USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Thursday Sports Day in the Canteen ~ May 15 2003

MoJo2001, Kathy in Alaska and FRiends of the Canteen

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Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.
--George Will

It is amazing what can be accomplished when nobody cares about who gets the credit.
--Robert Yates

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NBA

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MLB

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NHL

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NASCAR

Hello NASCAR fans! I'm sure you were all depressed because there wasn't a Winston Cup race this past weekend. Fret not, it's BACK ON this weekend.

NFL

Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor and linebacker Zach Thomas will be in Germany to visit United States military men and women on behalf of the USO and the NFL, May 15-18. "I am pleased that Zach and Jason will represent the NFL and let the troops know how appreciative and proud we are of them," said Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who went on a similar trip with Jerome Bettis and Eddie George last year.

MLS

Are you bored with America's other pastimes? Would you like to join the billions of other people in the world that are crazy about "football"? Did you watch the last World Cup and discover that the United States actually had a national team for soccer? Were you impressed that they did better than France? If so, click on the MLS logo and find out more about soccer.

Slump ? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hittin.
--Yogi Berra

This is our picture of the week. This may seem like a boring picture, but this is a picture of Free Iraqi's practicing soccer without fear of Saddam Hussein or any of the thugs of his regime. Thank you to all our brave men and women for their sacrifice and service to not only America, but for the freedom of oppressed peoples around the world. "Thank You" goes out to our allies as well. Thank you!

I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in their abilities.
--John Robinson

DID YOU KNOW??

The first (ancient Greek) Olympic games were held in 776 B.C. There was only one event - a one-kilometre footrace down the centre of the stadium in Olympia.

Even though "Shoeless Joe" Jackson was barred from baseball's Hall of Fame for his role in the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal, his shoes can be found there.

Although 24 out of the 30 current National Hockey League teams are located in America, all NHL jerseys are manufactured in Canada.

American football has the highest injury rate of any sport, with a rate 12 times higher than basketball, the next most injurious sport. Most NFL players eventually suffer a career-ending or career-shortening injury sometime in their career.

For the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, the Roman Olympic Organisation Committee made a deal with the Association of Roman Thieves not to engage in street thefts during the Olympics. So, during the games, occurrences of pickpocketing, purse snatching, and holdups were at a low.

COACHES CORNER: ASK MA!

Welcome To The Coaches Corner! Think you have issues? Please take time to see how Ma answers questions for famous athletes, coaches, and wannabes. Perhaps you can spot someone you know!

You have issues? Ma has answers!

Dear Ma,

I am a former figure skater with a "checkered" past. I have tried to live down that infamous day when another figure skater was taken out by my ex-husband and a "friend". Since that time, I've had a very rough life. I've tried acting, singing, boxing, and other activities to support myself. I've had to live in my car and suffer humiliation as a poster girl for the "WHITE TRASH" camp. I'm trying to "reform" myself and I wanted your perspective on what I can do to help myself.
Sincerely, Trailer Trash Tonya

Dear Trailer Trash Tonya,

Where do I begin? To state that your life is a mess would be to state the obvious. What you need is a shrink, a shrink's couch, and lots of Prozac. That would be a good start. Second, you need to get into one of those support groups for people with neurotic personalities. Find out which one Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafucco are in and then join immediately. Or, if you can find the one where O.J. Simpson is a member..you'd be better off. I just had a chat with the MAN upstairs and he assures me that you do have a redeeming quality. Although, I'm not sure that you should work anywhere near a crowbar. So? That leaves you with two options for employment: Bill Clinton's intern or one of Hans Blix's weapons inspectors. Neither one of those jobs requires a good education, good breeding, or common sense. As a matter of fact, the dumber you are the better.

NEXT!

Dear Ma,

I am the former Heavyweight champion of the world. I am currently entangled in some legal issues with some of my babies mamas. I also have an issue with the Nation Of Islam. (I converted to Islam during one of my "vacation" stays in the big house.) They seem to think that Allah needs more money. I disagree. Also, I'm feeling self conscious because a lot of people make fun of my voice. They say I talk like a crack baby. That really hurts a gentle guy like myself. I just need love. I'm writing to ask you if I will ever find the right woman and whether or not I will beat Evander Holyfield?
Sincerely, Talking Tyson Time! Big Upz Ma!

Dear Mike Tyson,

Please see my above response to your fellow neurotic athlete, Tonya. I'm not sure I get paid enough to be your Ma, shrink, mentor, babysitter, career counselor, common sense reality checker, or your babbling know it all. Since you asked, I will deliver. Legal issues and Mike Tyson? That would have been your legacy, but then you had to go out there and outdo yourself. I think the whole world feels you have an ear fetish now. If not, you obviously didn't get enough food when you were a baby. Who would think of biting someone's ear in the ring? Only you baby!! Your trouble with women is well documented. Did you ever think about actually dating any of these women prior to breeding with them? It usually helps with the whole bonding issue. As for the Nation of Islam, well they have their own issues to worry about these days. Hustling money that you supposedly don't have isn't one of them. As for your speaking like a baby, is that what gets women to breed with you? It's gotta be something. I'm guessing that could be it. Every girl loves baby dolls as youngsters. I guess they must have thought you were it. Little did they know, huh? Just remember to keep a shrink on staff and your lawyer on call. The drama in your life would take weeks to sort out. I don't have that much time and The Kid doesn't pay me enough to do it. If you need a job that badly, you could always do the WWF thing. They'd love to have you.

