Live and learn:  This is not Matt Dillon.

Michael Schoeffling was Jake Ryan in 16 Candles and "Kuch" in Vision Quest.
23 years later I learned that on Friday.

 

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Blind bowler scores perfect game
"I can't see the lane or the pins and have a heck of a time finding my ball sometimes," Davis told The Times.

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Potential MLB free agents after this season

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Here it is....

The $12 Ice Cream Dipper Kelly purchased at a Pampered Chef gathering

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Most Reds near expiration date
John Fay, Enquirer
"It's something we've discussed in the overall picture," Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said. "We have to determine what makes the most sense. Do we try to resign them, trade them or let them go and get draft picks?"

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Reds news
The Reds today placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Tuesday, LHP Kent Mercker (lower back pain) and recalled from Class AAA Louisville LHP Bill Bray (#45)...will be Bray's second stint with the Reds this season...from 4/28-5/4 he didn't allow a run in 4 apps for Cin...overall at Louisville Bray went 0-0, 3.00 with 1 save in 9 relief apps (9ip, 6h, 3er, 5bb, 15k, 1hr).

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Websites for teams/schools with cool, strange, bizarre nicknames
High School
Yuma Criminals
Jordan Beetdiggers
Hoopeston Cornjerkers
College
UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys
Scottsdale Community College Fighting Artichokes
Minor Leagues
Montgomery Biscuits
Batavia Muckdogs

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Show preview
Guests
Leon Hall, Bengals CB
Topics
Reds
Cyclones: Home playoff game. Going? Tell the city why they should.
Nickname It: What is a Hoya? How about a Billiken? A look at team nicknames. What are the best team nicknames? Do you know the history of a team's nickname? Plus the best squad/unit nicknames. We will save player nicknames for another day.
Image Makeover: Athletes that took the PR hit and overcame them....anyone do it better than Kobe?
Vision Quest: I heard Madonna's Crazy For You yesterday...made me think of one of the best, most underrated movies ever. Great scene, great scene , opening credits What a soundtrack.

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I'm wired
Dang...C. Trent was right...HBO's The Wire is very good. We are headed to episode 11 of 13. Love the character development. Can't wait for season 2.

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Catching nostalgia
Bengals.com
The man who once dared Paul Brown's iron fist has moved on to much more dangerous heights. While treating his granddaughters to Dunkin' Donuts after their soccer games, Trumpy lets them have the right side of the menu even though their mother says, "No."

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Classic Charles Barkley
TNT
Charles will read anything you put in front of him

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Alexander meets with Saints, Henry would like to
Times Picayune
It's unclear how serious the interest is from either side. Alexander, who was released by the Seahawks last month, has just started to test the market. He visited Cincinnati on Sunday and Monday before flying to New Orleans.

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Best reason to watch Red Sox baseball
NESN

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Maxim Hometown Hottie
Careful opening at work

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Here's the list!
We did this topic a couple of weeks ago...The Esquire Magazine 75 Skills Every Man Should Master

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Depressing thought of the day
Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Webb moved to 8-0 with a win yesterday. The Ashland/UK product was drafted by Arizona with the 249th pick overall, in the 8th round of the 2000 draft. The Reds first three selections that year were:
23rd pick David Espinosa
34th pick Dustin Moseley
46th pick Dane Sardinha
The Reds made 10 selections prior to Arizona selecting Webb.

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You go Jeter...Yanks SS has dated 6 of Top 100
Newsday
Derek Jeter is known as a player in every sense of the word, and Maxim's upcoming Hot 100 list reflects that sentiment.

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Youkilis has deep impact
Boston Herald
You can call Kevin Youkilis a good hitter. You can call him a good defensive first baseman. You can call him a good guy for all that charity work he does in and around Boston.
Call him a die-hard Bengals fan. Call him "Youk!" If you're one of his old college buddies and you need tickets for the next Red Sox -Yankees game, call him on his cell phone. Just don't call him a home run hitter.

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11 undeniable reasons to go see Clones tonight
Paul Daugherty, Enquirer
10: Average player salary is $500 a week. The weekly payroll is $10,550. Carson Palmer cleans that from his pockets.

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Stats show Reds fielding flaws
Columbus Dispatch
Using the revised zone rating, the only Reds regulars who rank among the top half of players at their respective positions are center fielder Corey Patterson and second baseman Brandon Phillips.

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Huggs ok after misstep at airport
The Charleston Gazette
"The doctor said my face would look a lot better," Huggins said, "if I didn't fall on it so much."

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Bengals sign WR
The Bengals today signed rookie WR Maurice Purify of Nebraska to a two-year contract. A college free agent, Purify (6-3, 224) participated in Cincinnati's May 2-4 rookie minicamp on a tryout basis.

 

Bio Scouting Report TD catch

Sept. '07 Plea deal for Purify Purify's attorney, Jon Braaten, said in a statement that his client entered a plea of no contest to an assault involving another man. He also pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace and hindering arrest arising out of the same incident.

June '07 Callahan: Purify can rejoin team "I met with Maurice Purify this afternoon and I believe that he has made a sincere effort to redeem himself and move forward in a positive direction," Callahan said in a news release.

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