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Fathers mistakes serve as lessons for Mark Ingram

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 8:18:33 EST

Here is a great story about runningback Mark Ingram and his dad.

By Kelly Whiteside, USA TODAY

Alabama sophomore running back Mark Ingram had carried or caught the ball 321 times in his college career without giving up a fumble, so when he lost the ball in the fourth quarter of a tight game against Tennessee, he took the turnover particularly hard.

His father, also named Mark, had watched the Crimson Tide's last game from the Queens Correctional Center in New York and called, as always, to discuss the game. Talking through it with his father helped immensely.

Very funny blog post. You won't regret reading

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 8:40:18 EST

Well the past few blog posts have been the more serious types that make you think about what's important in life. I was looking at some t-shirts online yesterday and I came across this shirt that had 3 wolves on it. Well in the comments was one of the funniest things I have ever read on the internet. Some guy gave a review of the shirt after he bought it. Here is that comment. Enjoy and have a nice day.

This item has wolves on it which makes it intrinsically sweet and worth 5 stars by itself, but once I tried it on, that's when the magic happened. After checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, I walked from my trailer to Wal-mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. The women knew from the wolves on my shirt that I, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to 'howl at the moon' from time to time (if you catch my drift!). The women that approached me wanted to know if I would be their boyfriend and/or give them money for something they called meth. I told them no, because they didn't have enough teeth, and frankly a man with a wolf-shirt shouldn't settle for the first thing that comes to him.

Pixar grants a 10 year old girl her dying wish

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:21:45 EDT

This is a very sad story. I read it and had to put it on here for people to read. I found it on some Orange County News site. Here's the article.

From the minute Colby saw the previews to the Disney-Pixar movie Up, she was desperate to see it. Colby had been diagnosed with vascular cancer about three years ago, said her mother, Lisa Curtin, and at the beginning of this month it became apparent that she would die soon and was too ill to be moved to a theater to see the film.

After a family friend made frantic calls to Pixar to help grant Colby her dying wish, Pixar came to the rescue.

The company flew an employee with a DVD of Up, which is only in theaters, to the Curtins’ Huntington Beach home on June 10 for a private viewing of the movie.

I will never forger Pat Tillman

Mon, 30 May 2011 17:09:56 EDT

I know this happened awhile ago but I was looking through some old Sports Illustrated issues I had in storage and I ran across the one with Tillman on the front shortly after he died. I got to thinking you know 10 or 20 years from now when I tell my grandkids about the decade between 2000-2010 I was thinking what good could I tell them? We have the steroid era in baseball, refs betting on basketball games, and NFL players shooting themselves in the leg or getting DUIs almost every week but then I remembered Pat Tillman. The guy walked away from money, fame, and the sport he loved to go fight for our freedom after 9/11. The man saw his country attacked and he went and faced our darkest fears. So before I tell them about a game winning catch or a goal-line stand that won the game for one of the teams I root for I will tell them the story of Pat Tillman- A True American Hero who went and laid his life down for his country. R.I.P Mr. Pat Tillman

My story of the 2003 Atlanta Braves and dad dying

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:44:18 EDT

This is my story of watching my dad die in the summer of 2003 and at night in a lonely hospital ICU waiting room cheering on the 2003 Atlanta Braves team that had the most homers in the majors that year. My dad had an outpatient hernia surgery on June 3rd, 2003 and something went terribly wrong during the surgery and I had to watch my dad die slowly for 33 days. My dad died on July 7th, 2003. The only thing that I had to be happy about in that terrible month was watching Javy Lopez and the braves hit homer after homer in each of their games. I know they didn't win the world series or even a playoff series but I just wanted to share that. I love sports. Sometimes when life beats you down to your knees it sometimes takes watching some sports to inspire you to get back up. My dad made me turn it to the braves game everynight in his ICU room and I would sit in his room and watch the game with him sometimes and we wouldn't say a word just enjoy the game for 3 hours and try not to think that we wouldn't be together too much longer. They told me he was dying but I just didn't want to believe it. I miss you dad. Go Braves.

Richardson is gone be the next great at Bama

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:21:53 EDT

Trent Richardson is gonna be the next great running back at Alabama. The guy can run through you like Glen Coffee or run past you like Shaun Alexander. He was one of the top speeds in the 100 meter sprints in Florida and that my friends is saying something for a guy who ways 220 pounds. He is gonna be the type of guy who will be a nightmare in the fourth quarter for opposing team defenses. Rivals.com has him rated in the top 5 in the best bruising inside runners and in the top 5 in the top home run threats. I think Trent or possibly Julio Jones will hopefully bring the first Heisman Trophy to Alabama but if we can just win a national title while they are there that will be good enough in my eyes. ROLL TIDE

Start scouting Kindergarten kids who can color

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:13:50 EST

Hey while we're at it let's start scouting the kids in Kindergarten who can color the best and eat the most glue without puking. Let them play dodgeball and whoever throws the hardest offer them to be your quarterback in case they are good 20 years from now. lol

What do you guys think about scouting kids who aren't even in high school yet?

Bear Bryant must be smiling down from heaven

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:25:30 EDT

I bet Bear Bryant is smiling now from his tower in heaven now that mama, Alabama football, is in good hands once again. Who woulda thought back when we first got Saban we would have two back to back great recruiting classes and come within 60 minutes of playing for the national championship and beating the gators and the best quarterback this world has seen. Tebow would have been the ideal quarterback for Bryant a guy who will crush the defender when running the ball and can throw the ball 60 yards and hit any spot he wants. I think Alabama is about to go on a winning spree not seen since the Bryant days and when Saban and his players are holding that crystal ball up for the 13th time Saban will look up to the sky and hear "Well done boys well done, pour Saban a scotch, and let me try one of those dang oatmeal creme pies he's always talking about."