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THE SPIRIT WORKS!

Sports

• 8th Annual Jingle Bell Run

The 8th Annual Hilton Head Regional Medical Center Jingle Bell 5K Run and Health Walk will take place at 9 a.m., on Saturday, December 23rd on and around the Hilton Head Regional Medical Center Campus and Main Street. Participants are asked to bring new unwrapped toys, gift cards, or phone cards for donations to benefit CODA ( Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse).

People who donate toys will qualify to win a Holiday Gift Package valued at over $150. The Hilton Head Medical Center & Clinics Jingle Bell 5K Run features a colorful seasonal theme and provides participants a chance to burn off those extra holiday calories.

The race features all standard male and female running divisions. Holiday prizes will be presented to the top three overall male and female finishers, plus the top three in each age category will also receive unique holiday awards. Runners & Walkers may register with an application or on line for $25 prior to 12/21 or at Race Packet Pick-Up Friday December 22 from 4:30pm - 6:30pm at the The Bike Doctor in Triangle Square. Race day registration is $30 from 8:00 - 8:30am at the Hilton Head Medical Center Main Campus.

The first 400 participants will receive a long sleeve red Jingle Bell T-shirt, jingle bells, and a candy cane. An award ceremony featuring refreshments and door prizes will be held following the race. The Hilton Head Medical Center & Clinics Jingle Bell 5K Run is sponsored by Publix, Modern Classic Motors, Sports Addiction, Savannah Cardiology, Clear Mountain Water, Healthsouth, Hawthorne Inn, and Coastal Sport & Wellness. Applications are available now at all sponsor locations or contact Bear Foot Sports at 843/379-3440.

• Wilderness Southeast Walk on the Wild Side... Wild Islands & Estuaries

Sunday, November 26, 2006

9:00 am - Noon

Join naturalist John “Crawfish” Crawford aboard Capt. Mike Neal’s “Island Explorer” on a discovery cruise through Georgia’s marvelous tidal creeks, and saltmarsh. You?ll look for dolphins, birds, oysters, and other inhabitants of the coastal estuary. You’ll venture ashore on Williamson Island, Georgia’s youngest barrier island. Reservations required! Cost $40 per person. Call 897-5108.

• Wilderness Southeast Walk on the Wild Side... Celebrating Trees

Saturday, December 2, 2006

10 am - Noon

Forsyth Park, Downtown Savannah

Celebrate the holiday season not just by decorating an indoor tree, but by enjoying Savannah’s urban forest! Your WiSE naturalist will guide you to discover trees in their simple winter state. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet at the fountain in Forsyth Park. Suggested donation $10/person; Group size 4-16. Reservations requested. Call 897-5108.

• Wilderness Southeast Blackwater River Paddle

Saturday, December 9, 2006

8:30 am - 12:30 pm

Your Wilderness Southeast guide will give simple canoeing instruction, and lead the way downstream past cypress and tupelo. Enjoy the peace of nature’s pace and the beautiful fall colors found in our river swamps. Look out for herons, egrets and listen for the noisy rattle of the kingfisher. Advance Reservations required. Cost $35 per person. Limit 16 people. Call 897-5108. Location: Ebeneezer Creek.

• Wilderness Southeast Ducks on Holiday

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

2:00 - 4:00 pm

This is the time of year when coastal Georgia plays host to thousands of ducks escaping frozen rivers and lakes. Join a Wilderness Southeast naturalist guide to get acquainted with some of the 15 different species of diving and dabbling ducks that hang out at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. Meet at the Laurel Hill Entrance to the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, S.C. Hwy 170. Cost: $10 per person. Limit 15 people. Reservations required. Call 912-897-5108.

• The Pooler Recreation Committee is looking for volunteers to join the committee. If you are interested please call Loreen at the Pooler Rec. Dept. at 748-5776.

Grand Prix Tournament Series

Over 350 balls were put into play by more than 80 Savannah area youth over a six week period in the fourth annual Savannah Junior Tennis Grand Prix Series. The conclusion of a series of 6 tournament styled events was held at Savannah Yacht Club on Saturday, November 18th.

