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Crazy mascot dunk from 16-foot ladder

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Milwaukee Bucks mascot "Bango" performing a dunk from a 16-foot ladder. From what I read about this, "Bango" kept this quiet and didn't even practice it, so the team wouldn't try to stop him from doing it. The video has almost 3 million views in a couple of days!


Detroit Lions 1952 NFL Championship on Youtube

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

I usually post sports items at sportspig.com, but I'm moving the site because of the slowness of my administration area, so posting this here instead. Anyway, I was reading the Highlight Reel Lions Blog and saw a link to an article about footage of the Lions last championship in 1952. VolBrian at Pride of Detroit [...]


Yup, I feel older now…

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

A neat article on the Wigton Family and the fact that all 10 children have played basketball at Lake Leelanau St. Mary School. I've coached 6 of them at various points in their basketball or baseball careers. All great kids (and adults now), but now I feel old! Read 10-for-10 in the Leelanau Enterprise


Koot and the Stanley Cup

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Red Wings forward Dallas Drake brought the Stanley Cup to Traverse City on Labor Day as a fundraiser for Grand Traverse Hockey Association's New Skater Fund. Here's Grandpa Koot with the Stanley Cup. Lookin' good! Photography for the day was donated by Joe McGraw, Rick Cover, Tara Noffsinger and Cindy Hughes. On a side note, [...]


New Feature!

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Now you can see the latest posts from my other two blogs, Leelanau Sports Guy's World and Good Saints on the right-hand side of this site. Go ahead and start reading!


700 pound Rosary built with bowling bowls

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

Ralph Kluk had some bowling balls, lots of room in his front yard, and what he did next you won't believe. Kluk took 20 cans of spray paint, 59 bowling balls, and some 40 feet of black piping to construct a 700 pound Rosary. Kluk is a native of Poland, and even had a pen [...]


Beach Bums Game!

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Chris and I took the older boys and their friend Marshall to the Traverse City Beach Bums game versus the Kalamazoo Kings. It was the 2nd game ever for the Beach Bums and ended up being their first victory. You can check out a game recap here. The boys were very excited as part of [...]