Digital Sportspage

Jack and Pk, Thanks for the words of encouragement. I would have thanked you earlier except I was knocked out of commission with a urinary tract infection late Sunday. Very painful... no sleep, no appetite. Tough way to lose 5 pounds too. When it rains, it pours I guess. The drugs finally cleared it...

"Smiles, everyone... smillllles!"

Two iconic actors leaving us on the same day. I finally NetFlixed The Prisoner last year. Incredible for its time.

John

I've been quiet for a while (not that I said much to begin with), but I've also dealt with the loss of my main employment last month in the radio world. Our studio was shut down, and now the frequency is being used to simulcast with another station. The ownership group has completely abandoned the l...

That was the strange thing to me. Warner had the same situation ( with Boldin out) but managed not to make a fool of himself. Seemed everyone in the world but the Panthers defense knew where he was going to throw the ball. And that's why so many are questioning the defensive coaching on the Panther...

Could Delhomme have been any worse? I'm almost starting to agree with Albert, Moose and Goose that Arizona saw something on film about Carolina's patterns or Delhomme's delivery. The Cardinals' secondary had ESP on Carolina's routes. Jake does have tendency to stare down receivers especialy with St...

Ugggh... what a complete furball hacked up by my Panthers last night. Give the Cards credit for a strong defensive gameplan, but the Panthers' failure was at every level even factoring in Delhomme's worst game ever. No pass rush, no coverage on Fitzgerald, abandoning the running game too soon, poor ...

In no particular order...

Vin Scully
Keith Jackson
Verne Lundquist
Bill Raferty
Jim Thacker (deceased ACC basketball)
Skip Carey (deceased Atlanta Braves)
Pete van Wieren (retired Atlanta Braves)
Woody Durham (UNC football/basketball)
Jon Miller
Jay Bilas



John

Murph wrote: Playable teams are Tennesse, Kentucky, 1979 North Carolina and 1982 Michigan State.

I'm hoping you got those years mixed up for the UNC and MSU teams. Much rather have MJ on my team

John

JackDog wrote:

johnvon314 wrote:10 minutes in and out of my polling place. We use the fill in the circle ballots too.

I get to play radio commentator tonight waiting for the returns to come in. Should be fun.

John

You got a link so we can listen on line?

Unfortunately we're not online... the joys of small town radio.

John

10 minutes in and out of my polling place. We use the fill in the circle ballots too.

I get to play radio commentator tonight waiting for the returns to come in. Should be fun.

John

Scoop,

Same as the rest of us, I am beyond sorry to read this. All my prayers and God's strength to you and your family.

John

pk500 wrote: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway never has asked for or accepted a penny of public funding in its 99-year history. So I guess it's OK for me.

Take care,
PK

Which is rare for most major sports facilities. Just ask the people in my county how they feel about LMS.

John

I have no major problems with Packer despite his ludicrous call of Henderson's foul against Hansbrough a couple years ago. He is the only announcer that UNC and Duke (and even a few Wake) fans think equally hate their teams. It takes a pretty good color man if every team's fans think he dislikes the...

Major frustration not having engine sounds on any of the Open Wheel Challenge (rF3, Sauber, etc.). The sound files all appear to be there. I've seen other posts with this problem but no answer. All of the other mods work and sound as they should.

John

While the Historic and GT mod looks really nice, I guess I don't understand why you would want to emulate a game in rFactor that you already own and is required to run this mod? In other words, if you own GTL to run this mod, why not just play GTL instead? I know it's not a straight emulation, as t...

Jim McKay was certainly one of the great old school broadcasters. For so many years, he was the Olympics. McKay knew, unlike most broadcasters today, that he was not the story. He brought the necessary seriousness of reporting to the sports world which gave each event he covered the respectability a...

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown08/news/story?id=3381932 Good article on ESPN today including some interesting facts on the use of synthetic surfaces. If you read down past the PETA complaints, it also has a couple of candid quotes from trainers and jockies regarding their sport. J...

John I have to disagree unfortunately. In motorsports or F1 in particular there's a big difference between driving a race car at ridiculous speeds where safety issues have been neglected. The Green Hell was one example where trees lined the track while drivers were pushing their cars at crazy speed...

I hate to compare horses to humans. However it must be said that after the deaths of Jim Clark, Ayrton Senna, and Dale Sr., the respective motorsport authorities took a long hard look at the dangers in their sport and made great changes. In fact, F1 drivers said motorsports could be banned (it was i...

Enjoyed all the practice, but my rFactor program kept crashing once we went to race. I had no problems the other night at Indy with Pk and Smurfy. Oh well... might have to test with some other servers and see if it happens there. Its nevr crashed like that.

John

I've upgraded as well and will try to sneak in tonight.

Matt,

Very sorry to read the bad news. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.

John

The day we're rid of cancer will be a celebrated day indeed.

Matt, I'm sending all my prayers and positive thoughts to your mom and family.

John

I guess I bring our local school Concord H.S. good luck on the radio side as we'll be going to the state championship game for the third straight year. This time, it will be the ladies carrying the hoops banner. They won by four over a previously undefeated team from Gastonia, NC to advance to the c...

Grand Prix Legends fans: A modder clearly has done way too many drugs, as he is attempting to build the Targa Florio track for GPL. Targa Florio is a 44-mile track that basically is a tour of Sicily. A world championship sports car event took place on the track for many years, until the mid-70s. Do...