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Entries from January 2007

"Way Out West " - UNC vs. Arizona

January 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Phenomenal play! Way to show with two men down. I have to give Roy a ton of credit for prepping these guys for play…Here are my thoughts.
** Tywon Lawson - Tywon, Tywon…Ty-won. Wow! In the first half, I thought he was getting himself into trouble with shots. He settled down, […]

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The Long-Term Effects of Sudden Impact

January 25th, 2007 · No Comments

I caught a great feature on HBO’s Real Sports last night…
The feature was on the lack of disability and pension benefits to help NFL Alumni, who are seriously struggling with debilitating injuries after their careers.
I quickly remembered the great three-part series of articles that appeared last week in the San Francisco Chronicle from Ron Kroichick. […]

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The Rise of the Aerotropolis

January 25th, 2007 · No Comments

The airport of a decade ago is a far, far different place today…
Which is why you should catch the ‘aerotropolis’ theories of UNC business professor, John Kasarda.
Kasarda was featured in today’s Wall Street Journal, and he’s collecting a lot of attention from other articles around the globe from evangelizing theories centered upon […]

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The Return of the Humara

January 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Look what kicks came back…
Could have been the lime green laces. But you know it’s all about the quality with me.
That’s why I stopped by Nort in SF a couple of weeks ago, and just had to pick the Humaras back up.
This is my third pair. I picked up my first […]

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Torn on Knight

January 7th, 2007 · No Comments

I have to admit that I was torn on which way to feel with Bobby Knight snaring the all-time win mark this past week…
In my opinion, Dean Smith was the stronger of the two coaches, but I have to admit that I’m a little biased. Right?
John Feinstein had a great article in the Washington […]

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‘Brother Al’…Call Mike Leach.

January 5th, 2007 · No Comments

The Oakland Raiders finally made the move…Art Shell was finally put out of his misery tonight.
The move had to be done. The offense was woefully inept, and the losses piled up. Yet, at least Shell made it back to the organization where he belongs, and the ‘D’ was strong this […]

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