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Former American Press sportswriter Carl Dubois blogs about the games people play, in and out of sports, and the people you meet between and outside the lines.

Carl is an award-winning reporter and columnist living in the Willamette Valley in northwest Oregon, near Portland. He is sports editor of the News-Register newspaper in McMinnville, Ore.

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Football withdrawal weekend

BATON ROUGE — That’s what one of the networks called it, using it as an opportunity to show a lot of movies. How did you spend yours?
I watched a lot of movies. I played right into the network’s hands.
“The Firm,” “Cast Away” and “The Bourne Identity” tied for “Best Second (or Third, or Fourth) Viewing.” [...]

Kurt Warner, a walk down Memory Lane and a drive to the Super Bowl (and the Hall of Fame?)

BATON ROUGE — So, the Arizona Cardinals did it. Kurt Warner did it. Wow, one more time.
Arizona 32, Philadelphia 25. The Cardinals are headed to their first Super Bowl. It will be Warner’s third, and this victory in the NFC Championship Game strengthened the argument for clearing out a place for him in the Pro [...]

How did the Cardinals get so bad?

BATON ROUGE — Maybe, to quote a certain coach, they are who we thought they were.
The Eagles have outscored them 19-0 since halftime.
Wow: The Sequel.
(But it ain’t over. I smell a crazy finish coming.)

How did the Cardinals get so good?

BATON ROUGE — I don’t watch the NFL like I used to, so I’m asking.
Wow.

Allegations bring back memories of Christ the King basketball teams

BATON ROUGE — The Daily News in New York delivers disturbing news today regarding a name you might remember from long ago. A 46-year-old man claims former Christ the King High School basketball coach Bob Oliva was a sexual predator who violated his trust many years ago.
As you may recall, Oliva brought Christ the King [...]

One more point about points

BATON ROUGE — Points scored this season by the Oklahoma Sooners, in chronological from the first game to the last:
57
52
55
35
49
35
45
58
62
66
65
61
62
14
As a good friend said, “One of these things is not like the others.”
Florida 24, OU 14 — indeed a statement about Florida (and SEC) defense.

Last one the biggest for Big 12, SEC

BATON ROUGE — It’s Oklahoma vs. Florida tonight for the BCS national championship of major college football, but a subplot tells us it’s the Big 12 Conference vs. the Southeastern Conference.
Fans of each get into arguments about the supposed superiority of one over the other, and bowl season often complicates the discussion instead of settling [...]

Let me be the first blogger to wish you a Happy …

 
So, which of the days that you see here will be good ones? All of them, I hope. Happy 2009 to you and yours.