Cards fans, welcome back erratic pitcher turned power hitting outfielder Rick Ankiel!
Update: Seriously, welcome back Rick! Ankiel goes yard, and actually invokes some show of emotion from Tony at the end of this clip. 5.5 back. Go Cards!
[...]…that’s the bombshell dropped in an article in today’s Anniston Star. Read the article here. Evidently, according to a dead doctor, a different unknown doctor performed a second surgery on Jackson at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Selma, and might have administered a lethal dose of anesthesia. If this [...]
RedState.com is in the midst of a full on war against the House GOP over the nomination of less than “ethical” member Ken Calvert (R-CA) to the House Appropriations Committee. They are targeting members who voted for Calvert. First was Majority Leader John Boehner, yesterday’s target was John Linder [...]
Two finals down, two to go…
Yo, Blair! It was nice knowin’ ya…
And in an update on the Jimmie Lee Jackson case, it is now officially a case. The Grand Jury in Perry County returned an indictment yesterday…
[...]For the first time in 4 months, the biggest name in town tomorrow won’t be Nick Saban. Tomorrow GOP Presidential hopeful (and currently my pick barring a Thompson run) former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be in town for a Tuscaloosa GOP function. I’ll be there, and I’ll recap [...]
As I mentioned earlier, a grand jury will convene in Perry County tomorrow to hear the case of James Bonard Fowler, the State Trooper who shot and killed Jimmie Lee Jackson which led to the “Bloody Sunday” march in 1965.
According to the Florida Times-Union, Fowler expects to be [...]
Here are some pieces on the tragic death of Cards reliever Josh Hancock.
ESPN’s Gene Wojciechowski
STLCardinals.com
Derrick Goold of the Post-Dispatch
Seems kind of unreal that this is happening to the Cards again. Of course this is all too eerily similar to the death of Darryl Kile. Hopefully [...]
Over forty years ago, Jimmie Lee Jackson was gunned down just a couple of hours down the road in Marion, Alabama. His killing led to the march from Selma to Montgomery popularly referred to as “Bloody Sunday.” According to the Montgomery-Advertiser, the Dallas County DA is working toward an [...]
Quite a powerful speech by Professor Nikki Giovanni at yesterday’s convocation at Virginia Tech. The video quality is horrible, but that doesn’t matter.
Like pretty much everybody in America over the last few days, I’ve been asking myself a few questions as a result of the horrific events at Virginia Tech on Monday morning.
Why? Why would a fellow student simply fly into a rage, arbitrarily killing 32 of his classmates? As [...]
I am a closet disciple of sports talk guru, and yes, Volunteer hater Paul Finebaum. All Bama-UT qualms aside, today Paul highlighted what I see as one of the biggest problems with college football today. That would be the plight of the “Pick-Up Truck Fan.” The Pick-Up Truck Fan [...]
