bluesboy Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 So, I guess for me it's the NBA (Lakers and Boston), Nascar and spring training just around the corner to keep us going, with the occasional grace of watching Tiger for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Thanks Joe....I'm very happy...They've been giving Eli crap all year, I'm glad they were able to come through....very good game, and great defense too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Ron...where's your meeting? Leave your blinkers on...that works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 The address is 21S. 12th St. I know it's in the general Independence Hall area and I know there's a Car Show going on...so I think parking may be rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Ewww...you're not gonna find any street parking anyplace close to there. Looks like a lot for you my friend. May I suggest lunch in Chinatown? You're merely a few blocks away. Try The Imperial at 10th and Race Sts. Tell them Joe En Lai sent ya. That's how I make my reservations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 I'm not buying this time, so I'll go where they take me. If they ask for preferences though, I love Chinese food. I'll park in a lot and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 OK...if they stiff ya give me a call...I'll take you to lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Hard to believe that 13 players from the Cowboys and only one Giants player was chosen to represent in the Pro Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 They knew The Cowboys would have extra time to prepare for The Pro Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Australia all out 159 India 5/160 off 45.5 overs At the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Someone is going to be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viaene Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I don't get a word of it but the again if it's cricket, that's normal for me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Australia all out 159 India 5/160 off 45.5 overs At the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Someone is going to be happy. heh I'm just bad luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Don Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I don't get a word of it but the again if it's cricket, that's normal for me.. I remember that the local alternative paper here in West Virginia ran a story about a cricket match verbatim from its source and told everybody that they couldn't understand it! The article was full of cricket terminology that would be lost to those who don't follow the game, like me! Imagine a foreign newspaper running a story about a uniquely American sport verbatim, full of that sport's jargon… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 My 83 year old father in law is a lifelong NY Giants fan...he has seen the highs and the many lows. He now resides in the Veteran's Home in Paramus, NJ and frankly, considering his circumstances, it's not a bad place. Last weekend, he watched the Super Bowl and when the Pats went ahead in the 4th quarter with 2:39 left, he turned the TV off in disgust and went to sleep. Imagine his shock when he woke up on Monday and saw The Giants came back and won. I can't blame him for giving up....The Giants history for creating fan misery is great...but there is lesson here about hanging in until the bitter end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 He turned the game off with two and a half minutes left?! Oy! Old people.....sheesh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 ...but there is lesson here about hanging in until the bitter end... Perhaps, but hey, he is 83! That's what I call "hanging in". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Perhaps, but hey, he is 83! That's what I call "hanging in". Maybe he has his priorities correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 (edited) Indeed he does. Perhaps that was the sports equivalent of waking up the next day and Santa Claus had come again after a 70+ year absence ... Say , is it too early to start thinking about Season 4 of baseball ? Edited February 12, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Actually, I bet his Giants of the last few years trained him into knowing what the outcome would be. He wasn't expecting the Giants of the last few weeks. I bet he really enjoyed watching the highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 with 2:39 left, which, in my humble opinion, was positively the most exciting two-plus minutes on TV. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Baloni Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 That is the undisputed truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Talk about a comeback. Ben Roethlisberger signed an eight-year extension Monday with the Pittsburgh Steelers that is worth $102 million and makes him one of the league's top-paid players. "He's a Steeler and he'll always be a Steeler," team chairman Dan Rooney said. The extension was first reported by FOXSports.com's Jay Glazer. The agreement comes after Roethlisberger re-established himself as one of the NFL's best quarterbacks last season, and nearly two years after his life and career were threatened by a motorcycle crash. The accident happened a few months after he led the Steelers to a Super Bowl victory. Roethlisberger's contract guarantees him $36 million and is easily the largest in the Steelers' 76-season history. The quarterback, who turned 26 Sunday, gets $25 million immediately as a signing bonus. "I told them I didn't want to go anywhere the day I walked in (as a rookie in 2004)," Roethlisberger said Monday. "I love Pittsburgh, I love the fans. Got probably the best organization and fans in all of sport. I don't want to go anywhere." Nor did the Steelers want to lose the club's most successful quarterback since four-time Super Bowl winner Terry Bradshaw. Roethlisberger, drafted in 2004 as part of the same QB class as the Giants' Eli Manning and the Chargers' Philip Rivers, won all 13 regular-season starts as a rookie, began his career 27-4 and already has appeared in two AFC title games and seven playoff games. Last season, Roethlisberger threw 32 touchdown passes with only 11 interceptions in leading the Steelers to a 10-6 regular-season record and the playoffs, a major turnaround from his 23-interception season of 2006. In four seasons, Roethlisberger has steered Pittsburgh to two AFC championship games, one Super Bowl and three playoff appearances. No Steelers quarterback, not even Bradshaw, had a better start to his career; Bradshaw didn't win a Super Bowl until his fifth season. Roethlisberger wants to be "like the Dan Marinos, like the John Elways, guys who played with one team their whole career." The Steelers, quiet in free agency until signing running back-kick returner Mewelde Moore on Monday, felt some urgency to get a deal done with Roethlisberger. Director of football operations Kevin Colbert called it his top offseason priority. Roethlisberger was due a $2.95 million bonus this month that, if paid, would have put the Steelers over the salary cap. By reworking Roethlisberger's contract now, the team rolled that bonus into his new contract and can prorate his signing bonus over the eight years of the contract. "Ben never said, 'I need a record-breaking contract.' He never said, 'I need the most money in the history of anything,"' said Roethlisberger's agent, Ryan Tollner. "He said, 'I need a fair deal."' Roethlisberger, who played in his first Pro Bowl last month, is now focused on getting "a bunch more trophies." "I believe that the guys we have on this team right now are exceptional players," he said. "I believe we all have the pieces of the puzzle, that we could be a championship football team, and I think that we know the history that we have of drafting well, we'll be able to bring guys in that will hopefully do more." Roethlisberger was one of the leading vote-getters for the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award. By contrast, he never found a groove in 2006 after reporting to training camp only six weeks after his motorcycle crash in Pittsburgh, then needed an appendectomy the week of the season opener. The Steelers started 2-6 before finishing 8-8 during former coach Bill Cowher's 15th and final season. Moore, the Steelers' only pickup during free agency, spent his first four seasons with the Minnesota Vikings. A likely replacement for kick returner Allen Rossum, he returned two punts for touchdowns and averaged 10.4 per return while returning 74 punts from 2003-07. He averaged 19.3 yards on 26 kickoff returns. YEAH!! And Big Ben is right, Steelers fans are the best around!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 YES WE ARE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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