On the All-Time Bills

Buffalo Bill is linked to the wild western frontier, but the reverse is a football team. Bill Clinton was a U.S. President, Bill Cullen a game show host, Bill Cosby an actor, comedian, and role model and Bill Bailey came home to a song.
Bill Gates founded Microsoft, Bill Murray makes us laugh, and Bill Cartwright [...]

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They’ve Earned It Rankings: Week 10 09

Given the anniversary of an important event as the wall of the Berlin Wall, the trivialness of college football had to wait a day.
Last week allowed fans to witness Oregon laying an egg at Stanford, which leads to one reason why I like observing PAC-10 football – the leader continues to be surprised! Then there’s [...]

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On All-Time Dons

Although actor Don Johnson was on Miami Vice, I know another Don Johnson; but he’s not either of the Don Johnsons that played MLB – but this Don Johnson is a high school sports legend in his hometown.
Dons are throughout life. Don Rickles made us laugh, and NBA legend Bill Russell wasn’t a don but [...]

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They’ve Earned it Rankings Week 9 ‘09

Week 9 allowed the Ducks to make a serious statement and the Longhorns to show that they are a serious contender.  Other than that, most teams held serve.
Up- Oregon, Florida, Cincinnati, Texas
Down- Iowa, Ga. Tech, LSU, TCU
New – Boise
Out- USC
They’ve Earned It Top 10

Oregon (7-1) Next: @ Stanford
Alabama (9-0) Next: LSU
Iowa (9-0) Next: Northwestern
Florida (8-0) [...]

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On Cincinnati Sports as of Now

The Cincinnati sports scene has been a hodge-podge of ups and downs. The past 20 years have primarily been a downer for our two main professional teams: the Bengals and the Reds. So the fact that the Reds finished strong and the Bengals are off to a good start does help. On the other hand, [...]

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