GA Russell

Sportsnet CFL West preview http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/cfl-west-division-preview/

Last night... Toronto 30....Montreal 10 http://www.tsn.ca/argos-rout-alouettes-in-pre-season-matchup-1.312378 http://www.cfl.ca/article/key-takaways-pair-of-defensive-tds-pull-boatmen-past-als ***** Tonight's three games wrap up the exhibition season. The Stamps/Riders game will be streamed on the league's website at 9:30 pm eastern. http://www.cfl.ca/article/watch-stamps-vs-riders-live-via-livestream ***** The Als put Kyries Hebert on the six-game injured list. http://www.cfl.ca/article/als-place-linebacker-hebert-on-six-game-injured-list http://www.tsn.ca/report-hebert-placed-on-six-game-injury-list-1.312615 ***** The Als have released Khalif Mitchell. http://www.cfl.ca/article/alouettes-release-d-lineman-khalif-mitchell http://www.tsn.ca/alouettes-cut-controversial-dt-mitchell-1.312971 ***** TSN Hamilton http://www.tsn.ca/other-sports/hamilton-tiger-cats-season-preview-1.298064 ***** Sportsnet CFL East preview http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/cfl-east-division-season-preview/ ***** The league has announced that it plans for its Thursday games this summer to have a vibe different from its other broadcasts. http://www.cfl.ca/article/thursday-night-football-coming-to-the-cfl-tsn ***** One of the new rules is that the defense may not contact the receivers past five yards from the line of scrimmage. Charleston Hughes predicts that as a result, there won't be many sacks this year. http://3downnation.com/2015/06/15/stamps-sackmaster-predicts-numbers-will-be-down-across-cfl-this-season/

Happy Birthday 2015 Adam!

John David Crow has died at 79. RIP. I had his bubble gum card in 1960. In those days, the Cardinals had Crow, Bobby Joe Conrad, Jackie Smith, Charlie Johnson and Sonny Randle, but not enough to compete for the championship. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/sports/ncaafootball/john-david-crow-heisman-winner-at-texas-am-dies-at-79.html?_r=0

For amazon.de... The price for the US is 20,16 euros plus 3,50 euros shipping. Today a euro is $1.14. So that would put the price at $26.97 plus the bank's conversion fee.

Tonight's Argos/Als game will be on espn3.com at 7:30 pm eastern, as well as the radio... http://www.tsn.ca/radio/montreal-690 http://www.tsn.ca/radio/toronto-1050 ***** TSN Edmonton http://www.tsn.ca/other-sports/edmonton-eskimos-season-preview-1.298058 ***** Mark Fulton here tackles the quarterback efficiency rating. Let me you know if you understand this! http://3downnation.com/2015/06/17/measuring-quarterback-efficiency-success-in-the-cfl/

What's the amazon.de shipping? About five bucks?

Thanks guys! I have had Mode for Joe for 20 years, and still play it plenty of times. Maybe ten year ago I bought In 'n' Out from BMG, but I don't think I've opened it yet! I picked up the Milestone box a few years ago. Was Newbury Comics the one who was dumping them? So by your suggestions, I' guess I'll be looking at Inner Urge and Basra.

I might be in the mood to pick up another of Joe Henderson's early Blue Note albums. Could you please list in order your top three favorites of those? Thanks!

Many years ago I guess I assumed that Steve Kerr was Johnny's son. But I've just looked them both up, and apparently they're not related.

Hey Melonheads! Check these out! http://www.thesnap.ca/there-is-a-roughriders-cement-truck-because-of-course/ ***** Now I see definitive word that ESPN will carry 20 games, and ESPN3.com an additional 69. Schedule still to come. http://www.marketingmag.ca/media/espn-re-ups-cfl-broadcast-deal-149453

6/17 Checking Down http://cfl.ca/article/checking-down-northern-kickoff-highlights-busy-week Check out the Brendan Taman story! ***** Jamie Nye considers possible fantasy league steals. http://cfl.ca/article/nye-a-fantasy-sleeper-for-every-cfl-team ***** TSN Saskatchewan http://www.tsn.ca/other-sports/saskatchewan-roughriders-season-preview-1.298048 ***** Luke Tasker hurt his knee today. No word yet on how serious the injury is. The Ticats have seen a lot of injuries this training camp. http://www.tsn.ca/tasker-leaves-practice-with-knee-injury-1.310789

Congratulations to the city of Oakland which enjoys a championship the last year it has the team! I had no idea that the Warriors hadn't won the title since 1975 (40 years). And I note that in the OP I said that I had no idea that the Warriors were good, so there you go!

