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KC Chiefs Shop Arrowhead Naming Rights
Friday, August 29th, 2008

Barack Obama had a speech last night? John McCain might pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin for a running mate? Please. Let’s discuss important stuff.
Topeka, KS, TV station WIBW reports that the Kansas City Chiefs have contracted with a sports and entertainment company to sell the naming rights of Arrowhead Stadium.
I still call the other venue [...]

Props to Kansas
Monday, April 7th, 2008

What an amazing finish to the NCAA Basketball Championship. The Jayhawks led it at the half, let things get a little hairy towards the end, then tie it back again with 2 seconds left with a CLUTCH 3-point shot from Mario Chalmers. In the overtime they took the lead and never looked back.
I’m originally [...]

Stars On Ice
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Due to the mix-up my mother-in-law suffered last November, we got free tickets to Smuckers Stars On Ice. We left the kids with a sitter, which was good, because we didn’t get home until 10:30.
I enjoyed watching most of the acts, and I was very impressed with the abilities of the skaters. Sasha Cohen [...]

Thank You, Mr. Favre
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

ABCNews reports that Brett Favre has decided to retire from the Green Bay Packers. I loved watching this guy, the play-making of an Elway without the baggage of “Gee, did he have to do that to the Chiefs again?”
Thank you, No. 4, for an incredible career, padding my fantasy football team’s stats on occasion [...]

Week 7 Refereeing
Saturday, February 16th, 2008

The eight-week basketball season is wrapping up, and I got to referee 2-1/6 games and watch another 1-5/6 games.
There was nothing crazy this time, but all of the 7-8th grade boys’ teams were so bad at maintaining man-on-man defense that the coaches agreed to assess a point for repeated illegal defense calls in [...]