Bob Knight and other great coaches make a great commercial for Guitar Hero Mettalica version. Got to love this
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
The Weekend in Indy
So this weekend, my dad and I took a trip down to Indy for the IHSAA state basketball finals. It was a day consisting of four high school basketball games. This used to be an event that we were able to attend every year, however due to work schedules and track in college, we dont always get to. This year I took a holiday I had saved up and took the trip down leaving shortly after 6am. Memories of past IHSAA state finals that we attended came back to mind.
1. The best memory was the first state final I went to. 1990, the first year that the finals were held at the RCA Dome (rest in peace). It was Damon Bailey and Bedford North Lawrence Stars vs. the Concord Minutemen. At this time i didnt care that Bailey was going to Indiana, I wanted Concord to win just because it was a local team. Well Bedford won, due to the outstanding performance of Bailey and his 30 pts. Largest crowd to witness a high school game. It was unreal.
2. The second woud be Clay vs. Valpo ending with a game winning shot by a future Purdue player who shall remain nameless because of the sins that he compited by going to Purdue
3.Luke Zellers half court shot against Plymouth to win the class 3A state that year. What a shot was after Plymouh nailed a 3 to take the lead.
Then this year was the 3A title game featuring Rochester and Princeton. Rochesters Bruce Grimm scored 40 points and sent the game into overtime by hitting a huge 3 at the buzzer. The game went into double overtime before Princeton pulled out the win. Rochester made a record 14 3's in this game and Grimm finished with 40 points.
The last two mentioned games were great and had alot of suspence.
However all this being said, I still want one class basketball back in Indiana!!!
1. The best memory was the first state final I went to. 1990, the first year that the finals were held at the RCA Dome (rest in peace). It was Damon Bailey and Bedford North Lawrence Stars vs. the Concord Minutemen. At this time i didnt care that Bailey was going to Indiana, I wanted Concord to win just because it was a local team. Well Bedford won, due to the outstanding performance of Bailey and his 30 pts. Largest crowd to witness a high school game. It was unreal.
2. The second woud be Clay vs. Valpo ending with a game winning shot by a future Purdue player who shall remain nameless because of the sins that he compited by going to Purdue
3.Luke Zellers half court shot against Plymouth to win the class 3A state that year. What a shot was after Plymouh nailed a 3 to take the lead.
Then this year was the 3A title game featuring Rochester and Princeton. Rochesters Bruce Grimm scored 40 points and sent the game into overtime by hitting a huge 3 at the buzzer. The game went into double overtime before Princeton pulled out the win. Rochester made a record 14 3's in this game and Grimm finished with 40 points.
The last two mentioned games were great and had alot of suspence.
However all this being said, I still want one class basketball back in Indiana!!!
Today in History
1822 Florida became a U.S. territory.
1867 Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal roundly ridiculed as "Seward's Folly."
1870 The 15th amendment to the Constitution, giving black men the right to vote, was declared in effect.
1964 The TV game show "Jeopardy!" premiered on NBC.
1999 A jury in Portland, Ore., ordered Philip Morris to pay $81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking Marlboros for four decades.
2008 President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington National's new stadium, Nationals Park.
1867 Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal roundly ridiculed as "Seward's Folly."
1870 The 15th amendment to the Constitution, giving black men the right to vote, was declared in effect.
1964 The TV game show "Jeopardy!" premiered on NBC.
1999 A jury in Portland, Ore., ordered Philip Morris to pay $81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking Marlboros for four decades.
2008 President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington National's new stadium, Nationals Park.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Today in History
1939 Oregon won the first NCAA men's basketball tournament with a 46-33 victory over Ohio State in Evanston, Ill.
1989 - Sport Illustrated exposed Pete Rose's gambling activities. The magazine article alleged Rose bet on baseball from the Riverfront dugout using hand gestures with an associate.
1994 - Magic Johnson became head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. He coached the final 16 games of the 1993-4 season.
1997 Dexter King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., met with James Earl Ray, the man in prison for the assassination of the civil rights leader. Ray denied having anything to do with the shooting, to which King replied, "I believe you."
2006 Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified at his federal trial that he was supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
2007 - NFL owners voted 30-2 to make the video replay system a permanent officiating tool.
1989 - Sport Illustrated exposed Pete Rose's gambling activities. The magazine article alleged Rose bet on baseball from the Riverfront dugout using hand gestures with an associate.
1994 - Magic Johnson became head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. He coached the final 16 games of the 1993-4 season.
1997 Dexter King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., met with James Earl Ray, the man in prison for the assassination of the civil rights leader. Ray denied having anything to do with the shooting, to which King replied, "I believe you."
