GA Russell

Since I'm not an NFL fan, I haven't been watching the games, and I don't have an opinion of the quality of the refs. However, it seems to me that the use of replacement refs (in any league) invites widespread skepticism among fans, and thus tarnishes the image of the games and the league. I truly don't understand why the NFL is penny-pinching with the refs. The best refs in any sport are harder to replace than most of the players.

My credit card order of Sept. 3 was debited today, and the Amazon website changed my listing from "Not Yet Shipped" to "Shipping Soon".

Here's something I didn't know: In both the CFL and the NFL, it is legal to tackle a man with his hair. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=406026

Congrats Jim! I dropped my cable I think the last week of December of 1991. I would like to watch SpeedTV for the sports car races, and ESPN3.com for its various offerings, but those two things don't justify the price of cable for me. I spend my entertainment money on CDs, books and DVDs, and I enjoy all of them at my leisure rather than according to somebody else's schedule. Of course, I also find entertainment on the internet, but I consider that to be a necessity. It's a great savings for me on a monthly basis, so totalling my savings up over 20 years would I'm sure be an impressive figure. In regard to exercise equipment and losing weight, I highly recommend the NordicTrak. They used to advertise heavily in USA Today, but I'm not even sure if they are still in business nowadays.

BfB, I didn't see any link on your app for orchestras. I was particularly looking for Maynard Ferguson's Roulette recordings that might be on Spotify. Would your Blue Note app include EMI non-Blue Note labels like Roulette? When I checked Maynard not using the Blue Note app, I saw the one Roulette that I have, Letter from Birdland, but there are many albums, and no indication (that I saw) of what label they are on. Can anyone point out other Maynard Roulette albums? Thanks!

Happy Birthday Ron!

This year's Grand Final will be this Friday night (9:30 pm pacific, 12:30 am eastern), Saturday afternoon in Australia. My favorite team the Hawthorn Hawks had a good year, and finished first in the regular season with a 17-5 record. They will face the Sydney Swans, who finished third with a 16-6 record. I assume that the game can be heard at the 3AW link in post #50 above. I recall last year or the year before that I found a second broadcast of the game on the internet as well. I also expect that it will be shown on ESPN3.com.

Montreal Alouettes 31....Toronto Argonauts 10 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4531713 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=405930 Not an interesting game. Ricky Ray hurt his left knee in the first quarter and never came back. Brandon Whitaker's replacement Victor Anderson had a good game and scored two touchdowns. Swayze Waters missed a 41 yard field goal, and Montreal's Trent Guy returned it 129 yards for a touchdown. My first thought was that that would have to tie the league record, because you can't return the ball 130 yards. But of course the league reduced the depth of the end zone from 25 to 20 yards in 1986, and there were two returns for more than 130 before then. So this is tied for the third longest return. ***** Saskatchewan Roughriders 30....Calgary Stampeders 25 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4531773 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=405963 Good game with an exciting fourth quarter. The game was tied at 10 at halftime. The Riders took a 27-13 lead into the fourth quarter and seemed to have the game in hand. But the Stamps scored a field goal, a touchdown with a two-point convert and a single to close the score to 27-25 with 2:35 left. The Riders got a field goal which forced the Stamps to have to go for a touchdown which they couldn't do as time ran out.

British Columbia Lions 19....Edmonton Eskimos 18 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4531501 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=405888 Great game! A defensive battle. The Eskimos led for most of the game, but BC took the lead twice in the fourth quarter. Paul McCallum kicked a 46 yarder with 1:01 left to win it. Steven Jyles started for the Eskimos, and had another good game. Kerry Joseph was scratched, though I'm not sure the extent of his injury.

Happy Birthday 2012 gdogus!

Is that for the recordings of Les McCann, Hank Crawford, David Newman, Roy Ayers, Herbie Mann etc or other stuff? MG MG, I'm thinking Mose Allison, Herbie Mann, Roland Kirk; and the Herbie Mann labels Vortex and Embryo which had Miroslav Vitous, Chick Corea, Attila Zoller and others.

There are two Dave Brubeck Quartet Original Album Classics boxes. The one with the five odd time albums is now only $14.39. http://www.amazon.co...x_ya_os_product PS - I should add that Amazon's price is $14.98 with free Super Saver shipping.

Prestige for the 50s Verve for the 60s Atlantic for the later 60s

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34....Hamilton Tiger-cats 12 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4531210 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/pierce-helps-bombers-down-hamilton-for-third-win-of-the-season/article4561170/ I love windy games in Regina, Winnipeg and Calgary! Tonight the wind was blowing 40-60 kph (24-36 mph) which made kicking into the wind difficult, but the kickers did their jobs on attempts inside 40 yards. It was a close game for 45 minutes, and the Bombers led 16-12 after three. But they ran away with it in the fourth with 18 unanswered points. Buck Pierce returned after missing eight games. The Bombers are 11-5 in the last 16 games that Pierce has started, so I guess there is a ray of hope for them as long as Pierce is in the lineup.

I knew of nothing like what I read about the Jets all the time when I was a kid fifty years ago. Were pro football players much tamer then, or was it all covered up back in those days?

Thanks for that tip, romualdo! I was unfamiliar with them. I too ordered the Rava box. Great price! Unfortunately, they gave me no option to choose a shipping method less expensive than airmail, so that cost me an extra pound or so, but no complaints.

Chris O'Leary Week 13 picks http://www.cflblogzone.com/2012/09/cfl-picks-and-the-week-of-matt-nichols/ ***** Matthew Scianitti Week 13 picks http://www.cflblogzone.com/2012/09/cfl-picks-week-13-buck-pierce-is-back-with-bombers/

In the NFL tonight, the Giants beat the Panthers 36-7. I note that the kickers of both teams are former CFL guys: Lawrence Tynes and Justin Medlock. http://www.theglobea...article4558316/ ***** Mike Beamish Week 13 picks and power rankings http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/09/20/cfl-week-13-games-power-rankings/

Here's a photo of the model of the new Regina stadium, with accompanying article. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/regina-unveils-concept-design-for-new-stadium-to-house-roughriders/article4555430/

I couldn't get two good jazz photos to transfer over (I think it had something to do with rights to both photos), so I will let you guess the famous name this non-jazz person was known by:

George Gershwin?

Greg Xenakes Week 13 picks http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4530603

The Winnipeg Free Press has laid off Adam Wazny, its Jets reporter.

sk, I placed an order for two books with Amazon proper Sept. 3 which still hasn't shipped yet. I'm not sure, but I suspect that one of the books is a lulu print-on-demand, which I think holds things up.

Steve Sabol has died of a brain tumor at age 69. RIP. I always liked him. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/nfl-films-president-steve-sabol-dies-at-69/article4551434/