And finally after a 19 game losing streak, my favorite football team The Detroit Lions won a game. I was on pins and needles watching the upper right corner of the screen during the Vikings game. I did see the great throw by Brett Favre and the better catch by Greg Lewis but I wasn't exactly concentrating on that game. Lions have a big game coming up at Soldier Field against the Brian Urlacher-less Bears. Confidence is a wonderful thing.
The pennant races are basically over now. The Tigers have all but clinched the division while splitting their four game series with the Twins. The Twins still have a slim chance but still have to face Cy Young front runner Zach Greinke, they aren't winning that game. That means the Tigers only need to win one game in their next series. The winner of the division will then play the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
Great jestures by the Phillies and Angels after winning their respective divisions. The Phillies paid tribute to Harry Kalas, best announcing voice ever, by everyone on the team slapping the memorial for Kalas in the outfield. The Angels one uped them by doing the same thing to the Nick Adenhart memorial as well as drenching Adenhart's jersey get drenched by champagne in the locker room. Great story to overcome a lot of adversity this year for the Angels.
Nice to see my close to hometown university has taken a stand when it comes to idiots on the basketball team. Binghamton University decided to kick off a bunch of their male basketball playes this past week. Tiki Maybe was arrested earlier in the week with 3.5 grams of cocaine. I don't know if that's a lot but he being charged with a felony. Nice to see he turned his life around after many fiascos in high school. DJ Rivera was also booted, he was their leading scorer last year but wasn't all conference because he was academically ineligible at his last school (coaches voted for the all conference picks). Corey Chandler, who just came to Binghamton from Rutgers was also booted. I understand second chances but when your team is full of those guys, you are going to run into trouble. Kevin Broadus did exactly what he was told to do when he got the job, he won. He made it to their first NCAA tourney and now he had "no control" over the program. I blame him and the now departed athletic director, but it shows how much pressure there is to win even at Binghamton. My guess Broadus will be out after this year and King Rice (former Binghamton HS star, UNC Player, and Vanderbilt assistant) will take over and bring his hometown school to prominence.
Two weeks from yesterday, the Hamline Pipers will start practice. I certainly can't wait to get started. The guys are working really hard and are getting after it quite a bit on the court and in the weight room. It's great to see each guy challenge each other in weight room. Everyday, as I'm walking to and from our mail room I can hear the basketballs bouncing in the gym. Even right now from my office I can hear guys working out. We didn't have that last year. Hopefully, this means we can turn things around this year.
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