Planned and produced by Savannah Area Tennis Association and supported by area tennis clubs and professionals, the Grand Prix provides a framework of singles and doubles tennis for over 80 juniors from Chatham and surrounding counties. This year the tournaments began at Southbridge in September and continued on to Bacon Park, Lake Mayer, Savannah Golf Club, Armstrong University and ending at the tennis facilities of Savannah Yacht Club.

Tournament director George Greene says that the success of the Grand Prix depends on the support of parents who monitor courts and help to keep the scores. The winners received trophies and all experienced the joy of competition and camaraderie. The winners of the 2006 Savannah Junior Grand Prix are:

Novice / Intermediate Group One:

Rebekah Rah – 1st

Simone Rego – 2nd

Jerlyn Lazare – 3rd

Novice / Intermediate Group Two

Cailin Colbert – 1st

Asha Colbert – 2nd

Jim Lynch – 3rd

Sam Chappell – Honors

Intermediate / Advanced Girls 18 and Under

Jessica Peek – 1st

Emily Stephens – 2nd

Caoline Hussey – 3rd

Kara McDonough – 3rd

Intermediate / Advanced Boys 18 and Under

Khang Nguyen – 1st

Nathan Peek – 2nd

Dane Knudsen – 2nd Honors

Thien Nguyen – 3rd

Intermediate Advanced Girls 12 and Under

Mia Colbert – 1st

Katie Ferraro – 2nd

Akela Bryant – 3rd

Intermediate / Advanced Boys 10 & Under

Sam Brunson – 1st

Greyson Finley – 2nd

William Collins – 3rd

Joshua Weibel – 3rd Honors

Intermediate / Advanced Girls 14 and Under

Courtney Edenfield – 1st

Jaime Young – 2nd

Elizabeth Martin 3rd

Elizabeth Martin – Sportsmanship

Savannah Quarters Raises $5,500 for George and Marie Backus Children’s Hospital at Fourth Annual Turkey Trot 5K

Area runners, joggers and walkers took to the streets for a good cause at the fourth annual Turkey Trot 5K, which was held at Westbrook at Savannah Quarters on November 18, 2006. The event, which attracted nearly 100 participants, raised $5,500 to benefit the George and Marie Backus Children’s Hospital at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Ga.

“We had an excellent turnout at the Turkey Trot this year, with Westbrook residents and community members joining together for a great cause,” said Vernice Rackett, membership director at Savannah Quarters Country Club. “We are proud to support the Backus Children’s Hospital again this year and are thrilled that every dollar raised from this event will benefit children in need.”

Participants, ranging from toddlers to seniors, enjoyed racing through the streets of Westbrook at Savannah Quarters on a sunny, cool Saturday morning. “Everyone who participated had a great time, from serious runners to families walking together,” said Rackett. “The weather was absolutely perfect.”

“The money raised at the Turkey Trot event stays here in our community and goes straight to help our patients,” said Jean Wright, M.D., executive director of the George and Marie Backus Children’s Hospital and honorary 2006 Turkey Trot chair. “Children’s hospitals simply can’t survive without community support, so events like this are critical to our long-term success.”

The Turkey Trot offered races for every age category and fitness level. Hard-core runners enjoyed a 5K Run, which helped them train for the upcoming Bridge Run. The Baby Birds 1/4-mile race for children ages 4 and under appealed to the event’s youngest participants, while the Small Turkeys 1/2-mile race attracted children between the ages of 5 and 7. A Big Birds Mile event also allowed children between the ages of 8 and 12 to strut their stuff for a good cause.

Winners of the 2006 Turkey Trot 5K include the following:

5K MALE:

1st: Potiphar Nkhoma (16:22)

2nd: Ben Lawry (19:18)

3rd: Emory Klesick (19:19)

5K FEMALE:

1st: Erin Bacon (24:59)

2nd: Sherry Feathers (26:10)

3rd: Mary Kerdasha (27:05)

Winners of the 2006 Turkey Trot children’s events include the following:

BIG BIRD 1 MILE:

1st: Nick Blohm

2nd: Andrew McNulty

3rd: Gage Hawkins

SMALL TURKEY 1/2 MILE:

1st: Champ Easter

2nd: Jonah Kagen

3rd: Brendan Johnson

BABY BIRD 1/4 MILE:

1st: Emma Jepson

2nd: Jayla Froggatt

3rd: Audrey Benk

The 2006 Turkey Trot’s Platinum Sponsors are Travis Barlow Company, Southern Champion Construction, Shore-Blanton Construction and Savannah Quarters Realty. Gold Sponsors include E.C. Johns Custom Homes, Inc; RSC Transportation, Inc.; Atlantic Southern Bank; Hawthorn Suites; F.P. Wortley Jewelers; Airport Mini Storage, Counterfitters and Patrick L. Blohm, M.D.

