Monthly Archives: February 2007

2/13/07 – What’s The Deal In San Diego?

February 13, 2007 – 12:48 pm

What is going on in San Diego? Less than a month ago, the owner of the Chargers had to intervene in the long-standing feud between Marty Schottenheimer and GM AJ Smith to declare that Schottenheimer would be the coach next year. Even so, both coordinators and two other assistant coaches left the Chargers for other [...]

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2/12/07 – Why The Pro Bowl?

February 12, 2007 – 11:51 am

No, I did not watch the Pro Bowl. I did read that Drew Brees suffered a dislocated elbow in the game – to his non-throwing arm fortunately – and it made me wonder why fans of various teams work themselves into states of righteous indignation when one of their players is not selected to the [...]

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2/9/07 – Ads That Need To Go Away

February 9, 2007 – 7:46 am

People watch with anticipation for the ads on the Super Bowl because many of them are clever and many of them have entertainment value that can last for a while. Just think of the Budweiser frogs who gave rise to Louie the Lizard… I watch for Super Bowl ads because I hope that the creative [...]

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2/8/07 – Here Come Da Judge…

February 8, 2007 – 11:21 am

Abut six months ago, I told you about a guy in California who was suing the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for discrimination on the basis that they had a Mothers’ Day promotion – – and Mothers’ Day by definition is discriminatory on the basis of gender and he didn’t get a tote bag of [...]

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2/07/07 National Signing Day

February 7, 2007 – 10:48 am

Today, I’m glad that my cable company doesn’t carry ESPNU. That makes it impossible for me to watch that network’s coverage of “Signing Day”. Today is the day when high school seniors who are coveted football players make it official about where they will be going to college. And this has become a news event [...]

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2/6/07 The Super Bowl On Pay-Per-View?

February 6, 2007 – 11:55 am

I have never pretended to have “sources” deep within the NFL structure who tell me things in sotto voce about the inner workings of the league. So, nothing here comes from that kind of “Deep Throat insight”. However, I do have a good acquaintance whose job it is to try to get as much information [...]

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2/1/07 The Only Winless Team Left…

February 1, 2007 – 7:57 am

At the beginning of the 2006/07 college basketball season, there were 336 colleges and universities playing Division I basketball. Unless I misread the standings of conferences and indies, 335 of those schools have won a game so far this year. Iona College in New Rochelle, NY is the only one that has not won a [...]

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Mythical Picks NFL – Super Bowl 2/4/07

February 1, 2007 – 7:52 am

Last week, Mythical Picks made three selections. The record was 2-1 for a weekly Mythical Profit of $90. Let me recap the Mythical Picking Season up to now as we head toward the Super Bowl – – the Grand Crescendo: Reg Seas: 146-128-4 + $ 850 Playoffs: 8-4 + $ 420 Total NFL:154-132-4 +$1270 Allow [...]

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