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I completely understand the need for office security measures to force me to change my password every 90 days. The clear & present danger posed be absolutely nobody having any interest in the information held on my hard drive justifies the frustration of me having to come up with yet another unique password including upper & lower case letters, numbers, and at least one character that requires holding the shift key to type.

I reached the end of my most recent three month window this week. That would have put my last change somewhere between the Browns & Lions game on the Skins schedule. And that explains why I chose to use an homage to the pride of DC as my last password. Of course, things took a dramatic turn over the course of the next few months, which happened to coincide with the life of the afore mentioned password. No big deal right? Completely coincidental...

Well, in keeping with the sports theme, I decided to devote the new incarnation to the only team of relevance in my life currently, the Hoos bball squad. In the three days since, Leitao & Co. lost to the second most miserable school in the ACC, and even worse, the most miserable school in the ACC knocked off the #1 team in the country for the 2nd time in three years.

Needless to say, my password has been changed again.

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I have never played hockey, nor have I ever considered myself a true hockey fan. However, it only took a couple free tickets to Caps games during my tenure at The Washington Post for me to realize just how much fun watching Alexander Ovechkin play can be. Throw in my complete desperation for a winning team to root for and God's most glorious gift to mankind of the last decade (read: HD) and I can honestly say I am pumped to watch my first full regular-season hockey game on TV tonight.

The well-documented snow job that #8 received in the all-star voting and the opportunity to see Sidney Crosby laid out makes tonight's match-up must see TV. The only thing I'm not too excited about are the multiple 20 minute intermissions, but that is why Fox gives me overly confident terrible singers to laugh at.

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The Hoos officially have no legitimate offensive NFL prospects left.

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The Golf Channel has decided to go Discovery Channel on us and declared this Tiger Week. While I enjoyed staying up until midnight watching highlights of this year's Open and have already set the DVR for the 1996 & 2005 Masters and 2006 British, I think there is really only one way to pay tribute to the greatest athlete of my generation on his 33rd birthday...

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First, I have to apologize to the 10 or 12 of you who check this blog on a regular basis. I have been slack getting posts up the last couple weeks, but with ACC bball getting under way and the holidays coming to an end, I am getting back on my game.

Now, how about them Hoos?!

I didn't get to watch the game live on Sunday because it was not carried by a major station here in the heart of Cavalier Country, but staring at the ESPN.com GameCast on a 30 second loop made me feel like I was there. Thankfully, Comcast SportsNet was kind enough to re-broadcast the game at 1:30 am, which once again proved that I could never go back to life before DVR. Comcast was also nice enough to cut out the first 7 minutes of the second half to squeeze OT in the scheduled 2 hour broadcast block. Considering the 14-7 run the Jackets went on out of the break, I'm glad I missed it.

Continue reading this post...

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It had been ten years since my last Godwin-Freeman game, but not much has changed. From the kid in the front row dressed in flashing Christmas lights to the entire Godwin student section dressed in black, there is no better atmosphere than the inside of 1,500 person gym for a great high school basketball rivalry game.

Freeman ran away with a 15 point win and look poised to be one of the best two teams in the region along with John Marshall. The head-to-head match ups between the two Colonial District foes on Jan. 6th and Feb. 6th could be the two most entertaining games in the area this season.

Tip-Off


Rebel Student Section

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This about sums up most Sundays from September through December since the mid-90's.

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Partying like it's 1996!

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Only four days after the Daily Progress' update on how Sean Singletary is adjusting to a larger role in Phoenix, he is on the move again.

It makes sense that Sean's fourth stop in the League would be in Charlotte as the Bobcats continue to collect as many college All-Americans as possible. Clearly, MJ has an unhealthy love of former 1st Team All-ACC'ers.

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After two rounds of the Pacquiao - De La Hoya fight Saturday night, I turned to the guy next to me and said, "how awesome would a Pacquiao - Mayweather fight be?!"

If this works out, this could be a boxing event of a caliber the sport has not seen in years. Here's hoping!

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