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Jason Whitlock on the Football HOF
I am not that big a fan of the NFL, but I found the article interesting. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. | I spent much of my childhood dreaming of getting inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I used to practice my induction speech in front of my mother. It’s absolutely killing me to watch the prestige of sports’ most… -
Future direction of the NFL network a concern for league
Super Bowls in England. Pro Bowls before Super Bowls. Hold the NFL draft in prime time. What will Roger Goodell think of next? Goodell, the fast-thinking and fast-acting commissioner of the NFL, will lead the league's owners through a one-day meeting Tuesday in Philadelphia. After a year in which Goodell has received… -
Re: Happy 25th birthday Upper Deck (and the world famous Griffey RC)!
<< <i> << <i>I don't know why I just took the time to do this, but..... >> Because you were making some rather serious allegations (that in my case were mostly new to me) with nothing to back it up. Now you got me wanting to read that book (if my local library happens to have a copy or I can find a free version online)...… -
Memphis Coin Show Report & a few NEWPs. Please Enjoy!
I must say I truly enjoy attending coin shows, if you haven't I highly recommend that you do. I believe you will learn more in an hour on the bourse floor than anywhere else. I have attended several national shows, regional shows, and small local shows... and I must say I really enjoy them all. My wife and I just moved to… -
Re: .10 day really brings out the crazies....
Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, you found yourself in a wide, low, straggling entry with old- fashioned wainscots, reminding one of the bulwarks of some condemned old craft. On one side hung a very large oil-painting so thoroughly besmoked, and every way defaced, that in the unequal cross-lights by which you viewed… -
Re: Has anyone ever actualy found a "treasure chest"?
<< <i>can't open the Link. Would like to read, suggestions? >> [q=TreasureNet] My Treasure Story The Discovery: After sorting through and answering numerous private messages, having our phone number changed and moving, I’ve decided to share the story of my treasure find, here’s how it went.... I was out in the woods… -
A good story about Sammy Baugh
Thought you board members may enjoy this Honor role Turning 90 today, Sam Baugh balks at being a 'living legend,' but likes living By David Casstevens Star-Telegram Staff Writer Before the filming of Lonesome Dove, Robert Duvall visited Sam Baugh on the rancher's West Texas spread. The actor listened to his rusty drawl. He… -
Re: What would it take for coin collectors to stop buying coins in todays economic woes.
Lots of people have already dropped out at least temporarily. Across the economic spectrum too. Lots of people on the other hand have started or have increased their buying. We're off to a good year. So busy that we're still typing invoices from deals written last week as a case in point. Cape Coral? Lee Cnty is the worst… -
OT: This could worse than Katrina for New Orleans
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The 2008 NBA All-Star game is scheduled to be in New Orleans. After what happened in Las Vegas last weekend they may want to bring in the National Guard to prepare. These tidibits were taken from Bill Simmons and Jason Whitlock columns: Remember those parties in college when a drunk guy inadvertently kicked over the host's… -
A Boy and His Stone
Elagabalus, reigned 218-222 CE. AR denarius, 19.4 mm, 3.5 gm. Struck 218-219 CE, Antioch. ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right / SANCT DEO SOLI / ELAGABAL, Quadriga right, bearing sacred Baetyl stone, flanked by four parasols. RIC IV 195, Antioch. Varius Ativus Bassianus is an interesting character…
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