Thanksgiving Turducken and NFL Football

It's time to gather up the family, friends, food and REMOTE it's Thanksgiving! A day to enjoy our turducken and pro football!

Today's Food Line up:

Shrimp Appetizer
Small Salad (got to save room)
Turkey, Ham and/or Turducken
Mashed Potatoes (regular and sweet)
Giblet  Gravy
Homemade stuffing
Green Bean Casserole
and a Hot Rolls
then...
A large slice of Pumpkin Pie
and a little more variety to fill the plates

The Football Line up!

Patriots visit the Lions - Game 1
Saints at Cowboys - Game 2
Jets host Bengals - Game 3

I hope this years football is as exciting as the past!

I can't finish this post without the ultimate football and turkey pic!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!

American League MVP is awarded to JOSH HAMILTON - Texas Rangers

Josh Hamilton - 2010 AL MVP

What a year for the Josh Hamilton being an All Star, winning the AL Championship winners, getting to their first World Series and now winning the AL MVP Award.

CONGRATS!!!

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The team built around 2010 AL MVP John Hamilton's offense, Elvis Andrus' defense, Cliff Lee's pitching and 2010 ROY Neftali Feliz closing it out had a very memorable season ending with a World Series berth.

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Josh Hamilton "Hambone" in a Texas Rangers jersey has put his past aside and shown great leadership and perseverance to now put him in an elite class of major leaguers winning the Al MVP award. The monumental homeruns and the diving catches have molded Josh into not only an allstar to the fans at the Ballpark of Arlington but in the eyes of the purest baseball minds in earning this award. As I had the luxury of sitting in the third row first base side of the stadium at Rangers games down the stretch, I watched Josh come of the field and into the dugout and witnessed the joy of playing baseball in a man that had once walked away from the game. The talents that Hamilton possess have always been there as his number one draft pick in 1999 by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays would admit. But, 2010 was Josh's year to shine and shine all the way with the help of his teamates to the World Series. The nation knows Josh as a ball player, but the people of Texas know him not for just a ballplayer but, as a humble survivor who made his life a winner. IamSecond is his life, for all of us fans of baseball what a blessing that is so we can see the greatness of Josh Hamilton!

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Joey Votto named NL MVP

Joey Votto was named the 2010 Nationall League MVP!

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It's That Means Football

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Tim Duncan All Time Spurs Scoring Leader

Tim Duncan - All Time NBA San Antonio Spurs

Scoring Leader

On Friday, November 19, 2010, Tim Duncan passes David Robinson for the scoring champion of all time for the NBA San Antonio Spurs. Next, taking on George "the Iceman" Gervin and his 26,595 points for the All time ABA/NBA San Antonio Spurs Scoring Champion.

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Cover:

Back when they partied like it was 1999, Sports Illustrated saw into the future and put a first ballot Hall of Famer on the cover. With outstretched arms and showing you why he is one of the greatest by guarding Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers another Hall of Famer in the making.

Off the Pine:

Mini Articles:

• Mia Hamm - US Womens' Soccer
• John Landy  - A World Record Miler

On the Court:

An outstanding 10 page spread on The Indy 500 and A. J. Foyt through the years. Incredibly written by A. J. Foyt himself and accompanied with Anne Fornoro.  Illustrations of many cars raced from the late 50's through the late 90's. An amazing run of the legend. Here is a pic I found on the net of A. J. Foyt Winning the 1964 Indy 500!

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Dribbling on Down the Court:

Getting center stage is the 1999 NBA Playoff Coverage. With the main man of the day Tim Duncan featured leading it off taking care of the losing Lakers. Turning the page we find the Indiana Pacers "86'd the 76ers" in their battle for the title.

Next we get into baseball and on the mound with Cy Young winner Greg Maddux having a tough year.

From the mound to the outfield, and there we find Luis Gonzalez of the Arizona Diamondbacks swinging away.

It must be getting cold because we are going to the ice and finding NHL Playoffs and rookies Milan Hejduk and Chris Drury of the Colorado Avalanche. Both still Playing! Buffalo Sabres and the loss of Dominick Hasek played well and beat the Toronto Mapleleafs.

Finally I can get out of my winter coat and check out the sisters Venus and Serena Williams. With all the grand slams covered the father had a tennis goldmine in his two daughters.

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Whew, what a copy of SI.

SI Weekly Expansion College Basketball Preview 11.22.2010

This weeks SI Expansion has the 2010-2011 College Basketball Preview. I will be adding a little flair and some quality research behind the already great magazine put out by Sports Illustrated.

Cover:

This issue of SI comes with four different regional covers with four different school programs depicted.

