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Saturday, March 31, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Saturday (3/31/12)...Winning Mega Millions ticket sold to someone in Baltimore County!!!...NCAA men's bball tonight, Kentucky vs Louisville (6 p.m.) and Kansas vs Ohio State (9 p.m.)...49 year old pitcher Jamie Moyer makes the Rockies and will start their second game of the season...NHL Caps are in a dog fight for the last NHL playoff spot...D.C. United 4-Dallas 1 in MLS soccer (D.C. United is 1-1-2 on the season)...Spring Training Results: Nats 3-Marlins 2, O's 4-Tigers 6...Ex Nat pitcher Livan Hernandez cut by Astros at noon on Thursday signed by Braves by 2 p.m on Thursday....NBA 76ers 76-Wizards 97...Chantal Sutherland will make history as the 1st woman jockey to ride in the $10 million Dubai World Cup...Have a great weekend and don't quite your day job unless you won the Mega Millions...

Friday, March 30, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...TGIF (3/30/12)...Spring Training Report: Nats play 2 games, Nats 6-Braves 3 and Nats 5-Tigers 3, O's 4-Yankees 3...Things are BIG in Texas: Rangers Ballpark hotdog, two feet long and cost $26.00..."The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods" by Hank Haney a new book and a must read for sports fans...MLB Baseball For Real games: A's 4-Marlins 1 in The Land of the Rising Sun...Former Redskin QB Donovan McNabb says RG lll might not be coached right in D.C. with Redskins (who is???)...NBA: Pacers 91-Wizards 87 (Wizards are now 11-38 on the season)...NHL: Caps 3-Bruins 2 (the hunt for a playoff spot continues)...Stanford beats Minnesota for NIT basketball championship..Have a GREAT weekend and be a GOOD sport!...

Thursday, March 29, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Thursday (March 29, 2012)...Spring Training: Blue Jays 9-O's 3, Nats 3-Mets 2...MLB Opener in Tokyo (Why Tokyo ???) Mariner's 3-A's 1...Caps in a Dog Fight for he last NHL playoff spot...Battle of the Titans! Nike vs Reebok with battle over Tim Tebow apparel (...just part of Tebowmania).. Former U of Maryland QB O'Brien to play at Wisconsin next year in football...Star Trek the Next Generation: NBA and USNA bball star David Robinson's son to play football at Notre Dame...NCAA Women's BBall Final Four: Baylor, Stanford ,UCONN and Notre Dame...NCAA Men's Final Four: Kentucky, Louisville, Ohio State and Kansas...Cowboys vs Giants September 5 in NFL opener...Washington Post's Jason Reid says "Taking a Needed Stand" as more and more athletes are wearing Hoodies to express their concern about violence in this country...

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON  SPORTS...Wednesday (3/28/12)...Will Bill Parcells coach the Saints???...Bikinis not mandatory in Olympic beach volleyball (sigh)...Godfather of skateboarding dies, Larry Stevenson took skateboarding to new levels ($$$) in the 1960's...At least six thoroughbreds listed by the Jockey Club have Tebow name (Tebow Go, Tebow Gator, Tebow Time...)...Spring Training Report: Nats 1-Marlins 3, O's 0-Twins 5...L.A. Dodgers have sold for $2 billion dollars ( to Magic Johnson and others)...Notre Dame 80-Terps (women) 49 in NCAA bball...Caps lose to Sabres 5-1 and fall behind in playoff spot hunt...Is Tiger back??? Rory McLLroy vs Tiger in the Masters!!! PGA golf heating up!...

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Tuesday (March 27, 2012)...Spring Training Report: Nats 7-Astros 4, O's 4-Pirates 1...Tim Tebow meets the media in NYC and says, "..me and Mark Sachez (current NY Jet QB) have a great relationship"....1909 Honus Wagner baseball card could get $1-1.5 million in auction...TERPS WOMEN (31-4) vs NOTRE DAME (33-3) TONIGHT IN NCAA HOOPS PLAYOFFS...Caps "holding on" to the 8th and last NHL playoff spot...23 year old British soccer player Fabrice Muamby continues to improve after March 17th heart attack on the pitch...Sports name of the day! New Orleans Voodoo (arena football) and yes the cheerleaders are the "Voodoo Dolls"...Cornerback Domonique Foxworth elected to president of the NFL Players Association (players union)...USA men's soccer FAILS to qualify for Olympics in 2012...

