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British Columbia Lions 36....Montreal Alouettes 34 Another terrific game! The Als led 17-3 after one, and 17-6 at the break. BC took the lead for the first time early in the fourth. The lead changed hands a number of times after that until Paul McCallum won it with a field goal with a few seconds left. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ory/GlobeSports

The FCC approved the XM-Sirius merger today. http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/i...ology/xmsirius/

Edmonton Eskimos 19.....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13 http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4167589 http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home Casey Printers hurt his thumb on a tackler's helmet, and was replaced by Ritchie Williams. As usual, Williams looked better than the $500,000 man.

RIP Johnny Griffin holds a special place in my heart because he was featured on one of my first jazz albums, my first Monk album, Thelonious In Action. To this day, Light Blue and Blue Monk from that album are two of my favorite Monk recordings.

Yeah, I know Chuck. But BClug has just this week reappeared for the first time in months, and I haven't seen John Tapscott for a long while either. In the meantime, this thread gets a couple of hundred views a week, so I figure that I must be providing a service to somebody! ***** Winnipeg Blue Bombers 32....Calgary Stampeders 28 What a game! See-saw battle. I think there were 27 points scored in the fourth quarter. Ryan Dinwiddie looked great. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

Happy Birthday Bichos!

Happy Birthday Chris!

Fred Williams Week 5 preview http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4167216 ***** The Bombers released Duncan O'Mahony Tuesday. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Win...6245126-cp.html

tf, I'll say a prayer for everyone's complete recovery. Glad to hear that you both were not seriously injured.

Here's Jerome Holtzman's AP obituary: http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsBaseball/home

Wow! Jason Armstead had one bad game Saturday, and the Als cut him. I was never a big fan of his, but they loved him in Ottawa. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

Holy Toledo, Chris! That's a lot of remotes. I am always losing mine. I have one right now for the recently acquired TV digital converter, but all of the others are AWOL.

The Washington Post obit is too long to post here, but I found it very interesting to read about what this guy did, and I imagine that some of you will as well. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,6777903.story

The Bombers are 0-4, so Doug Berry has named Ryan Dinwiddie as the starting QB over Kevin Glenn. Glenn has the worst efficiency rating in the league, with two TDs and eight INTs. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Win...219396-sun.html

Toronto Argonauts 35....Edmonton Eskimos 31 Evidently a great game. Sorry I had to miss it. http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4166432 http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home ***** It looks like Barrin Simpson is out for the year. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Win...212431-sun.html

I enjoy going to McDonald's to have a cup of coffee and read the paper. Yesterday I noticed a stack of old newspapers which had been hiding in plain sight. Rather than trashing the stack, I grabbed a bunch off the top and headed off for some coffee. One section was the Sports page of USA Today from September 10, 2004. And what did I see but an article, complete with photo, about Alexis Serna, the Bombers' new kicker! At the time he was a redshirt freshman at Oregon State. I'm not sure what he did last night, but last I heard he had not missed a FG attempt yet this year. ***** Saskatchewan Roughriders 41....Montreal Alouettes 33 http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/tsnform..../final/W675.htm Great game with eight lead changes. The Riders are 4-0 for the first time since 1970. I think that Luca Congi is 11 for 11 FGs this year.

Best wishes, Bruce! I'll say a prayer for you tonight.

British Columbia Lions 27....Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4166012 Good game. The Lions came from behind in the fourth to win it.

Here's a breakdown of what the NY Giants will be charging their fans when they move into their new stadium. I guess that so many New Yorkers are rich that it won't matter. In addition, you have all of the corporations who will pay whatever the price is. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

Calgary Stampeders 43....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4165765 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Cal...195016-sun.html http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

Happy Birthday Kenny!

David Naylor Week 4 preview: http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home ***** At the half it's Calgary 27....Hamilton 9. Casey Printers has stunk, while Nik Lewis has scored two TDs. I'm going to bed.

Here is a podcast of three sportswriters discussing the state of the league this week: http://calsun.canoe.ca/Sports/Football/200...15/6166076.html ***** CP Week 4 preview: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Ham...6176841-cp.html ***** Fred Williams Week 4 preview: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...aspx?id=4165531

Happy Birthday JL!

Congratulations Sandy! Did you suggest to the missus that she be named Mosaic?