UNTIL NEXT WEEK!

Sports Do Not Build Character...They Reveal It
--John Wooden

[Kathy in Alaska]

On Oct. 22, 2002, photographer Arthur Grace, a former Marine lance corporal, revisited boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. One picture he captures shows Staff Sgt. Charles A. Joseph providing extra incentive to a focused recruit. Photo by Rudi Williams

Photographer Donald R. Winslow shot Navy recruits at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Ill., after they'd been surprised by a fire drill, which sent them out into the pre-dawn cold. Winslow said from the time the alarm sounded, the women had 90 seconds to form up in the parking lot outside their barracks. Photo by Rudi Williams

[Kathy in Alaska]

Photographer Lauren Greenfield was in Parris Island, S.C., on Oct. 22, 2002, when she captured the image of this woman Marine recruit during boot camp. About 2,000 female recruits pass through the Parris Island boot camp every year. Photo by Rudi Williams

Army Cpl. Eric Wilson photographed 2-year-old Samuel Edwards holding onto to his dad, Sgt. 1st Class Norman Edwards, in Vilseck, Germany. Edwards and his wife, Sgt. 1st Class Benita Edwards, are stationed in Vilseck together. Photo by Rudi Williams

[Kathy in Alaska]

Tom Stoddart went to Grafenwoer, Germany, to take this picture of Army Spc. Carlos Melvin, a combat engineer wearing temporary staff sergeant's stripes as part of a leadership course for noncommissioned officers. Melvin is holding the folded American flag after it was lowered at the end of the work day. Photo by Rudi Williams

Photographer Bruce Dale took this picture of Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Brumbaugh of the USS Crommelin saying goodbye to his wife, Elaina, before the ship set sail for a six-month deployment. Dale quoted Elaina as saying, "I was not ready to face the first of six months' worth of mornings without my husband. Photo by Rudi Williams

"It's wonderful to see what these wonderful men and women look like on an average day as they're doing their jobs," Army Gen. Tommy Franks said after thumbing through the new book, "A Day in the Life of the United States Armed Forces." Franks, head of U.S. Central Command, led the coalition against Iraqi forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo by Rudi Williams

[Radix]

1928 Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi cb. What a bummer of a story for the homeowners.

[RaceBannon]

Here is one more, a Day in the Life shot...1981 style! :)

This is off Korea, the overnight shift, during Team Spirit 81, on board the USS Belleau Wood in the SACC.

[Radix]

 

Army 3rd Infantry Division Sgt. Tawan Marks, of Fort Bragg, N.C., push a car into a gas station Thursday in Baghdad. U.S. soldiers are guarding selected gas stations in the city in an effort to restore order as gas shortages have caused major traffic jams and chaos in the city.

 

 

 

 

Sgt. Tawan Marks, of Fort Bragg, N.C., with the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, chats with Iraqi boys at a gas station Thursday in Baghdad. Additional U.S. troops are headed to Baghdad in the coming weeks in an effort to restore security to the city.

 

 

 

 

Army 3rd Infantry Division Staff Sgt. Anthony J. Smith, of East Brunswick, N.J., gives directions to a man at a gas station Thursday in Baghdad.

 

 

 

 

Soldiers with the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division soldiers carry gasoline cans at a gas station Thursday in Baghdad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Army 3rd Infantry Division Staff Sgt. Anthony J. Smith, of East Brunswick, N.J., chats with boys at a Baghdad gas station Thursday.

 

 

 

 

 

The Pride of Baltimore II sails along the St. Johns River near the Dames Point Bridge with a Navy Seahawk helicopter flying overhead Wednesday to participate in this weekend’s Tall Ships festival in Jacksonville, Fla.

[Kathy in Alaska]

1918 Eddy Arnold Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime)

[tomkow6]

Boy, does THAT picture bring back memories! And that's EXACTLY the way it looked to me! LOL! **sigh**

[tomkow6]

Wanna pull my finger?

[SevenofNine]

Well here headlines at this hour

Reuters ET Wire reporting that Rod Stewart errr I mean Bawa Wawa going score first Hillary Clinton interview for her lamea*** book


Also report off Hareetz wire reporting that IDF is confirm they busted members of Brit Muslum group who had hand in Tel Viv bombing

And they confirm about two French citizen try cross illegally into Gaza strip

NICE GOING DUDES

[Bethbg79]

LMAO!!

[HiJinx]

French citizens, eh? Wonder if they're Muslims from Algeria? That's one among many of the mistakes the French have made...

[Kathy in Alaska]

My kinda ship! Great "people" pics today, Radix. Please, God, let their loved ones see them "at work". And from the looks on the faces of the Iraqi young people, they have found new friends in our soldiers.

[Kathy in Alaska]

BATHS R FUN

[tomkow6]

I hear there's a LUNAR ECLIPSE tonite....

Wanna see MY version of it?....giggle...

[tomkow6]

Wanna buy a fish????

[Kathy in Alaska]

Love my red, white, and blue songs! Thanks, Kiddo. And thanks, Tonkin, for reposting them.

[tomkow6]

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