Monday, March 26, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Monday (3/26/12)...NCAA BBall: Maryland women 81-Texas A&M 74...Louisville, Ohio State, Kentucky & Kansas make the Final Four in the men's bracket...Spring Training Report: Nats 12-Mets 0, O's 3-Phillies 3...Nationals closer Drew Storen might be out for a couple of weeks with a sore arm (Storen had 43 saves last year)...Tiger Woods wins PGA Bay Hill event...U of Cal wins 2nd straight NCAA men's swimming and diving championships...D.C. Sports: Caps beat Wild in NHL game 3-0 & Wizards have no magic in 88-76 loss to Celtics... Men's College lacrosse is in full swing (literally) as Hopkins beats UVA 11-10, Navy beats Colgate 12-11 (upset Colgate was ranked #12) and UNC beats Maryland 11-10 and game ends in a fight...Have a great week!

Sunday, March 25, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Sunday (3/25/12)...NCAA BBALL: Womens Tourney...Tennessee, Baylor, Stanford & Duke advance...Men's Tourney...Louisville & Ohio State headed to Final Four...MLB Spring Training: O's 12 (17 hits)-Nats 3...NHL: Caps 82 points with 7 games left , tied with Sabres in playoff spot race...Soccer: D.C. United 0-Vancover 0...Arena Football:  Philly Soul 84-Pittsburgh Power 59 (...do they play defense???) ...Tiger Woods has a 1 stroke lead in PGA Bay Hill championship...NBA: 76ers Doug Collins gets 400th win as a NBA coach...Check out local high school sports schedule in lacrosse, softball, baseball, track & field, lots of great sports to watch locally!...

Saturday, March 24, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Saturday (3/24/12)...NCAA Men's BBall Results...UNC, Baylor, Kentucky and Kansas advance...MLB Spring Training: Astros 5-Nats 1, O's 6-Red Sox 5...NHL: Jets 4- Caps 3 (Caps 2 points up in playoff race)...Tiger Woods tied for 1st at PGA Bay Hills..."TEBOWMANIA" on hold in NYC (contract rewrite should be cleaned up by Monday)..."Nene" new Super Start in D.C. (Wizards are 1-0 with Nene in lineup)...Allen Iverson playing basketball in Dominican Republic (hey Wizards he is still better than anything you have...Iverson + Nene, why not?)...QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The NFL is now at a crossroads. Can the sport find the right rules, the improved equipment, the necessary culture change...", Thomas Boswell on NFL "Bounty" mess (Wash POST 3/23/19)...Enjoy the rain and remember what Zen golf instructor/Japanese Gardener Seamus McBride said, "Rain is good for flowers, plants and lazy gardeners".

Friday, March 23, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...TGIF (3/23/12)...NCAA HOOPS: Syracuse (very close), Ohio State, Louisville & Florida advance to next round in NCAA Tourney...MLB: Braves Chipper Jones to retire after 2012 season...Nats 0-Cards 9, O's 11-Twins 1...Nationals will start Strasburg in opener against Cubs (4/5/12)... U.S. Sentator Dick Durbin (Ill.) will hold hearings on NFL Bounty mess...Tebow to Jets! Opps!, technical problems with the contract, stay tuned!...Soccer News: U.S.A. 6-Cuba 0 in Olympic entry game...British soccer player Fabrice Muambo has "improved dramatically" after suffering a heart attack on the pitch Saturday...Tiger Woods in the hunt at Bay Hill PGA tournament (trails by 3)...Enjoy the weekend and enjoy all the NCAA women's and men's bball...

