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Top ten greatest Athlete of All Time round 3

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 5:19:31 EDT

So here it is, the top twenty as voted by you. This is the final round to arrive at the top ten of all time. When this round ends I will re-seed the top ten and we will then find the TOP ATHLETE of ALL TIME. Thank you to every one who is voting and taking part. I have really enjoyed reading the reasons for the votes. This will last two weeks and then we will round the list out.

Babe Zaharias VS Lance Armstrong

Jim Thorpe VS Willie Mays

Bo Jackson VS Hershel Walker

Where has all the money gone?

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:57:56 EDT

So I sit here and worry about those that have been affected by the recent hurricanes. I listen to the analysts and the government officials as they talk about dollar amount to be assessed to the damage and how the insurance companies are going to take a pounding. People are talking about how claims will not be paid because the insurance companies simply will not have the resources.

This made me begin to examine my own situation and what would happen if my homes were suddenly wiped out by mother nature. It made me wonder how much would it cost me to replace. Would I be able to lean on my insurance company or would I walk through the rubble only to find out they did not have the money to pay the claims. So I did some simple math to see how much I had paid out over the last 25 years, comparing that to how much I had put in to the insurance company in claims. So here is the breakdown and it can be used for almost all of the 50 million homes in the United States.

9/11, my thoughts.

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:39:27 EDT

The day is upon this great country to once again look back. I should preface these thoughts with a few things so I may cut off some of the comments that may follow.

1) I am from New York City

2) I lost twelve friends that day, not just people I knew but friends I had grown up with and saw often.

3) I believe that Osama Bin Laden is the one responsible for the attacks.

Mike and Mike, stick with the radio show, PLEASE.

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:16:31 EDT

Monday Night Football, an American institution, has always had debatably the cream of the broadcasting crop. Football fans have been watching monday night games since 1970. That is going on 38 years. I have been around for all 38 of those years and have always found time to watch the games. Whether my Dallas Cowboys where on or not. I have enjoyed the many different broadcasters, some where all show IE Dennis Miller and his "rantings" to Howard Cossell and his off colored remarks. We have seen the likes of Rush Limbaugh, short lived albeit but he did a game. The best of Monday Night would be John Madden and Al Michaels in recent years. With all the greats and not so greats that have called the games can some one please explain to me how, with the vast array of "guest hosts" available to a broadcast giant likes of Disney/ABC/ESPN conglomerate, the best they could do was Mike and Mike. Without the use of all the studio gadgets they would normally use, this tandem was horrific. Stuttering their way through the game as if they were a rookie quarterback facing the Steel Curtain or Doomsday Defense of old. The pair had no clue. I enjoy their radio/TV simulcast a great deal. There though they have a set schedule. Commercials and breaks are preset. Guest are determined days in advance and the script is pre-written. Live, unedited and off the cuff is not their forte. For the rest of my televised football life i can only hope I will never have to endure this team again. So Mike and Mike I have this for you. Stay in the Studio where you belong.

Dallas Cowboys, the day they became history

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:32:08 EDT

The year was 1964, the Dallas Cowboys had been in the league for only fours years, They had not had a winning year yet. The owner of the Cowboys had hired a defensive coach to be the first head coach in Cowboys history. After yet another losing year in 1963 Clint Murchison made a decision that to this day can be traced back to the defining moment in Dallas Cowboys history. He gave the head coach of the team a ten year contract extension. In the next ten years the Cowboys went on to win a Super Bowl and the NFC championship twice. He was named coach of the year three times in those ten years. This however is not the most notable of his achievements. Tom Landry, Cowboys head coach, invented the Flex Defense, a hybrid of the 4-3 defense he had also invented. This changed the game of football forever, not only cementing Ton Landry's legacy in Cowboys history but in the history of the NFL. He was the First football guru or genius or whatever todays hot new word would be for coaching greatness and still is one of the winningest coaches in professional football history. That is why 1964 was the day that changed history for the Dallas Cowboys and the National Football league. Everything todays great coaches know about defense starts and ends with the great Tom Landry.

Cowboys Wrap Up, OCB for week 1.

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:22:08 EDT

Dallas Cowboy fans have to be excited. I realize it was the Cleveland Browns but the Cowboys looked great on the offensive side of the ball. Tony Romo had yet another 300 yard game. Terrel Owens had almost 90 yeards and a beautiful 35 yard touchdown catch. Jason Witten and Partick Crayton held up there end as well, Witten almost 100 yards and Crayton topped 80. The offensive line bent a little as the game wore on but did not allow a sack and this gave Romo time to pick apart last years 30th ranked defense.

There was a down side to the victory though, Marion Barber was taken in for x-rays and will have an MRI on his ribs. Barber was running wild before the injury, 80 yards and 2 touchdowns. I will update his status tomorrow night. Though the injury was not a good start for the Cowboys we did get a look at the number one draft choice in Felix Jones. All I have to say is WOW. This kid is quick and with a 6.8 yards er carry average, he finds the holes and gets through them. Jones ended up with 62 yards and a touchdown. He seems to be the perfect compliment to Barber and the change of pace is exactly what all the Cowboys fans have been talking about since the draft.

