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Norwegian Christopher Neiff is gored in the leg by a fighting bull during a traditional bull run in Pamplona, Spain, Thursday July 12, 2007. The San Fermin festival, renowned for its all-night street parties, dates back to 1591. Since records began in 1924, 13 people have been killed in the runs. The last fatality, a 22-year-old American, was gored to death in 1995.(AP Photo/ Inaki Porto)

It's a 2-fer!

GO CUBS!

This is how I want to play soccer... Anyone want to start a league?

The above is a link to video of Mississippi Braves manager Phillip Wellman protesting an umpires call. The rosin bag grenade is CLASSIC!!!

I guess this guy is an outdoors legend, or something like that. I would watch just to see him screw up.

After glancing at the BLAST FROM THE PAST section at the bottom of this post, I found that Rat posted another compilation of clips with the same guy, back in February 2006. Here it is...

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The mint condition 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle Rookie card was just one example of what Lionel Carter's collection included. That alone is worth $5k-$10k.

Before he worked as a bank officer, before he fought in the Pacific, before he amassed a baseball card collection that might be worth a ton of dough, Lionel Carter was a shy teenager from a small Illinois town with a bad stutter and an abiding love of baseball.

He never asked much from life, though in 1953 he made his wife promise to let him keep Sunday nights free to improve his meticulous collection.

From 1935 until the early 1980s, Carter groomed it like a prize rose garden, adding a near-mint 1910 Ty Cobb to a complete set of flawless 1909 Philadelphia Caramel cards that included Honus Wagner. He added Mickey Mantle's 1951 rookie card next to a weathered-but-worthy 1910 Eddie Plank, considered the second-rarest card in baseball.

"I don't really have favorites. I kind of like 'em all," Carter said. "I would keep buying the same cards until I'd get the best one, and then I'd sell the others. Until I got 'em all perfect."

When it goes up for auction at Mastro Auctions in Burr Ridge this month, the market will determine if Carter's baseball cards are among the world's most valuable collections.

The sale of his collection, already boxed and sent to the auction house, comes at a time when overall enthusiasm for baseball card collecting is waning. But the auction house selling the cards estimates their value between $1 million and $2 million, a number in keeping with other expert estimates and recent sales.

One question I have is-why the hell did he wait so long to sell?

Article from Today's Trib

A friend of mine sent me this today, the email was titled "Canadian Pike Pics".
I figured that there should be at least one fishermen that frequents this site that would appreciate it.
If not, at least a couple of Master Baiters (I couldn't help myself).

Dennis Johnson, the star NBA guard who was part of three championship teams, died Thursday after collapsing at the end of practice... He was 52.

Johnson, coach of the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League, died at a hospital, D-League spokesman Kent Partridge said. Mayra Freeman, a spokeswoman for the Travis County medical examiner's office, said there will be autopsy.

Johnson, a five-time All-Star and one of the great defensive guards, played 14 seasons and retired after the 1989-90 season. He played on title teams with the Boston Celtics in 1984 and 1986 and with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979 when he was the NBA finals MVP.

In 1984 finals, Johnson guarded Magic Johnson effectively in the last four games. In 1985, he hit a last-second jumper against Los Angeles that won the fifth game. In 1986, he was part of a team that featured four Hall of Famers -- Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish and Bill Walton.

Johnson was a tough player with a reputation for delivering in big games.

"I hate to lose," he once said. "I accept it when it comes, but I still hate it. That's the way I am."

He averaged 14.1 points and 5.0 assists. When he retired, he was the 11th player in NBA history to total 15,000 points and 5,000 assists. Johnson made one all-NBA first team and one second team. Six times he made the all-defensive first team, including five consecutive seasons (1979-83).

http://www.wftv.com/sports/11084994/detail.html

GO BEARS!!!

How the hell can they do this????

(CBS4) MIAMI Die-hard football fans attending the Super Bowl game at Dolphin Stadium are getting a rude awakening after finding out that no tailgating of any type will be allowed on game day within one mile of the stadium.

"There is no tailgating allowed in the Dolphin Stadium parking lots," Sue Jaquez, a member of the Super Bowl XLI Host Committee, confirmed on Tuesday. "And there is no tailgating anywhere within a one-mile radius of the stadium." "And there are no RVs allowed."

Tailgating is permitted during regular- and post-season games for Dolphins fans, a team official on Tuesday said it would indeed be allowed at the Super Bowl. According to Jaquez, however, the official has been seriously misinformed.

How do you think Bears fans will react?

For the full story.....
http://cbs4.com/sports/local_story_025154548.html

In this undated photo provided by the NHRA, driver Ashley Force poses during a promotional shoot for A&E's 'Driving Force.' Force, 24, the daughter of 14-time Funny Car champion John Force, will join her father in the NHRA's premier Funny Car drag racing division this season. (AP Photo/NHRA, Teresa Long, HO)

Read more: Column: Is Force with NHRA daughter? - Yahoo! News

As the Bears get ready to dispose of the New Orleans Saints this weekend I thought it would be appropriate to take a look back at one of the all time greats.

Robbie Gould was having only "good" thoughts when he lined up Sunday in overtime to attempt a 49-yard field goal which would match a career best and extend the Bears' season.

"Oh man, my thoughts were just to make it," Gould said.

Gould's second overtime field goal this season provided the Bears with a 27-24 victory on the 13th play of the extra period, and set up a matchup next Sunday for the right to advance to Super Bowl XLI.

"Robbie Gould is going to the Pro Bowl and you can see why -- not only the one to win the game, but of course the one to tie the game, too, was big," said coach Lovie Smith.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/sports/211213,3_2_EL15_BEARS_S3.article

Hopefully he can keep it together tomorrow and lead the team to The Big Game.
Go Bears!

Question: Who would win in a fight, Ditka or God?

This is the winner of the NFL's "Pitch Us Your Idea for the Best NFL Super Bowl Commercial Ever. Seriously." contest. Yes, it does sound good, and it is a good idea to get fan participation, but I think that the NFL is getting seriously lazy. Considering that there were only 1,700 commercial pitches, I think it kind of bit them in the ass if you think about what they could have made by selling that air time.

The Chicago Bears earned home-field advantage throughout the playoffs the hard way.

Chicago blew a 24-3 second-half lead Sunday and then recovered with big plays from backups Rashied Davis and Adrian Peterson in overtime to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34-31.

Robbie Gould, who missed earlier in overtime from 37 yards, connected on a 25-yard field goal with 3:37 left to give the Bears the victory.

Coupled with Washington's upset win at New Orleans, the Bears (12-2) got the home-field advantage in all of their games during the NFC playoffs. The NFC North champions had already earned a first-round bye.

Gould's field goal came after Davis made a great-over-the-shoulder catch of 28 yards on a pass from Rex Grossman to the Tampa Bay 20.

Trailing 24-3 in the third quarter, the Bucs (3-11) stunned the Bears with three fourth-quarter touchdowns, tying the game on Tim Rattay's 44-yard TD pass to Ike Hilliard with 3:44 left.

Rattay, who replaced the struggling Bruce Gradkowski in the first half, also had a 64-yard TD pass to Joe Galloway that capped a 95-yard drive in the final quarter.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/bears/176252,121706bears.article