Falcons Report

The Good The Bad & The Ugly

By Richard Palmer, RichardC on the Atlanta Falcons Message Board

Laodicean team

Football is a primal game. A game of emotion, passion and momentum. It is played by athletes, but it is won by leaders who implement teamwork, strategy and tactics to their advantage. Leaders who inspire their team to perform beyond their capabilities. Leaders who convince their team they will win.

There are all sorts of sports fans, but there is only one type of football fan. You either love the game or you don't get the game. No offense to baseball or basketball, but you just can't get too upset about losing a game when you play so many. Football has a certain finality. Football brings out your primal passion. I've met several football fans that have become jaded because they are afraid to really cheer for their team because they get too down when they lose. Is this normal?

Football is more than a game. If you know what I'm talking about, read on.

No football fan likes to see their team lose, but we realize only one team, the ‘72 Dolphins, went undefeated and it's likely our team will lose a game or two over any given season. Even in the playoffs we know that our season will likely end in a loss, but we put that out of our minds and get as excited as a 16 year old who's older sister is having a slumber party thinking we might just get lucky.

So, as you tune into your Falcon source, be it radio, Internet or your football friends on the phone, why is everyone so bent out of shape. I was listening to one local Atlanta radio sports show and they started out their show with "I just don't know. I just don't know what the problem is." Then the frustration and disgust could be heard in the voice of every caller that called into the show.

After considering the recent losses by the Atlanta Falcons, I wanted to vomit. I recalled a sermon I heard once. It had to do with Jesus talking about a church in a town called Laodician. Laodician was a town that had no water supply so they piped in water from a neighboring town that had cold springs and another town that had hot springs. The problem was that after the water traveled the distance in the pipes, the water arrived lukewarm. Since lukewarm water neither refreshes like cold water, nor is useful in medicines like hot water, it is considered useless. Furthermore lukewarm water is known as an emetic, or something that makes one vomit.

This is why we as fans are so upset. Our team is lukewarm and it makes us vomit. We are neither good nor bad, we are neither hot nor cold; rather we are just lukewarm and it is disgusting. We are 5-5. It almost seems it was inevitable.

It is disgusting because football is about passion and emotion and something Newton designated as "p" and otherwise known as Momentum in his formula MV=P or Mass multiplied by Velocity equals Momentum.

Football is all about momentum. That's what we love about football. Every time the ball is snapped something can happen to change the momentum of the game. It's terrible when our momentum is consistently lost.

Football can be good, it can be bad and it can be ugly, but it should never be lukewarm, mediocre or sedate.

After sending 7 players to the probowl (Vick, Dunn, Crumpler, Brooking, Hall, Kerney & Coleman) last year, it is normal to expect more than the Laodicean performances of late.

The Good:

Our Players. Our players appear to be trying to execute the scheme provided to them. For all the criticism of Vick over the past 2 weeks, Vick had zero turnovers against a team that thrives on turnovers. I thought our defense played well, given the injury losses. We gave up one big play on a pass, but otherwise we shut them down up until the 4th quarter when our defense appeared to just give up. Roddy actually caught a deep ball thanks to the DB falling down. I would have liked to see Roddy actually go up and catch the ball rather than stop running, turn around and wait for the ball to hit him in the belly and trap it against him, but hey, it's better than the normal drop.

The Bad:

Our Coaches. I've seen a consistent stream of bad plays at critical times come from our coaching staff. It almost looks like someone is trying to prove a point or has just gone off the deep end and is pulling plays from their bowels. I've had people say to me "you don't know what goes on behind the scenes, Mora may be a good coach." My reply is, I don't need to see what goes on behind the scenes, I see what happens on Sunday and EVERYTHING that goes on behind the scenes should be designed to impact what we see on Sunday. There is no leadership right now. The ship is drifting aimlessly.