2006 Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified at his federal trial that he was supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
2007 - NFL owners voted 30-2 to make the video replay system a permanent officiating tool.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
My letter of Resignation
It's that time of year people. time to get ready for baseball season. With that being said I would like to thank the fine people at http://www.cubby-blue.com for preparing my letter of resignation. Hopefully Bashor will take me back in late October after the celebration is over with.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Obama's Special Olympics
Here are Obabma's comments about his bowling game and more. YOu know if this was a republican, the media would be going mad over this. Also, with him still campaining, I am shocked he has been at the White House to go bowling and play basketball. With all the traveling he has done, it is no wonder the country is strugeling financially.
Today in History
1918 Germany launched the Somme offensive during World War I, hoping to break through the Allied line before American reinforcements could arrive.
1945 Allied bombers began four days of raids over Germany during World War II.
1963 Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its last inmates.
1965, more than 3,000 civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.
1994 - Michael Jordan was cut from the White Sox roster and was sent to their minor league club.
2005 Armed with a new law rushed through Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, the attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents pleaded with a judge to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube re-inserted. (The judge later refused.)
1945 Allied bombers began four days of raids over Germany during World War II.
1963 Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its last inmates.
1965, more than 3,000 civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.
1994 - Michael Jordan was cut from the White Sox roster and was sent to their minor league club.
2005 Armed with a new law rushed through Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, the attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents pleaded with a judge to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube re-inserted. (The judge later refused.)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Today in History
1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his radio "fireside chats," telling Americans what was being done to deal with the nation's economic crisis.
1985 - In Katmandu, Nepal, 80 people were trampled to death because stadium doors had been locked during a soccer game. The people had been seeking cover during a violent hail storm.
1992 - Coach Don Nelson (Golden State Warriors) became the first man in NBA history to participate in 2,500 games as a player and coach.
2003 - The YES Network and Cablevision reached an interim deal to air New York Yankee games. Three million viewers had not had access to the games for 2002.
2006 A 14-year-old Iraqi girl was raped and her family killed in Mahmoudiya, near Baghdad. (Five American soldiers were charged; three pleaded guilty, one was convicted and one has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.)
1985 - In Katmandu, Nepal, 80 people were trampled to death because stadium doors had been locked during a soccer game. The people had been seeking cover during a violent hail storm.
1992 - Coach Don Nelson (Golden State Warriors) became the first man in NBA history to participate in 2,500 games as a player and coach.
2003 - The YES Network and Cablevision reached an interim deal to air New York Yankee games. Three million viewers had not had access to the games for 2002.
2006 A 14-year-old Iraqi girl was raped and her family killed in Mahmoudiya, near Baghdad. (Five American soldiers were charged; three pleaded guilty, one was convicted and one has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Today in History
1993 North Korea withdrew from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
1997 Rock musician Paul McCartney of the Beatles was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
2002 Two columns of light soared skyward from ground zero in New York as a temporary memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
2004 Ten bombs exploded in quick succession across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and wounding more than 2,000 in an attack linked to al-Qaeda.
2004 - Major league baseball banned THG. The health policy advisory committee of management and the players' association unanimously determined that THG builds muscle mass.
2005 A man being escorted to court for trial in Atlanta took a gun from a sheriff's deputy and went on a deadly rampage, killing four people, including a judge. (Brian Nichols was later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole).
1997 Rock musician Paul McCartney of the Beatles was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
2002 Two columns of light soared skyward from ground zero in New York as a temporary memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
2004 Ten bombs exploded in quick succession across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and wounding more than 2,000 in an attack linked to al-Qaeda.
2004 - Major league baseball banned THG. The health policy advisory committee of management and the players' association unanimously determined that THG builds muscle mass.
2005 A man being escorted to court for trial in Atlanta took a gun from a sheriff's deputy and went on a deadly rampage, killing four people, including a judge. (Brian Nichols was later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole).
Friday, March 6, 2009
Emma's First Haircut
So I got to experience something this week that most single fathers dont get to, their daughters first hair cut. I took Emma to where my mom gets her hair cut in Nappanee. Emma took it like a champ with no problems and for the most part sat still. Best of all, no more baby mullet! Here are some pictures of the event.
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Today in History
1836 The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege.
1857, in its Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court held that Scott, a slave, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court.
1944 Heavy bombers staged the first American raid on Berlin during World War II.
2006 Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation banning most abortions in South Dakota. (The ban was rejected by the state's voters in November).
2006 Baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett died at age 45.
1857, in its Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court held that Scott, a slave, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court.
1944 Heavy bombers staged the first American raid on Berlin during World War II.
2006 Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation banning most abortions in South Dakota. (The ban was rejected by the state's voters in November).
2006 Baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett died at age 45.
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