The Criterion 3-DVD box of Seven Samurai is $24.49. The Blu-ray is a dollar more. http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Samurai-The-Criterion-Collection/dp/B000G8NXYG?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camelproducts-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000G8NXYG

The FBI is investigating the Cardinals, thinking that they might have hacked into the Astros' computers! http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/sports/baseball/st-louis-cardinals-hack-astros-fbi.html?module=Notification&version=BreakingNews&region=FixedTop&action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=36069111&pgtype=Homepage&_r=0

TSN Winnipeg http://www.tsn.ca/winnipeg-blue-bombers-season-preview-1.297990

I note that its release date is Sept. 18. That's a Friday; so that means that the plan to establish Friday as the global release day will be in effect by then.

TSN has begun its annual season previews! TSN Montreal http://www.tsn.ca/other-sports/montreal-alouettes-season-preview-1.298030 TSN BC http://www.tsn.ca/other-sports/bc-lions-season-preview-1.298008 TSN Toronto http://www.tsn.ca/other-sports/toronto-argonauts-season-preview-1.297998 TSN Ottawa http://www.tsn.ca/ottawa-redblacks-season-preview-1.288120 ***** The rich get richer. The Stampeders have signed Tim Brown. http://cfl.ca/article/stampeders-sign-return-specialist-tim-brown ***** The Argos have placed Ricky Ray on the six-game injured list. http://cfl.ca/article/argos-place-ricky-ray-on-six-game-injured-list

Scott, I won't bet the ranch that he was called The Great Wahoo. I don't remember him as a wrestler. I only remember all the talk about him during the football broadcasts. I was an AFL fan. Now I see on Wikipedia that there was an ABA/NBA player I vaguely recall named Jim McDaniels. It's likely that that's where I'm getting the name Jim from.

Dave, Wikipedia says that McDaniel's first name was Ed. But I have a strong recollection that it was Jim. Maybe I had a Denver bubble gum card that said "Jim." Do you recall him as Ed McDaniel?

Thanks Lon! I think my problem was that I spelled Erroll with only one "l."

Dave, can you please provide a link? It's not coming up for me.

I've been sick in bed for the past three days, so let's catch up. Michael Sam left the Als' camp unexpectedly but with permission Friday, the day before the Als' first exhibition game. The Als have suspended him. http://www.tsn.ca/popp-sam-s-football-career-on-the-line-1.308385 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3123307/Michael-Sam-leaves-Montreal-Alouettes-training-camp-personal-reasons.html ***** Calgary 20....BC 6 http://cfl.ca/article/fourth-quarter-major-lifts-stamps-over-lions http://www.tsn.ca/stamps-get-past-lions-in-pre-season-game-1.307218 ***** The Argos have signed Adrian McPherson. He spent last year playing arena ball. http://cfl.ca/article/argos-sign-former-als-qb-adrian-mcpherson http://www.tsn.ca/former-als-qb-mcpherson-signs-with-argos-1.307365 ***** Montreal 26....Ottawa 9 http://cfl.ca/article/second-half-surge-pushes-als-over-redblacks http://www.tsn.ca/als-start-pre-season-with-rout-of-redblacks-1.307794 ***** Edmonton 31....Saskatchewan 24 http://cfl.ca/article/esks-complete-the-comeback-in-pre-season-opener http://www.tsn.ca/eskimos-rally-past-riders-in-pre-season-1.307901 ***** Each team announced its first round of cuts yesterday. Obviously, what I reported last week about there being only one round of cuts was incorrect. Those looking for work now include Alex Suber, Jabari Arthur and Tino Sunseri. I'm surprised to see that the Ticats suspended CJ Gable. As mentioned June 6, Gable hurt his hand and will be out for a month. http://cfl.ca/article/first-cuts-tracking-roster-moves-around-the-cfl http://www.tsn.ca/cfl-clubs-pare-down-training-camp-rosters-1.308063

The popularity of the album when it was new makes this more interesting to me than the music itself.

I had Ernie Ladd's 1962 Fleer bubble gum card when he played for the Chargers. Ladd played in the AFL. I had Leo Nomenilli's card in 1959 when he was with the 49ers. It said on the back that he wrestled in the off-season. I remember well Wahoo McDaniel playing for Denver and New York Jets in the AFL in the '60s. He was called Wahoo because he wrestled in the off-season as the Indian chief The Great Wahoo. I recall reading many years later that he said that the most he made playing football in a year was $45,000; and the most he made wrestling in a year was $600,000.