LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS..."SHROVE" Tuesday (Pancake Tuesday) 2/21/12...ARE YOU READY FOR SOME MANNING? Peyton Manning going to MNF (Monday Night Football)???...Nats pitcher Strasburg will be on a innings pitched limit this year (...unless Nats make playoffs)...COMEBACK BILL! Bill Clinton attended the Miami Heat NBA game...NCAA Basketball has Kentucky (men) & Baylor (women) ranked #1...Manny Ramirez signs with the Oakland A's...Princeton beats Trinity College for the college "squash" championships (Trinity had won 13 titles in a row... sports #13 and SI cover jinx strikes again)...Washington College basketball records as they enter into Tourney play, men 13-12 & women 16-9...11 MLB teams are in "SPRING" training and quote of the day from baseball, "When I was a little boy I wanted to be a baseball player and join the circus. With the Yankees, I've accomplished both". Former Yankee 3b Greg Nettles... NYC City of Doom! Knicks and Linmania lost a game on Sunday!... Enjoy the pancakes and here comes baseball O's & Nationals fans ( thank you to Greg Nettles) and For Lent how about we "give up" locking local runners/joggers/walkers out of our high school tracks!

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Monday (2/20/12)...***MARYLAND 63-DUKE 61 AS 15,150 WATCH TERPS WOMEN BEAT DUKE IN BASKETBALL AT COMCAST CENTER (8th largest crowd in school & ACC history)***... I LOVE NYC! NY Knicks have won eight of their last nine games with Jeremy Lin at point guard...I LOVE NY Part 2: NFL Jets after going 8-8 last season are going to take part in team "bonding" activities...The "OLD BALL COACH" Steve Spurrier has to meet with NCAA officials over improper activities at South Carolina with football... Good News! 11 MLB teams are in Spring training...Wizards Watch = 7-24 (17.5 games out of 1st place)...U of Kentucky has won 50 consecutive home basketball games...Bill Haas beat Mickelson in PGA Riviera playoff...Caps Report = 29-24-5 (3-5-2 over last 10 games)...R.I.P. John Fairfax (74) 1st known person to row a boat across the Atlantic ocean...Canada takes gold in bobsled world championships as USA team of Meyers & Eberling takes the bronze medal...Australia beats India by 110 runs in cricket..."Drill" wins $150,000 San Vicente Stakes horse race...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR PRESIDENT(S)

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Sunday (2/19/12)...UVA crushes Terps in men's basketball 71-44...Ex Oakland Raiders head coach Hue Jackson signed as an assistant coach by Bengals...Jay Paterno (Joe's son) not eligible to be on PSU Board of Trustees...Tim Wakefield (knuckle ball pitcher) & 200 game winner retires...Wizards Watch = 7-24...Mickelson tied for lead in PGA Northern Trust Open...Caps playoff chase = 29-24-5 (2 points out of 1st place)...Former USA national coach Bob Bradley to stay in Egypt as their national soccer team coach despite political unrest...England beats Pakistan by 9 wickets in cricket...Lin Yiang beats Dayron Robles in big 60 meter high hurdles event in England...Derby Winner "Animal Kingdom" returned to horse racing with a win at Gulf Stream Park...UCONN women lose to St Johns in basketball and UCONN 99 home game victory streak comes to an end...THINK SPRING! Don't worry about February snow MLB baseball opens up Spring training this week, THE BOYS OF SUMMER ARE BACK!...RUN FOR FUN! Allow local runners/joggers/walkers to use local high school tracks!

