Monthly Archives: February 2010

NFL Pre-Season Analysis – - Post Mortem

February 11, 2010 – 12:30 am

It is that time of the year again. Picture yourself back in the ninth grade and they have just handed out the mid-term report cards in your homeroom. You know you have to look inside at the grades; you know for sure that your parents are going to look at the grades; you really do [...]

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Recommended Reading

February 10, 2010 – 11:39 am

Gene Collier’s column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette begins with his description of one of his recurring nightmares: “…I’m trapped in a room with a television that gets only four channels: • The Regis Philbin Channel. • The Larry King Channel. • QVC. • The Winter Olympics Channel.” I think you see where he is [...]

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Spring IS Coming…

February 10, 2010 – 10:40 am

Here in the DC area, we are experiencing whiteout conditions as another 6-8 inches of snow falls on the 30 inches that arrived last weekend. Winds in the 20-40 mph range make today’s weather all the more pleasant. Nevertheless, the calendar offers a bit of solace; one week from today, pitchers and catchers report for [...]

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Advice For The US Census Bureau

February 9, 2010 – 11:58 am

Yesterday, I suggested that the ad run by the US Census Bureau during the Super Bowl might not have been a “game changer” in terms of people’s attitudes regarding filling out the census form. A long-term reader and former colleague sent along this e-mail with a suggestion as to how the Census Bureau might indeed [...]

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Whose Fault Is It…?

February 8, 2010 – 12:20 pm

After you have read all of the Super Bowl analysis on the sports pages of the nation this morning, you may still have some questions as to why the game turned out the way it did. As a public service, allow me to assist you in getting the answers you seek: 1. If you want [...]

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Mythical Picks – Super Bowl Weekend 2010

February 5, 2010 – 2:59 pm

Hold your applause; maintain a modicum of decorum there. This is indeed the final edition of Mythical Picks for the 2009/2010 football season. The assault on your sensibilities is coming to an end. Moving closer to that end, I had some hits and some misses in the Mythical Picks two weeks ago: 1. I liked [...]

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Plaxico Burress Coming Back?

February 4, 2010 – 12:32 am

They are already teasing the fact that CBS will run an interview with Plaxico Burress during the Super Bowl Pre-Game extravaganza on Sunday. Evidently, Bill Cowher went to visit Burress in prison and came away with the impression that Burress is a changed and contrite individual who has vowed to make a comeback in the [...]

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March Madness Getting Madder?

February 3, 2010 – 12:22 am

The sports radio folks seem to have gotten the vapors over the idea that March Madness might expand to 96 teams. The NCAA sees dollar signs hanging all over that idea so they are prone to make it happen. However, someone might tell them that this means more gambling opportunities on college sports and that [...]

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Groundhog Day 2010

February 2, 2010 – 12:17 am

Today is Groundhog Day and I am in south central Pennsylvania – – albeit not in Punxsutawney, PA. All I can say is that damned rodent had better not see his shadow today and head back into his hole because it has been colder than a well-digger’s “private parts” this weekend and this part of [...]

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