LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Tuesday 2/14/12...HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!...Jose Canseco is trying to make a comeback in MLB at 47 years old, Good luck Jose!...Georgetown is now 19-5 in men's basketball and perhaps the best Wash/Balt area college team...11,008 fans watched the Lady Terps (22-4) lose to Miami...Caps are 3-4-3 in their last 10 games and fighting for a playoff spot...Notre Dame women's basketball team lost to WVU to snap their 21 game winning streak...Bow Wow! Westminister Kennel Dog Show is the big sports event this week in NYC...American teenager Jessica Korda won the Australian Women's Open Golf Championship...Wizards death watch = 6-22 record...2012 Olympics will have women's boxing in three weight classes...Zambia won the African Cup soccer championship...Wales beat Scotland in rugby 27-13...Bernard Lagat regined the American 5,000 meter record in track & field at the Millrose Games in NYC...KI vs James Bennett & QA vs Wicomico in bball tonight..."Unchain my Heart" (...and tracks) on Valentines Day and let local runners/walkers/joggers use local high school tracks...

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Monday (2/12+1/12)...The Old Lefty is back! Phil Mickelson wins the Pebble Beach PGA golf championship (did you see the great shots of the Left Coast shoreline on TV??)...Ah Spring! Navy beat VMI in lacrosse 14-7 this weekend...Hines Ward says he wants to finish his career with the Steelers...Redskins fans Question of the Day!! Who do you want next year at QB? Grossman, Beck or Manning??...Wizards Watch = 5-22 on the season...What is going on in merry old England? Soccer players refusing to shake hands, 8 game suspensions due to racial slurs, near fights at halftime & games end! Its not like this on Masterpiece Theater where only the butlers/rich folks are rude!...Caps are now 28-21-5 and 2 points out of 1st place...Did you know?? The 1960 Orange Bowl was the 1st year a blimp was used to cover a sports event (...its been all down hill since then)...SISYPHUS AWARD, John Feinstein in a great basketball article in the WASH POST described the Loyola U men's (Baltimore) team as the "Sisyphus of college basketball programs" (Feinstein, Sisyphus, & Loyola are facing an uphill battle to promote hopeless causes)...MLB Spring Training Camps are about to open and stand by for a lot of last minute roster changes (Manny to O's, Nats still looking for cf & lead off batter)...THURSDAY NIGHT FEVER! QA vs KI in boys & girls high school baskeball...RUN FOR FUN! How about we unlock the local high school tracks for local runners/joggers/walkers to use!!...P.S. Don't forget Valentines Day (tomorrow) dark chocolate is good for you!

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Sunday Funnies (2/12/12)...Duke men beat Terps 66-53 in basketball...Army beats Navy 69-63 and Gettysburg beats Washington College 83-69 in other local men's basketball games...Stefon Diggs going to College Park to play for the Terps in football (Wash Post High School Defensive Player of the year)...NCAA basketball Tournament selection of teams 1 month away...USA upsets Federev's Swiss team to advance in Davis Cup Tennis play...Felix Loch of Germany won the world's luge championship...Peyton Manning working out at Duke and maybe headed to the REDSKINS!!!...NBA to honor it's 1st black player Earl Loyd (Washington Capitols 10/31/1950)...O's apologize to South Korean organizations due to signing of high school player...Australia beat Sri Lanka in cricket by 5 runs...Harvard lost for the 1st time in Ivy League play but still should make the NCAA playoffs...KIHS vs QACHS coming up in basketball (2/16/12)...

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Saturday (2/11/12).. BEAT THE SNOW DAY BLUES TV SPECIAL: Navy vs Army in basketball 2:30 p.m. on CBS TV..."LINSANITY" IN NYC! Another plot by Harvard U as Jeremy Lin is the talk of NYC & the NBA. Lin is a Harvard grad now playing for Knicks and leading them to 4 straight wins..Murray State lost in basketball (last undefeated Division l team)...WAY TOO MUCH INFO! Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, MLB pitcher reveals he used cocaine while pitching!... IT'S ALL SHOW BIZ! Shane "Flyin Hawaiian" Victorino (Phillies OF) to appear in "Hawaii Five-O" TV show...USA vs Brazil in soccer May 30th at FEDEX Field...Congrats to Jenn Suhr who set an American women's indoor pole vault record (16 feet)...CAN'T DANCE DON'T MAKE ME! Patriots TE Gronkowski underwent surgery & will give up dancing for awhile (we hope)...NBA Wizards 5-21...Caps fighting for 1st with 28-21-5 record...Maryland Men vs Duke today in basketball (4 p.m.)...301/50 Basketball Battle 2/16/12 as KIHS vs QACHS in boys & girls basketball... SURE SIGNS OF SPRING! MLB Spring training is just around the corner, SI Swim Suit issue comes out next week,local high school SPRING sports practices start in 18 days & VALENTINES DAY is next Tuesday guys!

