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Sports Forum / Re: 1978 NCAA D 1AA National Football Championship: Massachusetts vs Florida A&M

« on: May 21, 2020, 02:22:59 PM »

Would have loved to see Chester vs Kermit Blount.

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Sports Forum / Re: Willie Mays turns 89. Is he baseball's greatest living player?

« on: May 12, 2020, 03:45:20 PM »

He may not have been the best, but he had to be the most spectacular.

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Sports Forum / Re: Kevin Durant & Showtime set to release sports doc about PG County MD bball

« on: May 12, 2020, 03:44:30 PM »

For some reason I enjoyed going to the Central vs Fairmont Heights games the most!

fairmont heights has a "brand new" high school now and the new gym is very nice.  i've refereed quite a few high school basketball games there...

We probably crossed paths a few times and didn't know it.  I did ref basketball one year there.  I quit because..................

its possible, but i do games across all of pg county which is a pretty big county i'm sure you know.  so i'm not at fairmont heights on a consistent basis, i might do 4 or 5 games there every season...

I wasn't referring to Fairmont Heights specifically.  As the Transportation guy, I knew all the ADs and several coaches. I reffed and umped all over the DMV including SOUTHERN Maryland.

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Sports Forum / Re: THE JOHNNIE WALTON STORY

« on: May 12, 2020, 03:40:47 PM »

He was a BAD man!

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Sports Forum / Re: You Guys Just Don't Know David "Skywalker" Thompson

« on: May 12, 2020, 03:26:19 PM »

Never heard of him until State cheated to get him.  THEN I found out why.  Everyone in the Triad area just KNEW that Ray Harrison was the best in the class of 71.  Hell, he was an All-American in two sports.

Then East-West All-star camp comes to town. Brothers came back to our side saying if you think Raynard is bad, you need to come to the West practice. OMG as they would say now.

As fate would have it, they both turned the game out.  Aggies, one of your greats was an opponent.  SOME guy named Allen Spruill.

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Sports Forum / Re: Kevin Durant & Showtime set to release sports doc about PG County MD bball

« on: May 08, 2020, 11:29:53 AM »

For some reason I enjoyed going to the Central vs Fairmont Heights games the most!

fairmont heights has a "brand new" high school now and the new gym is very nice.  i've refereed quite a few high school basketball games there...

We probably crossed paths a few times and didn't know it.  I did ref basketball one year there.  I quit because..................

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Sports Forum / Re: The best small-school quarterbacks ever

« on: May 08, 2020, 11:24:41 AM »

This looks like it's based on their professional careers.  We all know folks who would be on there otherwise.

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Sports Forum / Re: Saint Augustine’s University Launches First HBCU Cycling Team in the Country

« on: April 30, 2020, 05:59:44 PM »

 

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Sports Forum / Re: Kevin Durant & Showtime set to release sports doc about PG County MD bball

« on: April 30, 2020, 05:56:17 PM »

This ought to be good.  I retired from the school system, scheduled Athletics transportation, and umpired there for a LONG LONG time.  2 of those years I also worked for BSU Athletics, and was instrumental in moving one of the biggest basketball matchups from campus out to BSU; the 2003 Oxon Hill vs. Suitland rematch.

I won't touch the "snob" comments.

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Sports Forum / Re: What happened to the African American catcher?

« on: April 16, 2020, 11:40:57 PM »

The expensive baseball travel team monopoly plays a part as well.

I think that the real problem is that black youth in the US have stopped playing baseball. They all want to be Lebron and they no longer remember Jackie.

This is a lot of it.

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Sports Forum / Re: Fayetteville State eliminates tennis program

« on: April 16, 2020, 11:37:15 PM »

....and what message are we sending HS students who may WANT to attend an HBCU and play a particular sport?  I'm still salty about us dropping baseball......AGAIN!

The message is that FSU has other interests or can't afford to have a tennis program. Would you rather they keep the tennis program and take the money from other sports or campus programs that benefit students.

Other interests? Obvious?  Can't afford?  Maybe.  Since it is a non-revenue sport, but has relatively broad interest, is it the one to cut?

[It's the same for wssu and baseball...if you want to keep the program, then where would you rather take the hit?

You could have come to Greensboro and took an a-- kicking to get the money you needed for baseball. Lots of schools play money games, no shame in that.

No it's not the same.  Baseball costs way more than tennis.  Secondly the baseball budget could have taken the hit had things been thought out.  We can't come to Greensboro to be kicked if y'all still scared!

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Sports Forum / Re: D2 HBCU star headed for mid-major PWI

« on: April 15, 2020, 11:52:33 AM »

And THIS as much as the day parties is why tournament attendance is low.

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Sports Forum / Re: Fayetteville State eliminates tennis program

« on: April 15, 2020, 11:50:46 AM »

....and what message are we sending HS students who may WANT to attend an HBCU and play a particular sport?  I'm still salty about us dropping baseball......AGAIN!

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Politics / Re: Why are Blacks Democrats?

« on: March 27, 2020, 12:46:47 AM »

Why do Republicans claim to be conservative when clearly they're not?

Hmmm.....

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Politics / Re: Why are Blacks Democrats?

« on: March 27, 2020, 12:39:48 AM »

The same question can be asked why are the most White Supremacists are Republican???

Ouch!