Category: Sports
Dick Sisler: Cincinnati’s other bad decision in 1965
In addition to hosting this year’s All-Star Game, the Reds are also celebrating the anniversary of their last World Series championship. Members of that 1990 team will be honored in April, when they will no doubt have fond memories of their sweep of the heavily favored Oakland A’s bash brothers. As Cincinnatians revel in the…
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AFL Memories: Who is John Coleman?
The United States has the NBA and the NFL, while Europe has the FA Cup and UEFA. On the other hand, Australians have their own sporting tastes. For them, the important thing is rugby or Australian rules football. The AFL (Australian Football League) is one of the most attended and watched sporting events in Australia.…
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Why does your hair texture change when you have telogen effluvium or shedding?
I sometimes get emails from people who want to know why their hair has gotten a weird, loose and unkempt texture before or during the increase in hair loss. They want to know if the shedding is affecting the hair or if the weird texture came before or has something to do with the shedding.…
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Zero to Hero by Kurek Ashley
homeless again However, in the last two months, he has made more financial wealth than he used to in 20 years. Sitting in his lavish penthouse on the Sunshine Coast, he reflected on what things were like for him in 1998. “I had walked away from the movie business,” he said, “and here I was…
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Ralph Earnhardt Biography
Ralph Lee Earnhardt was born on February 23, 1928, in Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, the youngest of four children, to John Henderson and Effie Mae Earnhardt. The family was part of the farming community, and after leaving school, Ralph worked in one of the cotton mills for several years. Wages and conditions were poor…
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Dizzywood Virtual World Review: A Virtual World For Your Kids To Hang Out In
With the growing popularity (and profitability) of virtual worlds and massively multiplayer games on the Internet, it’s no surprise to see hundreds of companies entering this lucrative field. While some companies focus on charging a monthly fee up front for a superior product (think World of Warcraft), others create a free product that lacks quality…
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NBA Full Court Report (Thursday, November 30)
We’ve got a couple of strong national TV matchups for Thursday night that could very well be previews of the upcoming playoff series this spring. Below is a look at every game on TNT tonight. DETROIT PISTONS (-3, 193½) on the MIAMI HEAT (TNT) This is a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference finals and…
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Five interesting facts about Buffalo Bills legend Jim Kelly
Jim Kelly is definitely one of the all-time great NFL quarterbacks. He helped lead the Buffalo Bills to four straight Super Bowls in the early 1990s, and while the team didn’t win any of them, that accomplishment alone is worthy of recognition. Kelly was a fan favorite in Buffalo, and with good reason. Here’s a…
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NBA again!
“What goes around comes around!” This is a French saying that goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” I thought of this while watching the first two nights of the new NBA season last week, the start of the 2006-2007 season. I was a bit naively hoping to see better shots.…
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Don’t wait too long to get your wife back, or someone else might grab her
Many people have found that they waited too long to get their marriage back on track and missed whatever chance they had to get their spouse back. The more time that passes after separating from her wife, the more time someone else has to get involved with her. And the more time she has to…
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