There is only one rule about the men's club at Mt. Pleasant Manor - what happens at men's club stays at men's club. Until now, since I'm blogging about it. Spent part of the afternoon today hanging at the nursing home in Mt P and talking sports with a small group of guys who summed up, among other things, the Michael Vick situation. One of the guys described him as a complete ja*k a**, making all that money and still fighting dogs.(allegedly) Also interesting to listen to stories about old Charleston and why they went into the military or what kind of trouble they got into. Good stuff.
It'll be interesting to see if Barry Bonds breaks the home run record against the Braves this week what kind of attention it gets. Logistically speaking, most Americans will be fast asleep if it happens in the late innings of a 10pm eastern time start so Bonds detractors would like that.
Time for the North Dakota fact o' the day or the week, however you wanna put it.
Dakota is the Sioux Indian word for "friend" - so North Dakota it's just not real friendly in the winter.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Monday, July 9, 2007
Just Waiting
Tis the season for....waiting for football season. A good time for a sports guy to go do some different stories. Enjoyed spending the early morning Tuesday at the MUSC Wellness Center for Boot Camp Fitness. A lot of gyms do boot camps, but this one is the real deal. It's taught by Marines in Officer Training School at the Citadel. It starts at 6am (0600 for military folks). Check out the story on our website.
So Steve Spurrier is going to have a paid website starting next week.(www.spurrierhbc.com) $100 gets you a year subscription - imagine how much cash will roll in for that. Word is Tommy Bowden is going to be doing the same thing.
Charleston Battery is moving on in the U.S. Open Cup and you gotta love Tim Karalexis' post game soundbite: "we're gonna keep it going, win the whole and make some money, right?" Right on. The winning team splits $100,000 which means a little more to players in the A League as opposed to the MLS. Battery hosts FC Dallas in the quarterfinals August 7th.
Your North Dakota fact o' the week is football related. The mighty University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux open the season against....Humboldt State of California Thursday August 23rd. Go Sioux!
You can hear more North Dakota facts by listening to Fantalk on ESPN Radio 910 the team from 3-6pm Monday through Friday. Darren Goldwater and Bobby Hartin always happy to talk about the Great Plains.
So Steve Spurrier is going to have a paid website starting next week.(www.spurrierhbc.com) $100 gets you a year subscription - imagine how much cash will roll in for that. Word is Tommy Bowden is going to be doing the same thing.
Charleston Battery is moving on in the U.S. Open Cup and you gotta love Tim Karalexis' post game soundbite: "we're gonna keep it going, win the whole and make some money, right?" Right on. The winning team splits $100,000 which means a little more to players in the A League as opposed to the MLS. Battery hosts FC Dallas in the quarterfinals August 7th.
Your North Dakota fact o' the week is football related. The mighty University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux open the season against....Humboldt State of California Thursday August 23rd. Go Sioux!
You can hear more North Dakota facts by listening to Fantalk on ESPN Radio 910 the team from 3-6pm Monday through Friday. Darren Goldwater and Bobby Hartin always happy to talk about the Great Plains.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
It's Been Awhile
Whew, a month goes by fast. Happy to be back in the blogosphere with a few thoughts from the past few weeks.
It was great to see 10 year old Hunter Benke at Riley Park on Tuesday night. His dad, Mike, was one of the Charleston city firefighters who died fighting the Sofa Super Store blaze. The Riverdogs had him come to the ballpark to hang out with the team all day and he got to throw out the first pitch. You could tell the Riverdog players were happy to have him around, I saw Mike Dunn give him a new glove from his collection. At least for a few hours he was able to smile.
That night at Riley Park was the fireworks game, annually one of the top crowds of the year. Over 7,900 people packed the park and the Dogs are on pace for another record setting season for attendance.
Interesting to watch Serena Williams come back to win the other day after her calf injury forced her to the ground at Wimbledon. After a 3 hour rain delay she came back to win the match, but the national sports take on it was that Serena's performance was legendary. If you saw her at the Family Circle Cup in April you may disagree. I watched her bow out of her first round match with a leg injury and poor play. Maybe I'm just a cynic when it comes to Serena but I've seen her leave Daniel Island twice with injuries.
Time for our North Dakota Fact O' the week.....
North Dakota is the 19th biggest state as far as size (70,704 square miles) but it is the 47th most populated state (642,200 people as of 2000).
It was great to see 10 year old Hunter Benke at Riley Park on Tuesday night. His dad, Mike, was one of the Charleston city firefighters who died fighting the Sofa Super Store blaze. The Riverdogs had him come to the ballpark to hang out with the team all day and he got to throw out the first pitch. You could tell the Riverdog players were happy to have him around, I saw Mike Dunn give him a new glove from his collection. At least for a few hours he was able to smile.
That night at Riley Park was the fireworks game, annually one of the top crowds of the year. Over 7,900 people packed the park and the Dogs are on pace for another record setting season for attendance.
Interesting to watch Serena Williams come back to win the other day after her calf injury forced her to the ground at Wimbledon. After a 3 hour rain delay she came back to win the match, but the national sports take on it was that Serena's performance was legendary. If you saw her at the Family Circle Cup in April you may disagree. I watched her bow out of her first round match with a leg injury and poor play. Maybe I'm just a cynic when it comes to Serena but I've seen her leave Daniel Island twice with injuries.
Time for our North Dakota Fact O' the week.....
North Dakota is the 19th biggest state as far as size (70,704 square miles) but it is the 47th most populated state (642,200 people as of 2000).
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