Peyton is one step away from leaving A-Rod in the dust...
Just one thing remains for Peyton Manning to escape Alex Rodriguez' neighborhood and he should accomplish that by beating the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI in 2 weeks. That will leave A-Rod the lone, active, over-achieving regular season player who under-achieves in the post-season...
No sour-grapes, no post-mortem, no-woulda, coulda, shoulda's from this Patriot fan. Manning came up big when he had to. His team won and now they're on to the Super Bowl for a February 4th meeting with the Chicago Bears. Congratulations to both teams. Now let's move on...
I do however have a comment on Patriot receiver Reche Caldwell who not only looked like Marty Feldman but dropped passes that the late comedian would've caught easily. That's without ever seeing Marty play football. Don't need to - I saw Reche Caldwell. Let's see now...I wonder who will be the first receiver Belichick will drop before next season, hmmm. I can see it now, Belichick invites Kim Carnes to the going away party for Reche. I can even hear her singing, "He's got Marty Feldman eyes"...
There's lots to cover today so let's get started. I have 2 video links today and you'll find one in the timeline and another in my Commentary. Stand by...
Timeline Memories...
"Happy Trails": 1973] Former President Lyndon Baines Johnson dies of a heart attack at 64...1995] Kennedy Matriarch Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy who had a paralyzing stroke 20 years earlier dies at the Hyannis Port Compound at 104...
"Guilty as Charged": This was a bad day for bombers...1957] George Metesky a.k.a. "The Mad Bomber" is arrested in Waterbury (CT) and accused of planting more than 30 explosive devices over a 15 year period in the New York Metropolitan area. Deemed insane, Metesky will be at a state institution until being released in 1973 when he would return home to Waterbury and live until he was 90...1998] Theodore Kaczynski a.k.a. "The Unabomber" pleads guilty in return for a life sentence (which he is serving) without parole...2001] Former NFL player Rae Carruth is sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and 11 months in prison for his role in the 1999 murder of his pregnant girlfriend (the baby survives and is being raised by the victim's mother)...
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered": 1960] Sam Cooke signs with RCA Records...
Recorded on this date: 1963] "On Broadway" - Drifters...1966] "Wouldn't It Be Nice" - Beach Boys...1971] "Power To The People" - John & Yoko...
Debuted on this date: 1962] Gene Chandler ("The Duke of Earl") makes his TV debut on "American Bandstand"...
"Sock It To Me": 1968] "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" debuts on NBC-TV (video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPxfIVutWMI&mode=related&search=
King George: 1973] George Foreman wins the heavyweight title with a 2nd round KO of Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica...
The Supremes Rule: 1973] Roe vs. Wade is born, legalizing abortion after the Supreme Court strikes down state laws prohibiting abortion...
Big Apple: 1984] Apple introduces the Macintosh...
Soopuh: 1984] Barry Manilow sings the national anthem and then the Los Angeles Raiduhs rip the Washington Redskins 38-9 in Super Bowl XVIII...1989] Joe Montana leads the 49ers on an 11-play, 92 yard touchdown drive with 34 seconds left to lift San Francisco to a 20-16 win over Cincinnati in Super Bowl XXIII (it's the 3rd title for the 49ers)...
Madam Secretary: 1997] The Senate confirms Madeleine Albright as the nation's 1st female secretary of state...
"So sue me": 2002] AOL Time Warner files suit against Microsoft seeking damages for harm done to AOL's Netscape Internet Browser when Microsoft gives away a competing browser...
Chapter 11: 2002] Kmart files for chapter 11 bankruptcy...
[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...
Commentary...
It was sad hearing that Denny Doherty had passed away over the weekend at 66, leaving Michelle Phillips as the sole surviving member of The Mamas and The Papas. Denny had suffered an aneurysm in his abdomen in mid-December and was placed on dialysis. He had been released by a hospital in Canada, was in weakened condition and died in his sleep on Friday, January 19th. As a tribute to Denny, here's a video link to Denny and John sharing lead vocals on the group's 1st hit, "California Dreaming": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGjCt1LT_CM&mode=related&search= ...
We also lost a veteran actor from "Barney Miller" - Ron Carey (Officer Carl Levitt) who suffered a fatal stroke last Tuesday. Ron Carey was 71...Former Mets pitching coach Vern Ruhle, 55, (also with Houston, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, California and Cincinnati as pitcher and pitching coach) passed away on Saturday after a year long battle with cancer of the bone (multiple myeloma)...R.I.P. Denny Doherty, Ron Carey and Vern Ruhle...
| "Happy Birthday...happy birthday": Diane Lane (42), Linda Blair (48), Islander Hockey Hall of Famer Mike Bossy (53), John Hurt (67), Joseph Wambaugh (70), Piper Laurie (75) and Birch Bayh (79)... Timeline Countdown: 13 days until Super Bowl XLI, 24 days until 'pitchers and catchers' and 58 days from Spring... ... |