The Ugly:

Momentum: It's really hard to get momentum in a game. It's even harder to change momentum in a game. It's just plain ugly when you give the momentum away.

With just under 2 minutes left in the first half and the Falcons holding a 7 point lead over a Ravens team that had 4 offsides penalties inside their own 11 yard line on the previous series, before managing to go 30 yards in 12 plays ending in a punt, the Falcons take over at their 34 yard line. Rather than going into a two minute, no huddle offense, the Falcons throw a wide receiver screen to Jenkins for a 1 yard gain. I'm okay with the play call, but why to Jenkins? Why not split Crump out wide and throw it to him?

We then get a holding penalty and another staple of the WCO, a 3 yard pass to the fullback and then our favorite play on third and long, the draw to Dunn that does not yield a first down and we then punt. A punt that gets returned 65 yards to the Atlanta 14.

After a bad snap & fumble we get the ball back with 23 seconds on the clock. The Falcons kneel on the ball. Momentum is given to the Ravens. I assure you the coaching staff pointed that out to the Ravens. The Falcons don't want anymore of you.

Remember the Panthers game on Saturday night in 2004 at the GA Dome when Vick levitated on 4th and 12 to tie the game and force overtime with about 2 minutes left in the game and the Panthers ran some plays just to run the clock out and go into overtime rather than try to win the game? They gave us the momentum. We went on to win that game in overtime.

I'm not suggesting Mora should be fired because we lost, I’m saying it because the team could be hot but instead is lukewarm and useless just like their leadership.

Comments & feedback are welcomed at richard@onlineinfo.net

High School Sports

By C. Edward Wilson

Sports Commentary:

Beginning this week, the United States and most of the free world will celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday, and then everyone will start immediately focusing in on the upcoming Christmas Holiday season. Before all of the excitement starts, the Coastal Empire should give it’s thanks to the only team to survive “Black” Friday and Saturday.

Savannah Christian Preparatory School was the only team to win its first round football game of the Georgia High School Association playoffs. The Red Raiders came in as underdogs to Swainsboro and pulled off one of the most amazing wins in school history.

You just don’t go into Swainsboro during playoff time and pull off a victory, but the Raiders did it and by doing so, it now carries the “mantra” for all the other schools that failed to move on.

So before you jump headlong into the hoop season, spend a few more bucks Friday night and head over to Garden City to watch the team that saved the day for area football fans.

Basketball

Georgia high school basketball takes center court for the next few months as pre-season non-conference games sprinkle the terrain. Everyone is trying to figure out if a Christmas Tournament will take place in Savannah this year. The person who has organized and executed the tournament over the last couple of years has retired from the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education.

Pat Leslie, one of the first females to hold such a powerful position in area athletics is hanging up her shingle and moving on. She replaced John Corio a few years back, who went up to North Carolina with former school board superintendent Patrick Russo.

Here’s wishing Ms. Leslie all the blue skies she can muster and all the green lights while driving down the road of life. God Bless you.

Finding the humor

I couldn’t resist this little snippet. While Savannah Country Day was playing its football game last Friday at Saunder’s Field in the first round of the GHSA playoffs, I’m awfully glad nobody yelled to “Throw the Bomb”, to get the team back into the contest.

Please don’t send in any negative correspondence and I’m not making light of a serious situation. I’m also glad the prank hurt nobody, but if David Letterman and Jay Leno can do, then I can too.

By the way, I went to Ball State University with David Letterman back in 1970.

Football Schedule

Friday, Nov. 24, 2006

Savannah Christian vs. Bleckley County, Westside Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

OUTDOOR TRUTHS

(Editor’s Note: Outdoor Truths is a weekly sportsman's article that appears in newspapers and regional magazines across 13 states in the South, and Midwest. It is a blend of observations and experiences that have come over time from being in God's great outdoors. We’re proud to offer this column for the outdoor sportsmen in our area.)

It seems that hunting and fishing can bring out both the bad and good in people. I’ve seen both and I am glad to say that the good is more prominent.

However, every now and then, the bad rears its ugly head and shows us our character flaws.

Jealousy, envy, and selfishness crops up when a “friend” is found in our favorite bass spot or stalking the deer that we thought was exclusively ours. It’s a shame that these wonderful outdoor activities bring out such immature characteristics.

