Jan

23

John Kerry Plays Hockey, Re-Lives Results of 2004 Election

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***** This is what happens if you crash the crease when Teresa’s in goal: Hockey is a rough sport; just ask Senator John Kerry, D-Mass. The senator was attending a ceremony for his hometown hockey team, the Boston Bruins, at the White House today when he publicly debuted the remnants of his own hockey injury. [...]

Jan

22

Fox Sports: Joe Paterno Has Died

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A sad and swift addendum to an already horrible story: Joe Paterno, the iconic former Penn State football coach whose legend was tarnished when he was fired in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, has died, his family confirmed Sunday. He was 85. Doctors had said Saturday that Paterno’s condition had become ”serious” in [...]

Nov

21

Gee, What Voting Demographic is the White House Targeting This Month?

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Yesterday, Michelle Obama participated in the “gentleman, start your engines” tradition at a NASCAR race (contrary to rumor, the crowd wasn’t booing — they were chanting “Let’s MOOOOOVE!”). On top of that, tonight is “country music night” at the White House: The Obamas will play host to a string of country stars — legendary and [...]

Nov

5

Why Didn’t Obama Call the St. Louis Cardinals After World Series Win?

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Traditionally, the winner of the World Series can expect a congratulatory phone call from the White House. That didn’t happen this year: ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Was President Barack Obama too busy watching the “Operation Repo” marathon or something else last Friday night? When KMOX host Charlie Brennan asked now-retired St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony [...]

Oct

13

Rangers Fan Rubs It In

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The Detroit Tigers lost another 11 inning game last night to go down 3-1 in the ALCS. A reader named Pat from Texas just emailed this to rub it in: I could be really childish by responding, “Oh yeah, look at Detroit vs. Dallas in the NFL standings!” But I won’t because that would be [...]

Jul

25

Prayer of the Month, NASCAR Edition

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Oh heck, let’s go ahead and make this the Prayer of the Year: Take that, Ricky Bobby!

Jun

4

Obama and Boehner to Have a ‘Golf Summit’

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President Obama’s going golfing. Is it Memorial Day again already? No… but this time Obama will be playing a round with the House Speaker. No matter what agreements, if any, are reached on the golf course between Obama and Boehner, the big winner will undoubtedly be the cigarette vendor: President Barack Obama and House Speaker [...]

Mar

31

Opening Day Open Thread

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Opening day is finally here. I’ll be keeping an eye on the Tigers/Yankees this afternoon. It’s supposed to be a little wet and cold in the Bronx but they’re expecting to get the game in. If you’re wondering, Obama will skip opening day for the Washington Nationals and won’t be throwing out the first pitch. [...]

Mar

15

Laser-Like Focus, Part LV

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A horrendous human tragedy continues to worsen in Japan; There is civil war in Libya; February was the highest deficit of any month in history. Fortunately though we have a leader who is right on top of it: PRESIDENT OBAMA is taping his NCAA picks today, and they’ll be revealed tomorrow on ESPN. And I [...]

Feb

23

31 Years Ago Today: The Miracle on Ice

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Hard to believe it’s been 31 years since the Miracle on Ice. I was 13 years old and I remember the game wasn’t even aired live on TV — it was tape delayed — I watched it later in the afternoon. I suppose it was a given that the Russians would put the US through [...]

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