"Darling you got to let me know"...Billy Donovan wakes up Sunday morning and in the middle of brushing his teeth yells out to wife Christine. And now the other shoe drops, "Should I stay or should I go?" Before Christine can get a word out of her mouth in response, Billy continues. "This indecision's bugging me. If they don't want me, set me free". "If I go there will be trouble, an' if I stay it will be double." "Well come on and let me know. Should I cool it or should I blow." ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ag8J2NMYmc ...
Okay so I took a little liberty with the order of the lyrics, written in 1981 and included in The Clash LP "Combat Rock", released in 1982 on Epic Records and tapes (no CD's back then). I love it when a college coach decides to stay at the college level rather than turn pro as Donovan appears to have done. For every failure, Lou Holtz, Rick Pitino and Nick Saban among the lot, there's a Joe Paterno (who will be buried in his cleats on the field in Happy Valley, PA), Mike Krzyzewski and Bobby Stoops who would rather stay than go...
Long Island's Billy Donovan has won 2 consecutive college basketball championships as coach of the Florida Gators. He now has a chance for 3. I, for one, am glad you changed your mind Billy...
10 Timeline Memories:
- 1674] Scratched: Horse racing is prohibited in Massachusetts. It returns when the state figures out how to collect the vig...
- 1876] A test drive: Henry Ford makes a successful pre-dawn test run of his horseless carriage through the streets of Detroit...
- 1935] A pane in the glass: Invisible glass is patented by Gerald Brown and Edward Pollard who try to walk through it but suffer severe gashes and several stitches for their effort after being rushed to an invisible hospital and treated by an invisible attending doctor...
- 1939] On a roll: The 1st shopping cart is introduced by Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma City. That afternoon the cart disappears...
- 1947] Take a walk: The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approves the Taft-Hartley Act which allows the president to intervene in labor disputes...
- 1974] The 1st and last 10 cent brewski night: The Cleveland Indians hold "10 Cent Beer Night" but are forced to forfeit their game with Texas because of drunk, unruly fans carrying on. Not Cleveland's finest hour...
- 1989] Tiananmen tragedy: Chinese Army troops storm Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement resulting in hundreds and possibly thousands killed...
- 1998] Guilty as charged: Terry Nichols is sentenced by a federal judge to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing...
- 2000] MIA turns ugly: Julius "Dr. J" Erving reports that his 19-year old son Cory is missing. His body will be found on July 6, 2000...
- 2003] Martha my dear: Martha Stewart steps down as head of her media empire, hours after federal prosecutors charge her with obstruction of justice, conspiracy, securities fraud, lying to investigators and a dirty cake pan...
Music Memories:
- 1942] Not 'cleans': Glenn Wallichs of Capitol Records comes up with the idea of sending out promotional copies of records to radio stations. Glenn will spend countless hours drilling those tiny holes in the label...
- 1984] Released on this date: "Born in the U.S.A" LP - Bruce Springsteen ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPudiBR15mk&mode=related&search= )...
- 1992] The stamp of the champ: The U.S. Postal Service announces that the younger Elvis is chosen by a nationwide vote to be used on a commemorative 29 cent stamp...
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"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Angelina Jolie (32), Horatio Saenz (33), Noah Wyle (36), Parker Stevenson (55), Gordon Waller (62) (Peter & Gordon doing the Buddy Holly tune, "True Love Ways": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhEKfDMUT18&mode=related&search=), Michelle Phillips (63), Bruce Dern (71), Dr. Ruth Westheimer (79) and Gene Barry (88)...
Timeline Countdown: 5 days until the Belmont Stakes, 13 days until Father's Day, 17 days until Summer and 30 days until July 4th...
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