Archive for the SPORTS Category
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SPORTS: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 I must say that this year's NCAA Basketball Tournament was marked by tons of great games, none moreso than last night's championship game between the Michigan Wolverines and the victorious Louisville Cardinals. To m
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MISCELLANEOUS: BEGINNING-OF-APRIL THOUGHTS
BEGINNING-OF-APRIL THOUGHTS I can't believe it's April already!!! I swear—I thought that March was just beginning. Why is life going so fast?! So, anyhow, I have a couple of thoughts from the past few days, so I'll share them quickl
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SPORTS: WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013
WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013 [Note: Okay, these took place just a week and half ago, but I know it's old news in the fast-paced world of sports. And I've been totally entrenched in the NCAA Basketball championship now, so it's
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SPORTS/KAREN’S MUSINGS: MANTI BUTTERFLY
MANTI BUTTERFLY Okay, these are are my last comments on the Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax. I'm semi-sick of the topic, and its just a sad scene, all around. But, as I was watching the perpetrator of the hoax, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, on Dr. Phil
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SPORTS: 2013 SUPER BOWL XLVII
2013 SUPER BOWL XLVII Even though I didn't have a horse in the race, (because my teams are the NY Giants and Jets,) I watched over twelve hours in a row of Super Bowl coverage yesterday! And, even though the team I was rooting for, the Sa
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SPORTS/KAREN’S RANTS: MANTI TE’O GIRLFRIEND HOAX UPDATES
MANTI TE'O GIRLFRIEND HOAX UPDATES [Note: all this Manti Te'o news, with new info breaking constantly, is backing-up my awards seasons columns, including many movie reviews and one more gifting suite. I promise those will be forthcoming i
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SPORTS/KAREN’S RANTS: MANTI TE’O GIRLFRIEND HOAX
MANTI TE'O GIRLFRIEND HOAX When I was a little girl, my two best friends were brother and sister Peter and Diane Kosher. We spent a lot of time together, and I talked to them for hours on end every night from my bed, on my bright red phon
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SPORTS: DEREK JETER (INJURY AND BEYOND)
DEREK JETER (INJURY AND BEYOND) This column took forever to write because, rather than being the happy tribute to my favorite baseball player, I must now discuss the horrible injury he suffered over the week-end. Actually, we all suffered
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SPORTS/NEW YORK: YANKEES WIN THE AL EAST!
YANKEES WIN THE AL EAST! This one is going to be short and sweet: Congratulations to the Yankees for winning their division! Yet again. For those who don't pay attention to baseball, it was a scary end to the season for us New York Yan
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SPORTS: US OPEN 2012 WRAP-UP
US OPEN 2012 WRAP-UP For the fifth year in a row, the men's final had to be played on the Monday following the Sunday that it was supposed to be on! That was fine with me because the bad weather at the tourney gave me time to catch-up on
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