Last nights game at the Richmond Coliseum may have been won of the worst games I have seen the Gades play all year, it just looked like they were going threw the motions. They weren't playing with any heart and it looked like Knoxville was at least two steps ahead of them all night. The Gades did score the first goal of the game but after that Knoxville controlled the game en route to a 5-2 victory. I think the Gades have run out of steam, hopefully they can get some momentum back before the playoffs start. There was also a very special guest in attendance last night, fellow blogger Al made an appearance at the game last night. The UVA baseball team continued to roll along yesterday knocking off Bucknell 2-0, the Cavs will play a DH with Bucknell today. The UVA basketball will be back in action today when Georgia Tech pays a visit to the JPJ Arena, the Cavs need a win to keep pace with Virginia Tech for 2nd place in the ACC, the Hokies are at home against Miami today. Jeff Gordon captured the pole for this weeks Nextel Cup event at the California Speedway, the Busch cars will race there tonight. We will have our first baseball scrimmage of the year next Saturday at 11am against Trinity, hopefully we won't get to much rain Sunday so we can get a few more practices in before next weeks scrimmage. I am feeling a bit better this morning, I may be back to at least 85% by Mondays practice. MICKEY
Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.
Paul Bryant
1857 - The
first shipment of perforated postage stamps was
received by the
U.S. Government. Only imperforated ones had been used previously.
1938 - The
first nylon bristle toothbrush was made in Arlington, NJ. It was the first time that nylon yarn had been used commercially. Two years later, nylon hosiery was introduced.
1969 -
Johnny Cash recorded his second live prison performance. It followed a concert the previous year at Folsom Prison. The LP
Johnny Cash at San Quentin, with the hit single
A Boy Named Sue, was recorded live as part of a British TV.
1980 - The U.S. Hockey Team won its “Do you believe in miracles?” gold medal. Final score:
U.S. 4, Finland 2. The drama had begun with the U.S. team’s upset win over the powerful Soviet team on February 22. When the U.S. polished off Finland for the gold medal, folks all over the U.S. decided to start believing, indeed!
1989 -
United Airlines Flight 811, out of Honolulu on its way to Sidney, was 100 miles southwest of Hawaii when its
cargo door blew out. The explosion in the Boeing 747 created a 10x40-ft. hole in the fuselage, knocked out the two engines on the right side and caused damage to the flaps and hydraulics. Nine passengers were sucked out of the jetliner to their deaths 20,000 ft over the Pacific.
1991 - Country music star
Webb Pierce died in Nashville at age 65. The official cause of death was heart failure, but he also suffered from pancreatic cancer. Pierce racked up 13 #1 singles on the
Billboard country chart, with 97 singles on the chart between 1952 and 1982.
Actor (''Fish,'' ''Barney Miller'') Abe Vigoda is 86
Actor (''Law and Order'') Steven Hill is 85
Former Georgia governor and senator Zell Miller is 75
Actor James Farentino is 69
Edward James Olmos is 60
Actress Debra Jo Rupp is 56
Actress Helen Shaver is 56
Baseball hall-of-famer Eddie Murray is 51
News anchor Paula Zahn is 51
Country singer Sammy Kershaw is 49
Movie director Todd Field is 43
Actress Bonnie Somerville is 33
