Reggae on the River is upon us...
Yeah, last day at work for the week before I head out to southern Humboldt county for Reggae on the river. I've got my water bottles frozen, food frozen, beer and juice are icy cold, and now all I need to do is put it all in the car. Can I get a HELL YEAH?
Well, all good things must come to an end, eventually, and that it has for Tim Brown of the Oakland Raiders. This guy is basically Mr. Raider, the perfect player on and off the field. Now after 16 years in the NFL, all with the Raiders, Tim has to go. It's the nature of life in general, the champs of yesterday have to make way for the new champs of tomorrow. It's sad, but it's the way it is. I hope Tim views this as a step toward the future for him and not the end for him in football. Good luck in future endevors, Tim, you will be gone but not forgotten! Yeah, #81.
So, maybe you've seen people wearing them or maybe you have one yourself. But the new rage is to support the fight against cancer by wearing the Livestrong yellow wristband. Everyone is wearing them, Dubya, John Kerry, Jay Leno, half the professional peloton, and me. It's all about raising money and supporting the Lance Armstrong Foundation to help fight cancer. Here is a link to the press release. Nike donated $1 million with the goal of raising an additional $5 million through the sales of the bands at $1 a piece. As of today, I believe they have meet that goal and are hoping to sell another 1.8 million bands. Nice work everyone!
On another cycling note, Discovery Team (previously USPS) has signed Yarslov Popovych. This young buck at 24 has already placed 5th and 3rd in the Giro the last two years respectively. Discovery, as well as many other teams, need to bolster their rosters for the next season as next year begins a new era in cycling; the Pro Tour. The Pro Tour is where all division 1 teams must ride in a prespecified set of races throughout the year and must field a team for all said events. This will place a new burden teams and therefore they are getting ready for the suffer fest. This in kind of going to make cycling like it was 30 or 40 years ago when riders road the whole year round, because of money. Now it will be for a different reason, but the effect should be the same.
Baseball thought, way to go A's! I'm not really following along this season, but they are in first place 1.5 games up with about 70 games to go. It's still a long way to go, but it's better they are where they are compared to last place.
Now for the Site of the Day link... todays site of the day is http://www.marykayletourneau.com
She was released this morning after serving 7 1/2 years for hooking up with the underaged boy in the class she taught. I'm not even sure what to say about this woman, so maybe you ought to check out the site or google it or something.
That's all for today, be back Tuesday!
Well, all good things must come to an end, eventually, and that it has for Tim Brown of the Oakland Raiders. This guy is basically Mr. Raider, the perfect player on and off the field. Now after 16 years in the NFL, all with the Raiders, Tim has to go. It's the nature of life in general, the champs of yesterday have to make way for the new champs of tomorrow. It's sad, but it's the way it is. I hope Tim views this as a step toward the future for him and not the end for him in football. Good luck in future endevors, Tim, you will be gone but not forgotten! Yeah, #81.
So, maybe you've seen people wearing them or maybe you have one yourself. But the new rage is to support the fight against cancer by wearing the Livestrong yellow wristband. Everyone is wearing them, Dubya, John Kerry, Jay Leno, half the professional peloton, and me. It's all about raising money and supporting the Lance Armstrong Foundation to help fight cancer. Here is a link to the press release. Nike donated $1 million with the goal of raising an additional $5 million through the sales of the bands at $1 a piece. As of today, I believe they have meet that goal and are hoping to sell another 1.8 million bands. Nice work everyone!
On another cycling note, Discovery Team (previously USPS) has signed Yarslov Popovych. This young buck at 24 has already placed 5th and 3rd in the Giro the last two years respectively. Discovery, as well as many other teams, need to bolster their rosters for the next season as next year begins a new era in cycling; the Pro Tour. The Pro Tour is where all division 1 teams must ride in a prespecified set of races throughout the year and must field a team for all said events. This will place a new burden teams and therefore they are getting ready for the suffer fest. This in kind of going to make cycling like it was 30 or 40 years ago when riders road the whole year round, because of money. Now it will be for a different reason, but the effect should be the same.
Baseball thought, way to go A's! I'm not really following along this season, but they are in first place 1.5 games up with about 70 games to go. It's still a long way to go, but it's better they are where they are compared to last place.
Now for the Site of the Day link... todays site of the day is http://www.marykayletourneau.com
She was released this morning after serving 7 1/2 years for hooking up with the underaged boy in the class she taught. I'm not even sure what to say about this woman, so maybe you ought to check out the site or google it or something.
That's all for today, be back Tuesday!
posted by Tony Rocha at
8/04/2004
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