1. Kansas State with Senior Guard - Jacob Pullen
2. Duke with Senior Guard - Nolan Smith
3. Washington with Junior Guard - Isaiah Thomas
4. Michigan State with Senior Guard -  Kalin Lucas

On the Bench:

1. One of the mini articles had the writings of the Manny Pacquiao verses Antonio Margarito. I was at home and had to watch the fight online with the free internet site tv. I should have gotten tickets to the Deathstar and watched it on Jerry Jones' big screen. It was a fight that was clearly a must see by any boxing fan!

2. Mini Article II: This story has Nascar star Jimmie Johnson going into this weekend 15 points behind Denny Hamlin in The Chase.  The race this weekend at Homestead is the finale. Who will win? I'll take Johnson!

3. Putting the Shoulder Pads On: A menacing picture of the New York Jets offensive line is pictured next and what a sight over 1,500 lbs of green and white coming to line could do to intimidate to a defense. The Jets are looking for Super Bowl Rings in Dallas and with Rex Ryan coaching, LaDainian Tomlinson playing better, and NFL's Sophmore Mark Sanchez fulfilling his hype they have a shot at the Lombardi Trophy.

4. Being from the Dallas area, I can't talk about the NFL and not bring up the newest intern head coach of the Dallas Cowboys - Jason Garrett. Good Luck Jason your gonna need it!

In the Game:

My look at The Men's and Women's 2010 -2011 SI College Basketball Basketball Preview.

• The men's sneak preview looks into three teams and the tandem's that look to make a run at the tourney.
• Duke's Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith
• Purdue's JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore
• Michigan State's Durrell Summers and Kalin Lucas

Good luck to all six men on their quest for the NCAA Champions!

• The women's sneak preview has the talents of Amber Harris and Ta'Shia Phillips of Xavier wanting to win the title in their hometown Indianapolis after just missing the Final Four last year they are HUNGRY!

Men's Final Four Picks

1. Duke - Picked to win it all
2. Michigan State
3. Kansas State
4. Villanova

I will be watching for some true talented men to show us what college athletics is about. Hardwork and dedication to their craft and the schools they reprasent make college baskeball what it is today. College basketball has always been about the school and not the player. When I look back I think about the teams, coaches and what the school stands for more than the name on the players jersey, that is for the NBA.

In Closing: HEY MAILMAN, TAKE BETTER CARE OF MY SPORTS ILLUSTRATED !

SI Vintage Roy Halladay 4.05.2010

Roy "Doc" Halladay

Yesterday the National League announced it's Cy Young winner Roy Halladay! So, I dug in the collection but not far and found the perfect fit for this occasion, SI's baseball 2010 preview issue. Well let's see how this years baseball season's preview issue from SI fared in picking award winners and the World Series winner.

Cover:

In his new red and white pinstriped uniform we see Roy "Doc" Halladay with a menacing look of determination that this workhorse used to dominate the National League in 2010. Roy with his work ethic finally got on the Philadelphia Phillies a team that could be a contender for the World Series. The  NL had to be shaking in the cleats. Little did we know that we would see a true gem in a perfect game in the first season in the National League and he would win the coveted Cy Young Award.

The Bench:

1. The 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four with only four teams:  Who was going to prevail and win their school the big one?

• Michigan State Spartans
• Butler Bulldogs
• West Virginia Mountaineers
• Duke Blue Devils

The winner: Duke Blue Devils...Again!

In The Game:

*2010 SI Baseball Preview*

1. The heart of the preview of the season was that of the trade of Roy "Doc" Halladay to Phillies. SI put a great 8 page spread out that wrote about his start in the bigs, the trade and where his future legacy wants to be in and out of baseball.

2. The batter looking at the time to face Roy in the World Series was Ben Zobrist and the Tampa Bay Rays.

3. The business of baseball and the salaries earned by the major league players with a few rolling in dough.
Some of the top money earners for the 2010 season:

• Joe Mauer: $12,500,000.00
• Albert Pujols: $16,000,000.00
• Chase Utley: $15,000,000.00
• Alex Roriguez: $32,000,000.00
• Derek Jeter: $21,000,000.00

4. The hitting patience of Denard Span with the Minnesota Twins and the on base percentage all major leaguer's dream of someday acheiving is captured with great artwork and expert writing by Joe Posnanski. Congrats to Ron Gardenhire for manager of the year.

5. Scouting Reports - let's jump right up to SI's predictions of the playoffs

• American League Division Series
• New York Yankees over Minnesota Twins
• Tampa Bay Rays over Anaheim Angels
• National League Division Series
• Philadelphia Phillies over St Louis Cardinals
• Colorado Rockies over Atlanta Braves
• AL Championship Series
• Rays over Yankees
• NL Championship Series
• Phillies over Rockies
• World Series
• Phillies Over Rays

Well, as we all know now the Texas Rangers made it to their first World Series and San Francisco Giants won it all to make history.

Sliding into Home:

The Vault has a great pic of Ervin "Magic" Johnson at Michigan State and Larry Bird with Indiana State in their  college days in the finals of the NCAA tournament. In my opinion the best EVER!