Top Ten Greatest Athletes of All Time

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:01:45 EDT

As I wonder the CBS Sportsline boards, i am always seeing the diverse and well campaigned for thoughts on who the people think is a great athlete. With this in mind i began to put together my newest blog. Who really is the greatest athlete of all time. So here we go. This will be simple. List your ten greatest athletes of all time. Any sport, any decade and for any reason YOU see the reason they should make the list. After two weeks i will tally the names and come up with the usual 64. The brackets will begin and with any luck we will have a definitive top ten list. At the end I will throw those ten under the bus and we will find out who is number ONE.

As always thank you for all your input. This should be one for the ages.

As an example here is my top ten in no particular order.

Greatest sports movie of all time... The results!

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 7:01:29 EDT

Well it came down to the Dreamer and the Champ. Boxer versus the Farmer.

When we began this quest three months ago, I never thought it would have such a great response. YOU have shocked me. The voting was great and so where the comments to back up your picks. So without further delay, I offer you the CBS Sportsline Members Greatest Sports Movie of All Time. Well almost at least. The voting is a tie. I have not cast my vote as of yet.

Field of Dreams - 24

Rocky - 24

Sports Appreciation Day! S.A.D.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 7:46:20 EDT

Sports Appreciation Day!

As a child growing up in the care of the C.H.S. I had very few opportunities to play organized sports and even fewer chances to see the games live. I do however remember the day I fell in love with sports and to be more exact, Baseball. Every year just after Thanksgiving the children in the home would get together to make out the list of things they would like to receive for Christmas. As a "lifer", the term for the older kids deemed unadoptable, i would sit back in wonderment. Each child would go to task writing the list. You would even see some verifying with Webster as to make sure they spelled each item correctly. The joy this brought to the faces of those kids was my gift. I enjoyed the hope they showed.

Sports , Food and a beverage, My kinda place...

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:49:01 EDT

So as I landed yesterday in another city, I went to find a place to watch the Ball Game and grab a bite to eat. This got me thinking about how many different Sports Bars and restaurants I have been to over 20 years of traveling. "What a great idea for a blog" I thought. Maybe I could get some new places to try if I just asked the people on CBS SPORTSLINE. So here is the question. Where is your favorite Sports Bar or Restaurant and what is the name. How is the food and what is the Best thing on the menu, you know the reason you eat there.

Why we like football!

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:03:20 EDT

As the NFL season approaches, the entire sportsline site starts to buzz. Even the diehard baseball fans like myself get the FOOTBALL bug. Why does this happen to us? What is it about football that we so love the sport?

The government says we can put a value Life.

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:39:31 EDT

I recently read this article and was appalled that there is even a way to put value on an Americans life. So I thought I would get your opinions.

Here's your ROYALTY CHECK.....

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:36:27 EDT

It has often been said that you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. With this in mind I want to know, if you got paid for the song that best describes you. What would it be. Not your favorite song , but the one that if we asked your better half or best friend to describe you with a song they would say ,"Simple it is ______" I can not wait to see how this turns out.

Since we were young, the world has changed..

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:29:40 EDT

Just listening to people talk these days would make our grandparent bring out the soap. So I thought we should put some perspective on the New World. How as the world changed since you were young, not economically of course, but socially and morally. I would love to hear the different points of view.

Sports moments that made a difference.

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:18:01 EDT

For all of us , even if you do not watch sports, there was a moment when a sporting event meant something to you. It changed your life in one way or another. It may have brought you joy, pain or a new political view. I would like to hear about it. What sports moment had an impact on you.

The MEDIA AND THEIR BS

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:06:44 EDT

Every morning I get a Starbucks turn on the Macbook and browse the headlines from Google. Now I don't just read the sports I mean all the headlines. I like to see what is going on and how much BS the media outlets came come up with over night. So imagine my surprise when this morning , the day after Imus and his "misunderstood and takin' out of context" speech a reporter from no place other than TN has some things to point out about Adam "I really am trying to change my life" Jones. Upon further review there are over 400 articles on either Jones, the Cowboys "eating up" trouble makers (that is a headline) or past Cowboys (Irvin as an example) and who are they to try and help troubled players.

Well I am sick and tired of the media and their inability to report the NEW and let us interpret what we want to believe or not believe. Even our beloved Sportscenter cuts up an interview to try and make some "QUOTE" seem off the wall.

Great Televised Sporting Event.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:04:58 EDT

I was just thinking back to great moments in life. I always seem to remember things by what was going on around me at the time. Many times in my life I have remembered things by what was on at the time. With this in mind I thought, why not find out what other television moments have touched people. With that said, I hope to find out with this blog. What is your all time favorite moment in sports television history?