RENEGADES FALL AGAIN, GOAL LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON

The Knoxville Ice Bears beat the Renegades at the RC 5-3 last night giving the Gades three losses in as many nights. The Renegades were out shot in the game 46-24, the defense just gave up to many chances and the Gades took a few to many unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. On the first goal of the game for the Renegades the red light never came on, the goal judge a fellow blogger broke the switch when he went to turn the red light on. After he broke the switch he had to hold up a white towel in the air when someone scored until they could fix the switch, fellow blogger Les thought he was surrendering every time somebody scored. The Virginia Cavaliers are home again today at the JPJ Arena against the Standford Cardinal, the only problem is that neither Keith or Andrew will be in attendance which could a problem for UVA. There is only one undefeated team left in Div 1 college basketball and believe it or not it is none other than the ACC's Clemson Tigers, the Tigers are now 16-0 and will play NC State next on Tuesday night. In the NFL playoffs Saturday the Seahawks beat the Cowboys 21-20 and the Colts beat Chiefs 23-8. Today the Giants will visit the Eagles and the Jets will visit the Patriots. The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for later today and tonight for the possibility of 1 to 2 inches of rain, because the soil moisture and streams are still elevated from recent rains there could be allot of runoff, try to stay dry. MICKEY

A champion is one who gets up when he can't.
Jack Dempsey

1782 - The Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia, making it the first commercial bank in the United States.
1894 - W.(William) K.(Kennedy) L.(Laurie) Dickson received a patent for motion picture film.
1940 - The gate to Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch opened. The ‘singing cowboy’ would entertain on CBS radio for the next 16 years.
1950 - Ernest Tubb made his first appearance at The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN.
1996 - A blizzard paralyzed the Eastern U.S. The storm moved slowly, taking five days to reach New England from the Gulf of Mexico. The National Weather Service called it a storm of “historic proportions” with more than two feet of snow in the Baltimore and Washington, DC area. The mountains of Virginia and West Virginia got up to three feet. More than 100 deaths were blamed on the storm -- the majority from heart attacks.

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