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Groupon Has a Great Offer Today

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

More than 50 percent off on Kayak lessons. Kayaking is a great physical exercise and it gets you outdoors. You get to check out the community from a different perspective, you see and feel our rivers, and you are out with friends.

It makes you happy. Head, heart, mind and spirit all in synch.

And you get a great deal.

I am so proud of how focused Groupon is on your neighborhood. On getting you the best deals and how polite the company is in its selling techniques. Groupon helps merchant and consumers and your friends locally where it matters. Check it out today. Get added to the list.

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I Keep Getting Deeper and Deeper

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Into great stat sites like this one. Algorithms rule-data is king. Figures never lie although liars can figure:-). Check this one out.

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More Than a Game

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Here is wonderful documentary on basketball in the mean streets of Chicago. I was nostalgic watching this film. It reminded me of my street ball days in Brooklyn as a kid growing up in the sixties.

Hard top courts - no nets on baskets - winners keep the ball and the court to defend - play all day until your Mom called out to come home for dinner. This is a fun film for sports fans. Click here to watch.

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The Butler Did It

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

What a great game and what an intense fight to the end with West Virginia beating Georgetown 60 to 58 on an acrobatic shot by Da’Sean Butler.

That was college basketball at its best. The Big East tournament played at Madison Square Garden in NYC always brings out the best in student athletes.

The Hoyas lost but go into the NCAA tournament with a lot of momentum. Hoya Saxa.

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Take the Player

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

As an owner I can say you always take the player.

We as owners get too much blame or too much credit. It is always about the players and the coach and the GM and the staff. Always.

We just need to stay out of the way :-).

Check out this article.

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A Happy Ending

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

And speaking of “Boom Goes the Dynamite”, here is the video that ties up all loose ends and shows that we as Americans love comebacks and happy endings! Click here to see for yourself. Way to go!

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Boom Goes Some New Dynamite

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Way to go SB Nation. Check out this world class reporting here. Click on the video. I love this kind of stuff. I think it works!

SB Nation is rocking too. Great growth for viewership and for building a blogger network. Up to 240 bloggers now. Click on the video and smile for the day.

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Niceness As A Competitive Weapon

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

We are NOT ugly Americans. We can and would be great hosts to an Olympic games here in the United States. Click this link for an article that makes me say, “Huh?!”

NBC would love the United States to host the games.

Our citizens would love us to host an Olympics games here, too.

We as a country should mobilize to bid for the games and I really and sincerely think Washington DC/Baltimore would be a perfect spot to host a summer games. We have Verizon Center; Patriot Center; Comcast Center; Nationals Stadium; RFK; Redskins Stadium; Orioles Park; Ravens Stadium; a national aquatic center; a beautiful river; and many colleges for dorm housing. And in the summer, the traffic is less and tourists are here in record numbers.

Our President and our organizing committees should rally around the flag and bid for an Olympic games. Our local community should embrace that challenge as well. We have the infrastructure and capacity to handle the Games. Don’t forsake us. We are nice and deserving.

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Olympics Update and Name Dropping

Monday, February 15th, 2010

We went to the woman’s speed skating events. The woman are so competitive. They fly around the track. The folks from the Netherlands treat the skaters like rock gods.

We had fantastic seats and we really enjoyed the competition. We were seated next to Trevor Linden and his wife. Trevor is truly a legend here in Vancouver. He is quite smart about the game of hockey and was very supportive about our progress as a franchise in Washington DC. This event was truly indicative of the Olympic Games and the Olympic spirit. The crowd was into it and the racing was pure and fast!

We then hustled across town to the pair’s figure skating short program. We sat in the last row upstairs. We had a great time. We were with Canadian and US figure skating pair fans who were screaming and waving flags.

I went to the bathroom and was on the phone with Peter Bondra when I ran into Billy Bush who said, “Ted - I got out of DC!” I said, “Why would anyone want to get out of DC?” It happened right in front of Joe White, our AP reporter from the Capitals and Wizards, who asked, “What are you doing way up here?” I said, “We are inhaling the entire Winter Games experience.”

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Yeah Sure

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

No extra pressure? I am here in Canada. There are flags draped everywhere with the slogan “Go Canada, Go!” All anyone talks about is hockey; Canadian gold medals; and how this is the tournament when Canada brings home the gold medal back to where it belongs. Tickets to the game are the hottest ducats in town.

There is a ton of pressure and expectation and media coverage and buzz. If Canada doesn’t win the gold, this community will turn morose. They have the best team on paper. This is their game. It is being played in their country. They expect gold as does everyone who lives here. You can feel it in the air.

No extra pressure - nice one. :-)

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