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Liveblogging From RT4: Sports Panel

August 22, 2009

Liveblogging as usual, so keep checking back here for updates.  Also follow the #risingtide and #rt4 hashtags on Twitter. Wanna know how I feel about sports this week?  Yeah. Sports panel, hosted by Jeffrey Pants: Alejandro de los Rios, reporter/blogger for the Gambit, Patrick Armstrong of Hurricane Radio, Leo McGovern, editor/publisher of ANTIGRAVITY Magazine, Chris [...]

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Day 1255: Darned Rodents

February 2, 2009

Forget Phil the poser, ok? JIMMY of Sun Prairie, WI saw his own shadow today and predicts six more weeks of winter. So did the cute, little, lost fuzzball of a snow-white ferret* who came into Fahy’s during the Superbowl party last night. Too bad he was taken away by Ferret Rescue NOLA before making more useful [...]

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Day 1251: Football

January 29, 2009

In withdrawal.  Until next season, videos like this are going to have to suffice. Tweet

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Day 1192: Packers Are Strongest Team Brand

December 1, 2008

USAToday.com | Packers biggest brand with local folks The [Green Bay Packers] franchise was named the strongest team brand in its local market compared with professional sports teams across the country in the 2008 Turnkey Team Brand Index, a consumer survey of thousands of diehard sports fans. The Packers ranked first among 122 team brands [...]

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Day 1184: The Fabulous Beaded Cheesehead

November 23, 2008

Tada! It’s pretty heavy and we were joking about me needing a truss for it. However, D says the heavier it is the better, in case I need it to defend myself from wayward Saints fans. 7:30 pm tomorrow at the Superdome in New Orleans. Watch for me on ESPN. Tweet

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Day 1181: Three Extra Saints Tickets For Monday Night

November 20, 2008

We have three extra tickets for the Saints-Packers game on Monday night, in seats 1, 2 and 3 in Row 42 of Section 611.  They were originally $85 each but we are asking $60 each.  Please leave a comment or email me if you are interested.  These are great seats, the only downside being that you will not be sitting next [...]

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Day 1155: Reanimated Badgers

October 25, 2008

My alma maters, Illinois and Wisconsin, are playing one another today.  It’s Homecoming weekend in Madison, so I’m glad Wisconsin is ahead right now 27-17.  Hope you have fun at home, fellow Badgers, here’s a video for you.  Put your hands up, in the air, that’s right! Tweet

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Day 1143: Demotica Gramatica

October 13, 2008

At the grocery store yesterday, the conversation between the two checkout girls turned to football.  One young woman was thrilled by the 34-3 steamrolling of the dread pirate Raiders by the Saints and asked why the Saints couldn’t have done the same last weekend against the Vikings.  “It was all the kicker’s fault,” her colleague squealed. “Poor Gramatica,” [...]

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Day 1096: A Favre Trade

August 27, 2008

Breaking news!  “Jets decide against Brett Favre; Green Bay takes him back and trades him to Chicago.  In a sudden turn of events, the Green Bay Packers have traded Brett Favre to Chicago.  In return, Chicago is giving us Door County, Lake Geneva, The Dells, Minoqua and the left lane of the Interstate back.”  Sorry, thought [...]

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August 19, 2008

Something the Saints now have in common with the Packers: they’ve made contact with Ari Fleischer.  Egads. Tweet

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