Duane’s Nominees The Oscar nominations came out today. The Awards will be made on ABC on March 27th. Time to start checking them out. Maybe watch something a little new. Today I would like to give my opinion of which movies I would have nominated. The Academy can award up to 10 movies, but must […]
Who Will Move Forward Four games, three decided on a game ending field goal and one went to overtime. (Will the owners ever realize how important field goal kickers are to their success and draft them and pay them well. And quit playing in Wisconsin snowstorms.) Now for the odds on who will go all […]
Something for Everyone Many groups and associations select their favorite movies of the year. The Screen Actor’s Guild is the largest industry group with 160,000 members. Since they are all actors, their picks might be fine. Many years their picks mirror the Oscars. However, last year the SAG picked The Trial of the Chicago Seven […]
Intercollegiate Tennis Some boomers may understand this post. On August 19th, 2020, Renee Richards became 86 years of age. When I met her, she was named Richard Raskin. I met her at West Point in the Eastern intercollegiate Tennis Tournament. In the round of sixteen Richard beat me. The next day in the New York […]
Years Ago… …in a galaxy far, far, away called Granada Hills, I managed the Little League Cubs and founded a Pop Warner group, North Valley Golden Bears. Years ago in a galaxy far, far, away called Granada Hills, I managed the Little League Cubs and founded a Pop Warner group, North Valley Golden Bears. Let’s […]
The Value of Sports Did I learn anything of value in spending so many hours over so many years practicing, playing, thinking, stressing and dreaming about sports? Yes. First, I learned that the adage about “You can do anything you want, if you want to badly enough” is not true. There is a small fact […]
John Hancock Tower I posted this photo on Facebook a few days ago, and many people knew the answer. In front of a green screen, but it was on the 94th Floor of the John Hancock Tower on Michigan Blvd in Chicago, Chi-Town, Windy City, the toddling town, etc. Michigan Avenue The Magnificent Mile on […]
On Season The basketball season is over. It finally ended halfway thru June. Good to see the underdog win this year and yea for Canada. Off Season Now the off season begins in earnest. Already the LAKERS have gone big and arranged a trade for Anthony Davis. They did mortgage the future a little. As […]
Winners and Losers Gary Woodland wins the US Open at Pebble Beach. Brooks Koepka does not win his third open in a row and Tiger finishes down the line. I was in Las Vegas the week before the Open and happened to be in a Sports Bar picking up some Clemson earnings from New Years. […]
In My Different Classes, There Are Many Questions That A Majority Of The Students Fail To Answer Correctly I would like to present a few of them here for your enjoyment. The answers follow the questions. Which is worse in a trust fund, commingling or conversion?An IRS lien would be a junior or a senior […]