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Saturday (2/18/12)...NYC Blues! Knicks finally lose a game in the NBA with Harvard's Jeremy Lin at point guard, don't worry "Linmania" is still the talk of the sports world!...Detroit Red Wings win 22nd straight NHL game at home...Lefty Phil Mickelson is in the lead again at the PGA's Northern Trust Open (must be that new adjustable driver he is using)...NFL Vikings to get a new stadium (taxes are going up)..."Money Ball" Part Vll, A's about to sign Manny Ramirez to contract???...USA Women's 2 person bobsled team of Meyers & Ederling is in the hunt for a gold medal as they enter last day of the world's championships...Claressa Shields is the talk (she wears Betty Boop socks) of the Olympic Women's Boxing tryouts as she has won 3 straight fights in the middle weight division...Terps men vs UVA today (1 p.m.) and women play Duke on Sunday (3 p.m.)...ARE YOU READY FOR MLB SPRING TRAINING??? Sidd Finch and the boys are ready to report to Fla/Arizona and play ball!...Enjoy the three day weekend and be a good sport!

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...TGIF EDITION (2/17/12)...QACHS SWEEPS KIHS IN GIRLS & BOYS BASKETBALL...Terps have a good night(Thursday)in basketball as women win 73-56 & men beat BC 81-65...R.I.P. MLB Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter...Albert Haynesworth released again by an NFL team. This time Tampa Bay says goodbye to Albert!...Ron "Jaws" Jaworski out of Monday Night Football booth...Notre Dame men's basketball (18-8) has won 7 straight games...O's sign center fielder Adam Jones to a 1 year contract ($6.5 million)... Michael Bates, a Member of the British House Of Lords, walks 2,823 miles for Peace (Greece to London)...This weeks "HOT" list:Jeremy Lin & the NY Knicks, Zambia men's soccer team, Bernard Legat American 5,000 meter runner, Jessica Korda teenage golfer, Phil Mickelson PGA golfer, SI swimsuit issue & QACHS boys/girls basketball teams..."UNLOCK" the local high school tracks and let the runners/joggers/walkers exercise for fun & fitness!...Have a good weekend and be a good sport"...

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Thursday (2/16/12)...LYNMANIA CONTINUES IN NYC, Knicks win 7th games in a row with Jeremy (Harvard) Lyn at point guard...Who will get Super Bowl L (fifty/50)? Cities are already in a bidding war...MLB Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn fighting cancer... NHL Detroit's Red Wings set a record with 21 consecutive home victories...Iowa basketball coach throws a chair, chair auctioned off for $2100 (with Coach Fran McCaffery's autograph) (only in America)...Volleyball will not use video replays in London Olympics (...Technology is a bad thing??)...Caps 28-23-5 (...and fighting for playoff spot)...Wizards Death Watch: 7-22 (15.5 games out of 1st place)...Terps basketball: Men (14-10) vs BC tonight! Women 21-4 vs UVA tonight!...Clarissa Shields (boxer with Betty Boop on her socks) scores big upset in Olympic women's boxing championships.. Breakfast of Champions! WHEATIES boxes featuring retro images of Olympic champions (Ali, Jenner, Retton) coming out soon...USA vs Antigua/Barbuda June 8th in 1st World Cup qualifier... QA VS KI in high school basketball TONIGHT (girls/boys)...UNLOCK THE GATES for local runners/joggers/walkers at high school tracks

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Wednesday (2/15/12)...Comeback Trail #2, yesterday Jose Canseco today Randy Moss wants to return to pro sports...OUCH! Bill Parcells did not get into the NFL Hall of Fame (2 Super Bowl Rings)...QB Danny O'Brien leaves the Terps...O's "not" going after Manny Ramirez...What is more fun "Linsanity" or "Tebowmania"...UWV going to Big 12 in July...Boston Biggie! BC beats BU in "Beanpot" college hockey game...It's a French thing! David Beckham would rather play soccer in LA than Paris??...Pekingese wins again at Westminister Dog Show...Can't skirt this sports issue! Will skirts be mandatory as uniforms for 2012 women Olympic boxers???...India & Sri Lanka tie in cricket...Hooker taking risky path! Olympic pole vault champ Steve Hooker cannot attend Aussie track Olympic qualifying trials so will try to make team via competing in other international meets...199 days until Navy vs Notre Dame in football (Dublin, Ireland 9/1/12)...Thursday night QA vs KI in boys/girls basketball...