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Dear NFL: Stop Showing Redskins Games in North Carolina

I live in the middle of North Carolina, which means Fox gives me the Panthers games. As a Vikings fan, it means I do not get the game I really want to watch, but at least I understand the logic behind it. Since I am too poor to get the NFL Sunday ...

From BRIAN JOURA, Associated Content,  18 Oct 2009
Related Topics: NFL,  Pittsburgh Panthers

Top 10 Rock Christmas Songs

Here it is mid-October, perhaps the finest time of the year. The kids are back in school, the weather is cooler, the leaves are turning and the baseball playoffs are in full swing so there is no better time for a ... List of best Christmas music! All ...

From BRIAN JOURA, Associated Content,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: The Killers (musician),  Bruce Springsteen,  AC/DC

Good News for Investors as Dow Jones Tops 10,000

On Wednesday, the Dow Jones industrial average rose over 115 points. By itself this would be positive news; but what really has Wall Street buzzing today is that for a while the Dow Jones surpassed the 10,000  level, marking the first time since last ...

From BRIAN JOURA, Associated Content,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Dow Jones,  Morningstar, Inc.,  General Motors

Review of the Cat in the Hat - I Can Do that Board Game

For her fourth birthday, my daughter received The Cat in the Hat I Can Do That board game. Described as a hopping, twirling, crawling, balancing belly-laughing fun game, The Cat in the Hat I Can Do That board game is for ages 4 to 8 and comes with ...

From BRIAN JOURA, Associated Content,  12 Oct 2009

Limo Driver Tells of Marlins Pitcher Sean West's Night on the Town

One thing I have never understood about professional athletes is why they do not hire limo drivers when they are out on the town. They certainly have enough cash at their disposal and this way they can go out, have a good time and still be responsible ...

From BRIAN JOURA, Associated Content,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Brad Penny,  Penny Hardaway,  New York Giants,  Nike,  National Basketball Association

Favre Coverage Helps Explain the Death of Newspapers

I like newspapers. Now, I no longer read a newspaper on a regular basis but that has more to do with poor decisions made by the industry than any inherent failing built into the product. Yes, newspapers have a huge time factor working against them, ...

From BRIAN JOURA, Associated Content,  6 Oct 2009

Reviewing My Preseason Fantasy Baseball Predictions

Before the start of the MLB season, I wrote a column called "Predictions That Will Leave You Shaking Your Head." The purpose of this column was to make predictions that were bold and way outside the line of conventional thinking. Anyone can predict ...

From BRIAN JOURA, Associated Content,  5 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Carlos Delgado,  Major League Baseball,  Chien-Ming Wang,  Asdrubal Cabrera,  Miguel Tejada

Reunite the Bagels! High School Gym, Cheating & Memories

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Most likely you have heard this philosophical question at some point in your life. One of the aspects of the question deals with unperceived existence, in this case is ...

From BRIAN JOURA, Associated Content,  9 Jul 2009

Memories of a Vacant Lot

Most of my childhood was spent in an empty lot across the street from my house. At one time, there were three small houses on that lot but by the time I knew it, the only traces of houses were a few odd bricks that you would come across now and then ...

From BRIAN JOURA, Associated Content,  22 Jun 2009

My Pet Peeve: How Do You Pronounce Coupon

We all have a Pet Peeve or two, little things that annoy us way beyond their actual significance in life. I have a million of these but even I was surprised when someone posed that question to me, how quickly one came to the forefront. It turns out my ...

From BRIAN JOURA, Associated Content,  21 Apr 2009

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