Most of the time, our rhetoric struggles with our true desire. We tell our hunting partner that we hope he kills a big one while really hoping that, if there’s a choice, we are the one who tags the big bruiser. We are excited for someone else as long as he or she doesn’t infringe on anything that we claim as ours.

For some hunters, battle lines and property lines are synonymous. And for others, it goes much further. You may not have the opportunity to hunt for a week, but your partner better not be found in your tree stand. We invite someone on a turkey hunt, but if they kill our bird, they’re never coming back.

Bass fishermen are not exempt. A friend, who is caught fishing in your honey hole without you, is no longer a friend.

Someone has said that we can count on one hand, the true friends that we will have during a lifetime. If that’s true, shouldn’t we value them more than a fish or animal? The lifespan of a friend can cover decades, while the lifespan of a deer is about five years.

None of us are exempt when it comes to these urges. We all struggle with selfishness and greed in one form or another. How we react to it, will be a gauge for spiritual maturity.

Friend, you never know, God might be testing you to find out how much of these things are in your life. He might be watching to see how you react when your partner kills a bigger buck than you do.

If you pass the test, it may be that the next deer that comes by, is set aside just for you.

Gary Miller

www.outdoortruths.org

Bean Spouts

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I hope you enjoy a peaceful, safe and fun holiday…

Eleven years after a group of the twelve stupidest people on the planet voted "not guilty," O.J. Simpson plans to thumb his nose at the criminal justice system with the release of his book "If I Did It"- which describes how he would have committed the murders he was accused of.

Let's get real- this is a confession, and he's being paid handsomely for it. Even the publisher of the book, Judith Regan of ReganBooks told the Associated Press "I consider this his confession." Of course, she's publishing the garbage anyway.

Sadly, the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown are left with the pain of their loss and will see no money for this, because you can be sure some money grubbing, sleazeball of an agent made sure that the proceeds from the book won't go directly to Simpson- keeping it out of the victims' families' hands despite the fact that Simpson owes them a $33.5 million judgement awarded in the wrongful death civil suit he lost.

Shame on any of you who watch the interview on TV, who go out and buy the book, or swallow the lie that this is a "theoretical" tome...

After I posted that online, Mike D. had this to say:

“While I believe that O.J. had something to do with the murder, I don't think he actually killed Nicole himself. I think his son did it. His son had a crush on Nicole, was a chef skilled with cooking knives, his restaurant was closed the day the murders were committed and he had no alibi.

While I think there was a grave miscarriage of justice during that whole car chase/trial debacle, I do believe that Nicole had it coming. She was a gold-digging, lying, cheating, drug addict. She had done so many people wrong over the years, it was only a matter of time before it would all catch up with her.”

Feel free to send in your thoughts on the matter. Please note that I’m using a different e-mail address now…

High school students in New Zealand will be able to use "text-speak" in national exams this year, officials said.

Text-speak, used in phone texting and instant messaging, uses abbreviated words and phrases such as "txt" for "text", "lol" for "laughing out loud" or "lots of love," and "CU" for "see you."

New Zealand's Qualifications Authority it will continue to discourage students from using anything other than full English, but that credit will be given if the answer "clearly shows the required understanding," even if it contains text-speak.

The authority's deputy chief executive for qualifications said that in some exams, including English, text abbreviations would be penalized.

Cn u say s2pid?

Andy Griffith is suing Andy Griffith. The actor filed suit November 3 against a man who ran for sheriff of Grant County, Wisconsin who had legally changed his name to Andrew Jackson Griffith.

The suit alleges that the former William Harold Fenrick violated trademark and copyright laws, as well as the privacy of the actor, when he used his new name to promote his candidacy for sheriff.

The lawsuit says the man changed his name for the "sole purpose of taking advantage of Griffith's notoriety in an attempt to gain votes," asks the court to order him to go back to his original name and publish disclaimers and an apology in Grant County newspapers that say he has no association with the actor.

Griffith argues that he did not benefit from the name change. "During this campaign I never sold or profited even one nickel from the use of the name Andy Griffith or any item bearing the name Andy Griffith. Everything was a promotional item, and everything was given away for free," he said.

As Gomer would say, “G-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-l-l-y…”

More election silliness: A Monroe, North Carolina candidate for a county seat board cruised to victory with 12,000 votes- despite being dead for a month.

