I have always been a fan of horse racing. I grew up on a ranch outside of Livingston and my family had appaloosa race horses for most of my childhood. It was always a thrill for me to go to the races, cheer my horse in the race and yell at the top of my lungs as we entered the "DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME" portion of the race. I would also always watch the triple crown races with my dad when I was little and have always made a point to watch every spring. I have never seen a triple crown winner and really thought this would be the year that it happened. Smarty Jones, Real Quiet, and even Barbaro got my hopes up, but just like Big Brown's trainer, I was unbelievably confident that this was the year that we would all see a triple crown winner. I hope that Big Brown is healthy and I will get a chance to watch him run in the fall in the Breeders Cup Classic.
On another bummer of a note, Jim McKay passed away today. I was watching SportsCenter this morning when the story came up and I immediately choked up as if I knew the guy. When I was real young I remember Wide World of Sports as the only chance I would get all week to watch sports. (We didn't have cable, can you imagine???) ESPN does a fantastic job putting together touching stories that are designed specifically to make me cry and they had one ready to go on McKay. OK, I'm bummed out now, lets see if we have anything good to share.
OH YEAH, I was just found out that MSU Women's Basketball was 40th in the nation in home attendance and 4th in the nation in increased attendance. I am sure you will see more on this in Coach Bin's Blog, but I thought I would beat her to the punch. Here's the link
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/resources/file/ebd54105a321392/2008%20W%20releasex.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
OK, this blog is too long. Hopefully I will have time to give you some updates on camp next week and I am also pondering a "My favorite rap lines" blog, not sure if I can make it appropriate or not! Please submit your favorite rap lines to me at jscanson@msubobcats.com PLEASE keep them appropriate and edited.
Cheers!
On another bummer of a note, Jim McKay passed away today. I was watching SportsCenter this morning when the story came up and I immediately choked up as if I knew the guy. When I was real young I remember Wide World of Sports as the only chance I would get all week to watch sports. (We didn't have cable, can you imagine???) ESPN does a fantastic job putting together touching stories that are designed specifically to make me cry and they had one ready to go on McKay. OK, I'm bummed out now, lets see if we have anything good to share.
OH YEAH, I was just found out that MSU Women's Basketball was 40th in the nation in home attendance and 4th in the nation in increased attendance. I am sure you will see more on this in Coach Bin's Blog, but I thought I would beat her to the punch. Here's the link
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/resources/file/ebd54105a321392/2008%20W%20releasex.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
OK, this blog is too long. Hopefully I will have time to give you some updates on camp next week and I am also pondering a "My favorite rap lines" blog, not sure if I can make it appropriate or not! Please submit your favorite rap lines to me at jscanson@msubobcats.com PLEASE keep them appropriate and edited.
Cheers!
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