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...TGIF (2/10/12)...Payton Manning coming to the Redskins???? Good idea according to Wash Post...Terps QB Danny O'Brien leaving College Park??? (player 23 to leave since Jan. 2011)...NHL to pay U of Michigan $3 million to play Winter Classic hockey game in Michigan Stadium...North Dakota to put universities nick name on state ballot for citizens choice??? (don't they have bigger issues in Dakota???)...Jim Larranaga has Miami U thinking basketball in Coral Gables (Miami 14-7)...FYI: Wizards are 5-21 and have 7 players in their 1st or 2nd year in the NBA...Zambia vs Ivory Coast in Africa Cup of Nations soccer final...Tottenham Coach Harry Redknapp to become England's new national soccer team coach???...Emma King, Oakdale High School, pole vaulted 12 feet, 3 inches highest jump in Matyland state indoor history...KIHS vs QACHS next Thursday )2/16/12) in boys and girls basketball...

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Thursday (2/9/12)...NATIONAL SPORTS...Georgetown men drop a OT basketball game to Orangemen 64-61 last night...Memphis joins Big East for all sports for 2013...NCAA Basketball rankings: Baylor #1 women and Kentucky #1 men...Tiger Woods says he is against "Belly Putters" in golf (Tiger wait until you reach 50+ years in age)...Fabio Capello quits as England's national soccer team coach (this is like Super Bowl coach quitting day before Super Bowl)...Speaking of Thin Ice, Dutch cancel national speed skating marathon in which 16,000 skaters were to take part, Yes Virginia THIN ICE problems!...Penguins star Sidney Crosby is practicing again...coming back soon???...India beats Sri Lanka by four wickets in cricket (...and we thought the Super Bowl was close)... And we thought we had labor unrest in the U.S.A Column: Oh,Oh,labor union problems in Brazil and the World Cup stadiums might not be ready for the 2014 World Cup...Bobsled news for you people who like the cold & snow: Cathleen Martini of Germany is ranked #1 in the 2 women world bobsled rankings, Alexsandra Zubkov of Russia #1 in 4 man bobsled rankings....For those who like warm temperatures and sunny days: pitchers & catchers are about to report to MLB Spring training. Nats are loaded and just need a cf and lead off batter to compete in the NL East.O's just a new owner to compete in the Babe Ruth Little League T ball division!...Cuba vs Hungry this weekend in boxing, does anyone follow boxing???...COMING ATTRACTIONS: Next week = Valentine's Day (2/14), SI Swim Suit Issue (2/14) and KIHS vs QACHS boys and girls basketball (2/16)

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Wednesday 2/8/12...NATIONAL SPORTS...NYC throws a ticker tape parade for Super Bowl Champ Giants...Mrs Tom Brady throws a "fit" over Patriots loss (...move on Mrs B)...Spring Training Prep #1: Will Bryce Harper make the Nationals opening day roster???...Give it Up! U of North Dakota fans signing a petition to restore "Fighting Sioux" nick name (how about "Frozen Tundras"...)...A's sign GM Billy "Mr Moneyball" Beane to contract through 2019 (...best A's signing in years)...RIP Harry Keough of 1950 U.S. World Cup soccer team (team upset England in World Cup play)...Big 10 bosses say "maybe" to national college 4 team football playoff...STATE SPORTS... Close Call! Maryland men beat Clemson 64-62 in basketball (Duke on 2/11)...Terps women 20-3 play Clemson on 2/9/12...Caps beat Panthers and are back in 1st place in Southeast...Wizards are 5-20 and on a 1 game win streak...Washington College men and women vs Swathmore today in basketball...LOCAL SPORTS...OPPS MY BAD! QA vs KI in basketball "next week" on 2/16/12...QACHS girls & boys beat North Dorchester in basketball last night....FREE THE TRACK, how about we let local women runners use our high school tracks to jog and run on! Guys don't forget Valentines Day is 6 days away...