is about to launch his own trivia night in a bar in New York, and I showed him the way I do it, and I'm sure he will incorporate some of my techniques into his...
Wake's Back For Two More
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The Red Sox and Tim Wakefield reached agreement on a two-year deal today that will pay Wake $5 million for 2010 and 2011 plus incentives.Wake now gets a serious shot at the Red Sox record for wins in a career, as he is just 17 wins away from tying Cy Young and The Texas Con Man'...
Everything or Nada This Week
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We're introducing what could be a new recurring category to Trivia Night this week, and it's called "All or Nothing Trivia." It will be part of The Q Train lightning round. In this category I will ask you ten questions of rather basic knowledge, and if you get all...
Vikings Lead Increases On Their Off Week
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The Minnesota Vikings had their lead in the NFC North go up to three full games today, and they didn't even take the field, as it is their off-week.The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers both lost. Chicago was routed by the Arizona Cardinals at home, 41-21, and Green Bay blew...
Navy Sinks ND Again
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Notre Dame saw their chance at a BCS bowl game go right out the window on Saturday as they dropped a disheartening game to Navy, 23-21.The Irish were a 12-point favorite over the Midshipmen, but Navy looked like the better team from the get-go. And they ran the ball down ND's throats...
Hot Stove Begins With a Bang
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The Red Sox were opened for business for the off-season when they swung a trade with the Florida Marlins, getting outfielder Jeremy Hermida for minor league pitchers Hunter Jones and Jose Alvarez.Theo Epstein wasted no time in letting the baseball world know he's going to be active...
Not In This or Any Other Lifetime
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The title of this post is what I tell people who ask me if I'd ever root, under any circumstances, for the New York Yankees.Think I will offer them and their fans my congratulations? Look elsewhere.I am a Boston Red Sox fan and will be until the day I die. And I am damn f***ing...
Sic 'em, Pedro
17 days ago by
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From yesterday:"I'm pretty sure that every Boston fan out there can feel proud that I'm going to try and beat the Yankees and I'm going to give just the same effort I always did for them. They're special fans and they will always have my respect." And this...
Trivia Q&A: November 3
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We had 15 teams in for Trivia Night on Tuesday, while the Celtics were winning big in Philadelphia on the TVs. We had some solid scores for General Knowledge and True or False Trivia, and General Knowledge's were pretty strong too.The team of H1N0: H Wins! led throughout the night...
Got Nerves?
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The World Series returns to New York tomorrow night for Game 6, and it will also bring back a rested Pedro Martinez to face Andy Pettitte, on just three days of rest. Can't help but think of the night of October 19, 2004 right now.I like it. And I like this, courtesy of Allan at...
Election Trivia on Election Day
19 days ago by
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As you all know, Tuesday is Election Day throughout the United States, and to celebrate that fact, we will be having a round of "Election Trivia" as the Special Category on Tuesday Night Trivia. It will be mostly about Presidential elections, even though we aren't electing...
Brett Favre Debunks Thomas Wolfe
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It was the game everyone was waiting for, and Vikings as well as Packers fans had circled for weeks. Brett Favre made his return to Lambeau Field on Sunday, and the reaction was what you might expect: a mixture of cheers and boos, but it was mostly negative. There were Packers fans...
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