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Steve McNair Homicide – Reflections

Posted by bt | Posted in Reflections, Sports | Posted on 06-07-2009

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So looking to start a new segment today after not posting for a while….we’re gonna call this “Reflections”. Basically when a major news event happens and I want to analyze it after the fact, or when more complete information has been released, I’ll do this in a segment now dubbed, Reflections.

Reflections on McNair murder/suicide.

Yes, Steve McNair was a great quarterback. Yes, Steve McNair was a well respected member of the Tennessee community, and as the announcer for Titan’s football (as heard on 670 The Score Chicago around 9:45am) put it, “One of the founding father’s of football in Tennessee.” However, the way that I think he will be remembered is as a man who was cheating on his wife, and who gave in to the desire of lust that led him down an eventual road to his death. A person’s legacy is possibly one of the most important things in life, and all of McNair’s great stats and contributions to the community will be overlooked because he was found killed with his 20 year old girlfriend, who he had bought a condo for,

Lou Piniella Dope Quote

Posted by bt | Posted in Sports | Posted on 26-06-2009

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Just heard a hilarious sound bite from Lou Piniella (Cubs Manager) talking about smoking reefer. I’m paraphrasing, but basically here is what he said:

“I have smoked dope one time in my life and it didn’t do a damn thing for me, and I never tried it again. I’m fortunate for that, but a lot of people do, I mean you can buy it in California, from a pharmacy…ah what do I know..”

I’ll post the sound bite once I find it somewhere on the web….utterly hilarious.

UPDATE****
Here’s the sound bite for your enjoyment. Find the whole clip on espn.com, looks like I broke the story before them :)
Lou Piniella Smoke Dope

BTW…..WHO CARES!!! It’s just pot. This is being blown way out of proportion. Anyways…