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Weis Out
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Charlie Weis was fired as Notre Dame coach this afternoon. No surprise.Apparently no decision has been made as far as whether Notre Dame will accept a bowl bid. AD Jack Swarbrick asked the players if they wanted to play in one, and should they accept, ND will have an interim head coach...
Memorable Movie Lines on Tuesday
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This Tuesday night, we'll be doing a round of "Movie Lines Trivia" as the Special Category. It won't be an audio round, but I will give you a famous line from a well-known movie and you will tell me not only the film it came from but the actor who famously uttered...
Kicking Backsides and Taking Handles
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Just when you thought Brett Favre's incredible first season in Minnesota couldn't get any better, it does.The Vikings took the Chicago Bears out to the woodshed on Sunday afternoon at the Metrodome and simply stomped all over the one time Monsters of the Midway with an overwhelming...
Going, Going...
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Gone, goodbye, as immortal Mets broadcaster Ralph Kiner used for his home run call.The same can apply to Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis this morning.Stanford drove the nail into Weis' head coaching coffin last night with a 45-38 win. (I missed most of it, as I had the pleasure of...
Kevin Kernan: Overrated Sportswriter
3 days ago by
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Sportswriters are idiots.I know that's a news flash to most of you, but as time goes on, I consider most of those who write sports stories for newspapers in the same league as lawyers and politicians. And I've considered most of them frustrated former wannabe athletes who are...
Thanksgiving Means Traditions
5 days ago by
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I want to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving, and that all of you enjoy the day with lots of turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.For me, it's always been a day of traditions. Lots of football, from Detroit and Dallas, the parade in Manhattan, where the Christmas season...
Looking Forward to Spring
5 days ago by
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The 2010 Red Sox Spring Training schedule is now out, and the Sox open it on March 3rd with the traditional opening day doubleheader with Northeastern (in the afternoon) and Boston College (at night). And the MLB portion of it opens the next day with their Ft. Myers rivals, the Minnesota...
Trivia Q&A: November 24
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We had 18 teams in for Trivia Night on Tuesday. It being just two days before Thanksgiving, it was hard to tell ahead of time how big the crowd might be, but it was gratifying to see many of the regulars in before the long holiday weekend began.We had some strong numbers for The Q...
All Quiet On The Bosox Front, For Now
6 days ago by
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Things have been relatively quiet with the Red Sox this offseason, so there hasn't been much to report. One trade, no free agent signings as of yet. But once the first big free agent makes a deal (and that should be around the time of the Winter Meetings next month), things will...
Trivia Night Is For Turkeys
7 days ago by
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Well, it is this week, as our Special Category this week is "Turkey Trivia." No, not about that country in southern Europe, but I'll have seven questions about that bird we love to carve up and devour on this upcoming holiday, and most of them will be of the multiple...
Clicking On All Cylinders
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It was another case of Men vs. Boys at the Metrodome on Sunday, as the Vikings continued their march to the playoffs with a 35-9 stomping of the Seattle Seahawks. They looked excellent in all phases of the game.The defense completely kept Seattle out of the game, as the Seahawks didn...
Goodbye Charlie
9 days ago by
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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?
10 days ago by
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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?
12 days ago by
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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)
12 days ago by
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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
12 days ago by
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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
13 days ago by
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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
14 days ago by
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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
15 days ago by
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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
16 days ago by
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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?
17 days ago by
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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
17 days ago by
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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?
18 days ago by
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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.
19 days ago by
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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...
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