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Monday, September 2, 2013

DIANA NYAD SPARKS A FITNESS REVOLUTION

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Almost as soon as Diana Nyad completed her historic swim from Cuba to Florida and emphatically stated, "You're never too old to...

DIANA NYAD TEACHES US ALL A LESSON

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"It's never too late to be what you might have been"                                     -George Eliot- I though...
Sunday, September 1, 2013

JOHNNY MANZIEL WON'T CHANGE SO DEAL WITH IT

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  Sports fans and the media are a strange bunch, that's for sure. We want our heroes to be squeaky-clean like Tim Tebow, but when...
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Saturday, August 31, 2013

TIM TEBOW HATERS REJOICE--AND THAT'S SAD.

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Tim Tebow has been cut by the New England Patriots so now the United States roster of haters can rejoice. They said he couldn't t...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

BRIAN WILSON AND A HAIRY DILEMMA

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Brian Wilson of the Los Angeles has arguably the greatest beard in the history of professional sports. It's often imitated, but ne...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

WEISS & JEDZ: BEST UNC COMBO EVER

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When I saw a picture of Walt Weiss and Mike Jedziniak posted on Facebook recently, a flood of memories washed over me like a tsunami. Th...
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Monday, August 19, 2013

JACKIE ROBINSON, BASEBALL NEEDS YOU MORE THAN EVER

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It's sadly ironic that 42 , a movie about Jackie Robinson and the hardships he dealt with in breaking Major League Baseball's c...
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Hard-working, creative, and lover of good words, competition, and testing my limits. Graduate of UNC and Tar Heel baseball player. Signed with Boston Red Sox as free-agent. Hit a HR in "Bull Durham" off Nuke. Former sports anchor/reporter at NESN, Fox Sports Net and MLB.com.5-time Ironman, 3-time NYC Marathon finisher. Wedding singer and Solid Gold dancer. "It's not the critic who counts, but the man who gets in the arena to compete that does."
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