LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Tuesday (2/7/12)...Aaron Rodgers, Packer QB, named 2011 NFL MVP by AP...Catrinel Menghia (Fiat TV commercial) named Super Bowl MVP by 125 million Super Bowl TV viewers..NFL Considering ending Pro Bowl game (about time)...Hockey star Sidney Crosby still recovering from concussion & related problems (Time for the sports world to address this problem big time!)...Track star Lolo Jones continues her amazing comeback with big win in Russian indoor track meet (check out this weeks SI for great story)...OK, enough about Gisele Bundchen (Mrs Tom Brady...poor loser award)...STATE SPORTS...Terps women beat Georgia Tech last night 64-56 and improve record to 20-3, Maryland men 13-9 play Clemson tonight...Wizards Death watch they are now 4-20...Caps Laich out indefinitely as team is 27-21-4 & in 2nd place...LOCAL SPORTS...KIHS vs C-SD tonight and QA vs Cambridge North in basketball (BOYS & GIRLS)...Thursday night QACHS vs KIHS in 301/50 Trophy basketball games...Don't forget guys Valentines Day is one week away and buy some chocolates!

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...SUPER BOWL SPECIAL...Monday (2/6/12)...NATIONAL SPORTS...Giants beat Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl...Eli Manning was Super Bowl MVP and wins a new corvette + place in NFL Hall of Fame...Super Bowl Key Facts: *Ferris Bueller is back, *Fiat Lady is new Super Bowl Hottie,*Madonna is middle aged/middle America but still knows how to put on a show,*Chris Collingsworth did a great job in the announcing booth, *Tom Brady needs more William Faulkner in his blood and less Ayn Rand,*When Clint Eastwood speaks America
better" listen,*Super Bowl Report Card: Game A, Commercials B, 1/2 Time Show B+, TV production A-, Report Card Comments:To Clint Eastwood "Yes sir the 2nd half will be better", "Dear could we buy a Fiat rather than a Prius", Ferris you got all "A's" this semester"...STATE SPORTS...Almost time for baseball Spring Training...LOCAL SPORTS... See you at the KIHS vs QACHS basketball games on Thursday in my new Fiat (power of advertising....Sophia & Gina who???)

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Super Bowl Sunday (2/5/12)...NATIONAL SPORTS...Remember 1,000,000,000 Chinese are not watching the Super Bowl today!...SB Important Facts:TV adds cost $116,667 per second...Super Bowl Game lasts 60 minutes, commercials last 46 minutes & 10 seconds...Lingerie Bowl today LA Temptation vs Philly Passion...$$$ to winning SB team players $88,000, losers get $44,000...Kelly Clarkson will sing National anthem (1st champion of American Idol)...Start planning that party, next years Super Bowl 2/5 in New Orleans (Ravens vs Skins)...Lance Armstrong investigation by FEDS put to a halt!...ACC will have a 14 team football league...Notre Dame men's basketball strikes again and beats #15 Marquette... Texas A&M men and Clemson women win Collegiate Invitational Track Meet in NYC...Cuban boxing star Teofilo Stevenson (3X Olympic Gold) is recovering from a vascular disease...STATE SPORTS...UNC beat Terps 83-74 in men's basketball...Lafayette beats Navy men 62-41...Dickinson beats Washington College men 79-74 (did any local college teams win??)...Caps are back in 1st after beating Panthers...Clippers 107-Wizards 81 (...do we need help here?)...LOCAL SPORTS...KIHS vs QACHS in high school basketball on Thursday...ENJOY THE SUPER BOWL, DRIVE CAREFULLY and BE SAFE (Patriots 28-Giants 24)