Thursday, March 22, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Thursday (3/22/12)...NFL Cracks down on "Bounty Hunters": NFL suspends Saints head Coach 1 year and former defensive coordinator "banned indefinitely" for bounty tactics in games (other punishments also imposed). Good on the NFL brass for making an attempt to control violence in a violent sport!...QB Tim Tebow to NY Jets... NYC "Tebowmania" + "Lynmania", I Love NYC!...Spring Training Report: Nats 2-Braves 3, O's 3-Blue Jays 6...NBA Report:  WIZARDS going Wild?? Wizards 108-Nets 89...Knicks are 5-0 under new coach and we might see "LYNMANIA" in playoffs...March Madness continues tonight in men's brackets...OHIO has four teams in men's NCAA's (Cincinnati, Ohio State, Xavier and Ohio U)...SEAMUS McBRIDE (Zen Golf Instructor & Gardener) ON GOLF, "Golf is like life, a little cussing helps!"...ENJOY SPRING!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Wednesday (3/21/12)...Spring Training Report: Nats 0-Mets 2, O's 1-Phillies 4...NCAA Women's Basketball: Georgia Tech 76-Georgetown 64...NHL: Caps 37-30-6 and holding on to playoff spot... NBA: Ex Wizard's player Gilbert Arenas signs with Grizzles...Manning gets $96 million for 5 years with Denver, Tebow gets the "SHAFT"...Saudi Arabia to send women athletes to the Olympics, welcome to 2012 Saudi Arabia!...NCAA "Sweet 16" winners picks by "Big Bill" Haywood: Syracuse, MSU, Cincinnati, Florida, Baylor, UNC, Kentucky and Kansas...Strange Fact of the Day??? Tiger Woods injury (complete tear of his left knee ligaments) due to Navy SEAL training accident in 2007????...Mets $$$ Blues! NY Mets owners pay back loan of  $20 million to MLB and $40 million to Bank of America (Madoff mess) and sold 12 limited partnerships for $20 million apiece...Quote of the Day: "Here we have a guy who does it right as a person can, puts his beliefs in his faith and his teammates and wills his team to victory. But that is not enough....". LaVare Arrington on Tim Tebow (Wash Post 3/20/12)...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Tuesday (3/20/12)... Manning to NFL Denver! What happened to "Tebowmania"?????...NCAA men's basketball all #1 seeds are alive and well (Kentucky, Michigan State, Syracuse and UNC) in Sweet 16...Nationals  send Bryce Harper to AAA Syracuse...LINMANIA Part V: Knicks Jeremy Lin and VOLVO will be announcing a major endorsement deal...Bobby Cremins retires from college basketball coaching (579-375) over 31 seasons...***Maryland women's bball team wins over Louisville 72-68 in NCAA Tourney...Caps 5-Red Wings 3...British soccer player Muamba doing better after suffering heart attack on the pitch Saturday...Minnesota takes NCAA women's ice hockey championship...QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Whoever invented golf had the brains of the Greek goddess "Athena", the heart of "Aphrodite" and the soul of "Hades", Seamus McBride, Zen Golf Instructor and Professor of Greek Mythology.....Have a "Great" day and now I can blame the Greek gods for my slice!

Monday, March 19, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Monday (3/19/12)... March Madness: N.C. State beats Georgetown men 66-63, but Georgetown women beat Fresno State 61-56 in NCAA basketball...U of MD women play Louisville today at 7 p.m. in round #2 of NCAA's...Spring Training: Nats 7-Tigers 11, O's 2-Braves 2... NHL: Caps lose 5-2 to Blackhawks...24,000 runners entered the 1st Rock n' Roll USA Marathon in D.C. last Saturday (3/17/12)...Vin Scully at 84 years old cuts back on announcing schedule with L.A. Dodgers (Scully has 63 seasons behind the mike)...NBA; Wizards 92-Grizzlies 97 (...nothing new here)...Fatuma Sado (women) and Simon Nioruge (men) win L.A. Marathon...India beats Pakistan in cricket by 6 wickets...NCAA March Madness continues without Leigh and FSU in men's division & local U of MD and Georgetown women are still in the battle.... SOCCER NEWS: Fabrice Muamba (23 year old English Premier Soccer League player) still in critical condition after suffering a heart attack during weekend soccer match...D.C. United 1-L.A. Galaxy 3...Enjoy the week!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Sunday (3/18/12)...NCAA BASKETBALL; U of M women 59-Navy 44, Georgetown (men) vs NC State today at 12:15...SPRING TRAINING: Nats 1-Marlins 1, O's 3-Red Sox 3...George Custers (AKA Redskins) sign Rex Grossman to a one year contract (Yes Thelma, I know the fans have put out a contract on Rex!)...US skiing champion Lindsey Vonn set a women's record for most World Cup points in a season (1980 points)...NFL Chiefs sign former Notre Dame star QB Brady Quinn..."LINMANIA THE SEQUEL???", Knicks have won 3 games in a row under new coach Mike Woodson and Knicks are back in the playoff hunt...NHL Penguins have won 11 games in a row and Sidney Crosby comeback is now at game 2 (Fingers crossed)...D.C. United vs L.A. tonight at 7 p.m in soccer....English professional soccer player Fabrice Muamba suffers heart attack while playing in game (critical condition)...Penn State wins NCAA wrestling championship...Question of the Day??? Will the Lehigh Miracle continue at the NCAA's today???...

