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FROM CUP MANIACS ... TO 'BIG AL' COMPLIMENT ,,, AND MORE

  Thoughts while thinking … Here’s hoping NASCAR keeps its insurance  paid up … because? Somebody is going to get  killed, the way the Cup maniacs are driving …  or did you miss the end of Sunday’s Daytona  500? WILIAM BYRON , running ninth on the final  lap and winning … is like … I’m thinking, I’m  thinking ... like ... There will never be another  “BIG AL”  COLEMAN , which is a compliment. Still, I  found it curious one thing that drove him to  retirement was the upheaval in college football  and basketball … when he was such a fan of  The Team Formerly Known as Redskins that  you seldom felt he cared, much less could  speak passionately, about anything else. Speaking of The Washington Football Team …  in case you missed it, new ownership vetoed  any possibility of dumping  Commanders  and  going back to  Redskins  … despite urging from  several groups among them Native ...
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THE BUILDING WAS ON FIRE

  Now, that’s hockey … USA vs Canada, 4 Nations tournament, Montreal’s Bell Centre: three fights in the first nine seconds … Tkachuks 2-Home Team 0. “I’ve never seen a start like that … in any league, on any platform, at any event,” said ESPN studio’s  PK SUBBAN , retired NHL defenseman and tough guy ... “The building was on fire,” said host  STEVE LEVY  … starting with the sellout crowd booing the Star Spangled Banner (start to finish) after being asked to treat everyone with respect by the public address announcer … So, tell us,  BRADEY TKACHUK , what’s the back story? How did this develop? “It just happened pretty organically,” the Ottawa Senators’ forward said between periods when … STOP THE PRESSES! …  EMILY KAPLAN actually asked good questions. (If she isn’t careful, she’ll be drummed out of the sisterhood.) One second in, Matthew T, as planned, dropped the  gloves with  BRENDAN HAGEL  Then, on the ensuing  faceoff, Bradey T had a ...
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FUTBOL BRINGS REAL JOY ... AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN WIN

  Every once in a while we are reminded how really important futbol can be … win, lose or draw … to the rest of the world and, frankly, it’s mind-boggling, almost beyond comprehension … to watch people lose it over a  game that neither side could claim as its own. But, lose it they did Wednesday, when season- long  English Premier League disappointment  Everton, at  home, got a goal seven minutes- plus into added time  from  JAMES  TARKOWSKI , his first of the year, to  turn the place into a madhouse of delirium. “A  celebration for the ages … This is forever,”  said the lead  announcer for NBC’s America- only coverage … while  officials checked VAR  for possible offsides … and it  was oh-so close, but after three minutes that  must have  felt like an eternity to Everton  faithful, the referee  pointed to midfield,  soccer… sorry, futbol’s way of  saying the goal  was good. You ...
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WANTED TO REPLACE DRISCOLL ... SOMONE EXACTLY LIKE DRISCOLL

  Of all things …  briefly told (at least that’s the goal):  If you’ve got lots of energy, have a gift of gab, are a  people person and fund-raising is your idea of a  good time … then check it out. The Virginia State  Sports Hall of Fame is calling your name …  Executive director  WILL DRISCOLL  has  resigned after eight fun-filled years to join LifeNet  Health, a Virginia Beach-based company that  locates organ transplants for people in need ... But,  before the Hall names a replacement, there are a  number of questions to be answered … such as:  should the headquarters be moved, from Virginia  Beach to, say, Henrico County? … which seems to  be the prevailing opinion. Oh … and uh … can the  Hall count on the General Assembly to come up  with the funds needed long-term to keep it from  going under? … To the latter Driscoll, ever the  optimist, gives a resounding “YES.” At the same...
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