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Super Bowl Saturday (SBD+1)2/4/12...NATIONAL SPORTS...To anyone who has been lost at sea, traveling in space or having a mid life crisis, Super Bowl is just 24 hours away...FYI: 49er's are 5-0 in Super Bowl (hence just SB) games, 49er's scored the most points in a SB 55 vs Denver in 1972, 49er's are not in SB this year, Longest SB field goal 57 yards by Bills Steve Christie (yes that Christie) in 1994, Miami scored just 3 points vs Dallas in 1972 SB...Mrs Tom Brady has gone to the social networks to ask for help from above for her hubby...Giants Head Coach has gone to his "Dooms Day" defense to ask that they give Mr Brady plenty of help off the ground after they sack him...Jim Calhoun head UCONN men's basketball coach is taking an indefinite medical leave...Murray Sate is now 22-0 in men's NCAA basketball...Takeru Kobayashi ate 337 chicken wings in Wing Bowl XX (not invited to Annual "LEFTY FEST" SB Party)...NFL to expand to 2 more teams (LA +?? and play more Thursday night games according to Commish G!)...STATE SPORTS...O's trying to get Manny Ramirez (Manny trying to pass drug test)...NHL Caps are 24-20-4 (2nd place)...NBA Wizards are 4-18 (NO place)...Terps men vs UNC at 4 p.m. today in bball, Navy men vs Lafayette at 1 p.m. today...LOCAL SPORTS...KIHS vs QACHS in girls/boys basketball on Thursday...Gender Issues??? High school cheerleaders should be allowed to cheer for girls teams and Moms should be allowed to run on local high school tracks!!! ENJOY SUPER BOWL WEEKEND!

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...TGIF (2/3/12)...NATIONAL SPORTS...Hockey Hall of Fame star Gordie Howe has dementia and the 83 year old Howe is battling the disease by speaking out about it & raising money...Angelo Dundee, Ali's boxing trainer is dead at 90...Memphis going to Big East??...74 people killed in Egypt as soccer game goes violent...Irish gymnast Kieran Behan might be the Olympic story of the year, from medical disaster (doctors said he would never walk again) to making the Irish Olympic team...Super Bowl Madness begins...What will Madonna do at 1/2 time???...Ferris Bueller commercial already has everyone talking...oh football! Bad ankles, another new "genius" coach, Brady's revenge, and can the Giants spoil things for the Pats again???...STATE SPORTS...MLB "Spring " training 2-3 weeks away...Nationals sign pitcher Edwin Jackson and go into salary arbitration with pitcher John Lannan...Terps men vs UNC this weekend...Wizards have little magic at 4-18...LOCAL SPORTS...QACHS girls & boys basketball teams defeated North Caroline last night...NEXT Thursday QA vs KI in girls/boys basketball...How about we open the gates to local high school running tracks to runners & joggers! ENJOY THE SUPER BOWL! Patriots 28-Giants 24...

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Thursday (2/2/12)...NATIONAL SPORTS...Peyton Manning says he has "NO" plans to retire..."OCCUPY SUPER BOWL"...protesters are taking their movement to the Super Bowl, Madonna, football, great commercials & protests, "God Bless American"...Hall of Fame NBA Coach Zen Master Phil Jackson is working on a memoir = ZEN DOLLARS..."SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE", Livan Hernandez former "heart & soul" of Nationals pitching staff has signed with Astros...A fan in England handcuffed himself to the soccer goal post during a Premier League Game (15 yards excessive celebration penalty no doubt!)...You are in trouble! Cuban world record holder Deyron Robles (110 meter hurdles) complained about "poor" training conditions in Cuba, Fidel will not be happy!...STATE SPORTS...Terps lose 90-86 to Miami in a thrilling men's basketball game, bad news is that UNC is next on the schedule...Caps are 26-19-4 and in 1st place...Wizards are still playing we are just not sure "what" they are playing!...LOCAL SPORTS....QACHS vs North Caroline & KIHS vs Easton in girls/boys basketball tonight...Lets let runners/joggers run on our local high school tracks, unlock the gates and RUN FOR FUN!

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Wednesday (2/1/12)...NATIONAL SPORTS...USA men's soccer to play Brazil at FedEx Field in May...Hoya Power! Georgetown basketball news: men 16-4 (ranked 14th), women 17-5 (ranked 17th)...Texas Rangers extend manager Ron Washington's contract until 2014...Kentucky 21-1 & Baylor 21-0 top the NCAA rankings in men's/women's NCAA basketball...Welcome February, Super Bowl, Spring training & SI swim suit issue...Wizards Watch = 4-16...STATE SPORTS...Terps women basketball 18-3 ranked #9 nationally...Maryland men (13-7) vs Miami tonight in basketball...Washington College men (13-6) vs Haverford tonight...SUPER BOWL INSIDERS INFO:...The Super Bowl will be broadcast in 34 languages...1 billion chicken wings will be consumed on Super Bowl Sunday...28 million pounds of potato chips will be eaten during the Super Bowl...Closest Super Bowl Game, XXV Giants 20-Bills 19 and Mike Ditka, Tom Flores and Tony Dungy have won the Super Bowl as player & coach...