steckle.com :: my corner of the web » Sports http://www.steckle.com Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:27:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ice Skating http://www.steckle.com/2011/02/05/ice-skating/ http://www.steckle.com/2011/02/05/ice-skating/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:59:39 +0000 Jeremy http://www.steckle.com/?p=429 As part of our Holy Rosary boys group we went ice skating on the skating rink behind the parish offices. Mark did very well for his first time, Luke had fun, and cousins Levi and Elijah were flying all over the rink!


Luke and Elijah


Mark and Levi

]]> http://www.steckle.com/2011/02/05/ice-skating/feed/ 0 Crazy mascot dunk from 16-foot ladder http://www.steckle.com/2010/04/29/crazy-mascot-dunk-from-16-foot-ladder/ http://www.steckle.com/2010/04/29/crazy-mascot-dunk-from-16-foot-ladder/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:29:54 +0000 Jeremy http://www.steckle.com/?p=285 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.

Click here to view the embedded video.

The video has almost 3 million views in a couple of days!

]]> http://www.steckle.com/2010/04/29/crazy-mascot-dunk-from-16-foot-ladder/feed/ 0 Detroit Lions 1952 NFL Championship on Youtube http://www.steckle.com/2009/07/07/detroit-lions-1952-nfl-championship-on-youtube/ http://www.steckle.com/2009/07/07/detroit-lions-1952-nfl-championship-on-youtube/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:49:05 +0000 Jeremy http://www.steckle.com/?p=257 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 posted three videos of highlights and more and the quality is great! I'll be watching all tonight, but I did watch part of the first and it's very entertaining. We might never see an NFL Champion in Detroit again, so it's good to see video evidence. Here's what VolBrian has to say about the videos...

As promised, I will be posting some of the historical items/memorabilia my grandfather, Garrard "Buster" Ramsey, Detroit Lions Defensive Coach 1952-1959, held onto from his career. We'll begin here with the 1952 World Championship game footage that my family converted from the old 16 millimeter reel to DVD and then finally to the web. The Lions won this game 17-7 over the Cleveland Browns. This footage is 30 minutes long, so I cut it up into 10 minute segments for ease of viewing. I hope y'all enjoy this glimpse of the Lions' past!!!

Click here to view the embedded video.

View the other videos in the article 1952 NFL Championship Game Film at Pride of Detroit

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Read 10-for-10 in the Leelanau Enterprise

]]> http://www.steckle.com/2008/12/31/yup-i-feel-older-now/feed/ 0 Koot and the Stanley Cup http://www.steckle.com/2008/09/10/grandpa-koot-and-the-stanley-cup/ http://www.steckle.com/2008/09/10/grandpa-koot-and-the-stanley-cup/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:21:54 +0000 Jeremy http://www.steckle.com/?p=182 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, I was shocked to see that Koot was bigger than the Stanley Cup. Maybe the photographers used some photoshop tricks...

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]]> http://www.steckle.com/2008/06/17/new-feature/feed/ 0 700 pound Rosary built with bowling bowls http://www.steckle.com/2006/10/17/700-pound-rosary-built-with-bowling-bowls/ http://www.steckle.com/2006/10/17/700-pound-rosary-built-with-bowling-bowls/#comments Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:23:21 +0000 Jeremy http://www.sportspig.com/wordpress/2006/10/17/700-pound-rosary-built-with-bowling-bowls/ Photo by Erik Holladay/Associated PressRalph 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 pal relationship with Pope John Paul II.

Hey kids, this is the only time a Rosary should be on the ground!

Read Inspired design: Bowling ball artist calls rosary on lawn 'The Final Strike' in the Lansing State Journal

Photo by Erik Holladay/Associated Press

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The boys were very excited as part of the game was a free baseball glove giveaway and getting to go on the field after the game. The boys got some autographs and also very wet from the 47 minute rain delay.

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See more pictures in the Family Photo Gallery. If you need the password send me an email!

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