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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.

Before he became a pro wrestler, Lex Luger was an offensive lineman named Larry Pfohl. I saw him play for the Montreal Alouettes in the 1979 Grey Cup.

Tonight's game will be shown live (in the US) on espn3.com at 9:30 pm eastern. ***** Argos long snapper Jake Reinhart accepted a challenge yesterday, and snapped the ball from the goal line, and hit the crossbar 110 yards away! http://www.thesnap.ca/jake-reinhart-is-back-again-this-time-he-accepts-the-crossbar-challenge/ ***** 6/12 Checking Down roundup http://cfl.ca/article/checking-down-week-2-of-training-camp-pre-season ***** The Ticats' Brian Bulcke has torn his ACL, and will miss the season. http://cfl.ca/article/ticats-defensive-tackle-bulcke-out-for-season-with-acl-injury

Here's something I've come upon. The union has issued its own 2015 preview! Part 1 https://cflpa.com/poll-recap-10-1/ Part 2 https://cflpa.com/poll-recap-10-2/ Part 3 https://cflpa.com/poll-recap-10-3/ Part 4 https://cflpa.com/poll-recap-10-4/ ***** The festivities for this year's Grey Cup in Winnipeg have been announced. https://cflpa.com/103rd-grey-cup-festival/

Happy Birthday 2015 Kevin!

You do realize pro wrestling is fake, right? The "elbow thing"was just a "signature move" that the promoters came up with. And the "Nature Boy" isn't heartbroken, he's dead. Scott (and I'm embarrassed to admit that I know anything about pro wrestling!), not only is the Nature Boy not dead, but he made a splash on TV just a few minutes ago on the broadcast of the Warriors/Cavaliers game! http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/06/ric-flair-bursts-into-nba-tv-game-4-broadcast-woo

The WADA is not satisfied with the league's new PED policy. http://www.tsn.ca/wada-room-for-improvement-in-cfl-s-drug-testing-policy-1.305009 http://3downnation.com/2015/06/10/wada-blasts-the-cfl-on-drug-testing/#comments ***** The Als have placed Tanner Marsh on the six-week injured list - a knee problem, but no ligament damage. http://cfl.ca/article/alouettes-place-quaterback-marsh-on-six-game-injured-list http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/the-snap-alouettes-injuries-starting-to-mount ***** Could you survive a CFL training camp? http://3downnation.com/2015/06/06/could-you-survive-a-cfl-training-camp/#comments ***** The next game will be tomorrow (Friday) at 9:30 pm eastern - BC at Calgary. Radio http://www.tsn.ca/radio/vancouver-1040-i-1410 http://www.newstalk770.com/?refresh=60767

Wesbed? Is there someone here named wesbed? Congrats, Jim!

RIP. https://www.bing.com/search?q=Ornette+Coleman&filters=tnTID%3a%22F2086C03-DC55-4748-BF4A-F81D6EE8BCC4%22+tnVersion%3a%22933852%22+segment%3a%22popularnow.carousel%22+tnCol%3a%2211%22+tnOrder%3a%221c540195-f270-4b18-ad19-16222e438513%22&FORM=BSPN01&crslsl=1135&efirst=8

Drew Edwards reports that the Ticats' Mossis Madu has hurt his shoulder, and will miss the season. ***** Forbes has recognized the league's #IsItJuneYet? Twitter campaign the #3 best sports marketing campaign on Twitter so far this year. http://www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/2015/06/09/here-are-5-of-the-best-sports-marketing-campaigns-that-went-viral-in-2015/ ***** The league will again be carried by ESPN in the US this year. I believe that all the regular season and playoff games which which are not on ESPN or ESPN2 will be on ESPN3.com http://cfl.ca/article/cfl-games-return-to-espn-in-2015 ***** For those of you who do not keep up with Canadian news, Jacques Parizeau passed away on June 1, and was laid to rest yesterday. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/whos-who-of-quebec-politics-attending-parizeau-funeral-in-montreal/article24876433/ ***** Last night... Winnipeg 34....Toronto 27 http://cfl.ca/article/bombers-open-exhibition-with-win-over-argos-at-varsity http://www.tsn.ca/bombers-beat-argos-for-exhibition-win-1.304426 Both teams showed good offense. Backup QBs Robert Marve and Trevor Harris both looked good.

Happy Birthday Craig!

Happy Birthday Bertrand!

The Argos host the Bombers tonight at Varsity Stadium at 7:30 pm eastern. http://cfl.ca/article/preview-argos-host-bombers-at-varsity-stadium Radio http://www.tsn.ca/radio/toronto-1050 http://player.cjob.com/ ***** The league has a new pick-the-winners contest. It looks like the winner gets a trip to the Grey Cup. http://pickem.cfl.ca/ ***** The Eskimos have signed former Bomber Chad Simpson to replace John White. http://cfl.ca/article/eskimos-ink-running-back-chad-simpson ***** I read the other day that BMO Field has a grass field - I think the only park in the league that does. ***** Listening to the Ticats game last night, I learned that there will be only one cutdown date this year. The announcer said that the teams think it is less expensive to keep everyone on the roster for the entire pre-season period than it is to fly people in and out. ***** Reebok's contract with the league will not be renewed at the end of this season. I'll be interested to see what sort of interest there will be in the league. http://3downnation.com/2015/06/08/11994/#comments