Sam Duncan was the top vote getter for a seat on Union County's Soil and Water Conservation board.

Elections officials say they knew of Duncan's death, but no one told the voters. "We are instructed that it's not our job to do that," said Shirley Secrest, elections director.

Democratic officials ran endorsement ads about Duncan and literature distributed near the polls included his name. Party officials said they didn't know Duncan had died…

Julie is all kinda excited that TV Land is showing the original Star Trek’s- though she’s disappointed that it will be coming on opposite CSI at night. She’s talking about it right now while I’m writing…

A foundry worker in Veedersberg, Indiana wound up in the hospital after accusing the wrong guy of putting motor oil on his peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

The man was stabbed after confronting a coworker in a restroom about the "practical joke (turned) bad," according to Fountain County Sheriff Robert Bass said.

The accused coworker was arrested on suspicion of battery with a deadly weapon and being held at the Fountain County Jail on $15,000 bond.

The man with the questionable sandwich was treated and released, and may face charges for instigating the fight…

Baseball.

Johan Santana's was named the AL Cy Young Award winner last week- his second win in three years.

Chien-Ming Wang of the Yankees finished second and Toronto's Roy Halladay was third.

Santana went 19-6 with a 2.77 ERA and 245 strikeouts on the season and helped the Twins claim the AL Central title.

Santana was tied with Wang for most wins in the majors and led the AL in ERA, strikeouts and innings pitched…

Ryan Howard proved that there is no such thing as a sophomore slump, winning the NL’s Most Valuable Player award just one season after winning the league’s Rookie of the Year award.

Howard led the majors with 58 homers and 149 RBIs (both Phillies’ records) and batted .313.

Albert Pujols finished second. Lance Berkman was third…

Falcons.

The slide continued Sunday as Atlanta fell to Baltimore 24-10. On the plus side, at least they didn’t lose to another 2-6 team.

No playoffs again this year- there are too many holes in this team to regroup after three straight losses, and 8-8 will probably be a stretch, too.

This week, Atlanta returns home to host the Saints. Game time is 1:00...

Jags.

Quarterback Byron Leftwich was scheduled to have surgery Tuesday on his injured left ankle, likely ending his season.

The Jaguars released a statement Saturday that said Leftwich has opted for surgery- but added that he might return this season.

"We look forward to getting Byron back on the field, and this is the first step in that process," coach Jack Del Rio said. "We will have a better idea of the length of his recovery time after the surgery. I know that Byron will work diligently to get back and rejoin his teammates as soon as possible…"

Because of the early deadline, I don’t have anything for the Jags’ Monday night tilt against the Giants. Jacksonville will be in action this weekend against the Bills in Buffalo…

Tech.

The Yellow Jackets used Saturday’s game against winless Duke as a tune up for the Georgia game this weekend and won 49-21 with the starters leaving the game after the first half.

The game also gave fans reason to celebrate, as we were treated to backup QB Taylor Bennett’s six for twelve, two TD performance. Like Reggie Ball, though, Bennett threw an INT to mar his otherwise good performance. Here’s hoping Bennett- unlike Ball- will learn from his mistakes.

Tashard Choice had 118 yards and a TD on the ground while the defense held the Blue Devils to just 41 yards rushing.

This weekend, Tech travels to Athens to take on the Bulldogs. Game time is 3:30 on CBS…

From the ice.

The Thrashers went winless last week, but remained tied for first place in the NHL Southeast.

This weekend, Atlanta plays at Tampa Friday, at home against Florida Sunday, then rest until Wednesday when they face the Rangers in New York…

Racin.’

Greg Biffle took home the checkered flag, but Jimmy Johnson took home the Nextel Cup Championship with his ninth place finish in the season’s final race at Miami-Homestead last weekend.

This marked the third straight season Biffle has closed out the season with a win. Martin Truex finished second, followed by Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne and Kevin Harvick…

So, that’s about all for this week, boys and girls. I'll be back next time with more news, notes, and rumors from the sports world. As always, send your questions, praises, or gripes to RobBeanSports@yahoo.com, or via snail mail to:

Bean Spouts

c/o Spirit Newspapers

P.O. Box 33

Pooler, GA 31322.

God, bless America.