Saturday, March 17, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS....St. PADDY'S DAY, March 17, 2012...UPSET CITY BABY! Pinch me I am Irish, LEIGH "75"-Duke 70, Norfolk State (15th seed like Leigh) 86-Missouri (2nd seed like Duke) 84, this is going to be a fun NCAA Tourney...Spring Training: Nats 3-Yankees 4, O's 3-Twins 1...Andy Pettitte is coming back to the Yankees for another year (Damn Yankees!)...P. Manning works out for NFL Broncos, Tebow WHO??...NBA Knicks new coach to bench "LINMANIA" (...There go the ice cream sales Ben & Jerry's)...Redskins sign strong safety Brandon Meriweather = 2 years for $6 million...D.C. United soccer team signs new 2 year lease to play at RFK...Wizards make big trade and bring in "Nene" to the team (guy has one name = "Nene" and Wizards have "zero" chances to improve)... ANOTHER SIGN OF THE FALL OF WESTERN SOCIETY: "Fearless Felix" Baumgartner to sky dive from 23 miles above earth, record is 19.5 miles set in 1960 by an Air Force Test pilot...Hanoch Shahar a 77 year old Holocaust survivor finished the 2nd Annual Jerusalem Marathon...HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY and how about Leigh!!!!

Friday, March 16, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...TGIF (3/16/12)...NCAA Basketball: 16 Teams advance (sorry Loyola (MD) & Harvard)... Spring Training: Nats 5-Yankees 8, O's 2-Tigers 4..."Linmania Act lll", NY Knicks coach quits as Knicks are fighting for the last playoff spot (no more SI covers fans)...Newest Washington National is the "StrasBURGER" served at Nats home park (8 pounds ...yes pounds of burger)...Terps win ACC wrestling championship for second in a row and three out of the last four ACC wrestling championships...NFL $$$ News: Lions Calvin Johnson got the "biggest" contract in NFL history , 8 years = $132 million...75% of the 1,002 U.S. college presidents said in a survey that colleges spend "way to much" on intercollegiate athletics...Peyton Manning...Where are you going?????...Quote of the Day: "A dog doesn't bark at a parked car, but once you make noise..." comment about recent negative questions raised about Baylor's men's basketball program...Have a great weekend, Enjoy NCAA basketball and Happy St. Paddy's Day!...

Thursday, March 15, 2012

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Thursday 3/15/12...Spring Training: O's 5-Pirates 11, Nationals 5-Braves 6..."Redskinsmania": Dan Snyder and the boys spend $$$ for wideouts Pierre Garcon (Colts) and Josh Morgan (49er's)...OPPS! Syracuse men's basketball starting center is declared ineligible for NCAA tournament...Good News Dept. NHL's Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby is scheduled to play today against the Rangers...April 15th is "Titanic Night" at minor league's Potomac Nationals park (100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic)...Already! Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen thrown out of a Spring training baseball game by umps...."The One That Got Away! Nationals castoff Livan Herandez pitched 5 scoreless innings for MLB Houston...MLB "Expanded replay" is out for this year...NCAA Bball: Vermont and S. Florida are still in with a win...Flowers are blooming everywhere in March: MLB baseball, NHL hockey, NBA, NCAA basketball, NFL madness and everybody is getting rich except for Danny Boy Snyder!...