The Good...
Not only is Emmitt Smith a lock for the Pro Football Hall Of Fame as soon as he's eligible but the man can dance too. He proved that last night when the viewers voted him the winner of "Dancing With The Stars", the #2 rated show on television. Stand by for a video link showing Emmitt and dancing partner Cheryl Burke doing "Can't Touch This", the free-form dance they performed in the finals...
The Bad...
Houston Texan offensive lineman Fred Weary, 29, was shot with a Taser before being arrested after a traffic stop Tuesday night after pushing an officer and refusing to put his hands on his car. Weary was taken to Houston's Central Jail overnight...
The Ugly...
O. J. Simpson. All that needs to be said is his new book and upcoming interviews on Fox television are titled "If I Did It, Here's How It Happened"...
The link to the Emmitt Smith video clip is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g70_YNC_kSY
Ten Timeline Memories...
- [1915] Coca-Cola has its prototype for a contoured bottle patented. The bottle makes its commercial debut the following year...
- [1952] In Peanuts, Lucy holds the football for Charlie Brown to fan on for the 1st time...
- [1957] Jim Brown (Cleveland Browns) sets an NFL season rushing record of 1,163 yards gained after only 8 games...
- [1957] Dick Lynch scampers around right end for a touchdown, ending Oklahoma's streak of 47 consecutive wins as Notre Dame beats the #1 ranked Sooners 7-0 in Norman (OK)...
- [1959] William "Billy" Sullivan Jr. and a group of Boston businessmen is awarded the 8th and final franchise in the new American Football League. The Boston Patriots are born...
- [1966] Dr. Sam Sheppard is acquitted in his second trial on charges of murdering his pregnant wife (Marilyn) in 1954 (this story was the basis for the TV series, "The Fugitive")...
- [1982] An agreement is reached in the 57th day of a strike by NFL players. The 16-game season is shortened to 9 games with 8 teams seeded from 1 to 8 at the end of the season (the Washington Redskins will beat the Miami Dolphins in SBXVII)...
- [1995] Attorney General Janet Reno discloses that she has Parkinson's disease (she will step down in January, 2001)...
- [1999] Chrica Adams, pregnant girlfriend of NFLer Rae Carruth, is shot 4 times while sitting in her car. She will die a month later. The baby survives. Carruth is sentenced to a minimum of 18+ years for his role in the murder...
- [2004] President George W. Bush picks National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice as his new secretary of state (succeeding Colin Powell)...
"Happy Trails": 1960] Clark Gable dies of a heart attack at 59...1961] House Speaker Sam Rayburn dies in Texas of cancer at 79...
#1 on this date: 1960] "Stay" - Maurice Williams and Zodiacs (the shortest #1 hit in the Rock and Roll era at 1:37)...1970] "I Think I Love You" - David Cassidy (& The Patridge Family) The song goes to #1 exactly 2 months and 4 days after the TV show debuts...1974] "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" - John Lennon (with backup vocals and piano by Elton John)...1980] "Lady" - Kenny Rogers (Am I the only one who thinks of Jerry Lewis when I see this title?)...
Released on this date: 1974] "Boogie On Reggae Woman" - Stevie Wonder...1979] "Wonderful Christmas" - Paul McCartney (Lynn Phillips Brough used to play this song in August, she liked it so much)...
Debuted on this date: 1959] The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music" (on Broadway)...
Wedding Bells: 1981] Luke marries Laura on "General Hospital" for a TV audience of 16 million viewers (this couple recently reunited for their roles on the soap)...1987] Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet rock down the aisle (they separate in 1990 and divorce in 1993...
[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in the timeline]...
Commentary...
With so many football stories in the timeline, this is a good time to congratulate the New England Patriots for having the wisdom to finally cover that quagmire of a field at Gillette Stadium. As we speak FieldTurf is being laid on the field and it will be ready to play on by the next home game on November 26th. You can't hope to entertain maintaining a natural grass field with the amount of activity (soccer, live shows and football) conducted on that field. At one time the Patriots took advantage of the field in bad weather and got the edge on visiting teams but the field is so bad it's bad for the home team as well. Enough already. Good move...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Oksana Baiul (29), Lisa Bonet (39), Diana Krall (42), Dwight Gooden (42), Marg(e) Helgenberger (48) and Clu Gulager (78)...
Timeline Countdown: 7 days until Thanksgiving, 29 days until Chanukah, 39 days until Christmas, 45 days until 2007, 52 days until the NFL playoffs and 80 days until Super Bowl XLI in Miami...
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