RSSSadness in Bulldog Nation as University of Georgia Mascot Uga VI Dies of Heart Failure
Georgia Bulldog Nation is in mourning as their beloved mascot, Uga VI has died of 
congestive heart failure. Athens, GA is a little sadder today with Uga’s passing; however, there is comfort in knowing that he is in doggy heaven. There is something truly different and special when a college mascot is an actual animal rather than an individual in a costume. Uga’s have been a fixture at the University of Georgia since 1956.
“He was a good one,” Seiler said in a prepared statement. “What can I say? He had a marvelous record. He was a very strong and healthy dog. He was the biggest of all the dogs, and he had the biggest heart. It just played out.”
UGA statement on Uga VI’s death
Georgia President Dr. Michael F. Adams said. “He was a true symbol of the toughness and competitiveness of our athletic teams, and was a rallying figure for the entire Bulldog Nation. We extend sympathy to the Seilers for the loss of a dear family pet and a great campus mascot who will be missed and remembered by UGA alumni and friends everywhere.”
Not only was Uga VI truly beloved, the 9 year old English Bulldog was the winningest mascot in UGA Football history with a 77–24–4 record, 2 SEC Championship and 6 bowl game victories.
UGA president Michael F. Adams said in a statement that Uga VI will be “missed and remembered by UGA alumni and friends everywhere.”
During his reign as mascot, the UGA football team compiled a record of 87 wins and 27 losses, captured the 2002 and 2005 SEC championships, and won seven of nine bowl games, surpassing Uga IV’s record of 77-24-4.
Uga VI, not just a mascot … but a true icon
The University of Georgia bulldog was not just any typical mascot. UGA VI was the only college mascot ever to land on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Lets take a walk down memory lane of Uga’s past from Uga I to the dearly departed Uga VI.
Scared Monkeys Radio Daily Commentary - Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - Don Imus Is In Trouble Again
- Dana takes issue with the sports-talk shock-jock
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Don Imus in trouble again with comment regarding Dallas Cowboy’s cornerback, Pacman Jones. You know we live in a racially charged society when people come to the defense of someone like the suspended from the NFL, Adam “Pacman” Jones. When will Imus learn to just use some common sense when speaking on the air waves. All this accomplishes is to give rise and a platform to Al Sharpton.
During a conversation Monday about the arrests of Jones, Imus asked, “What color is he?”
Told by a sports announcer that Jones is “African-American,” Imus responded: “There you go. Now we know.”
Imus manages to step in it again.
In an IMUS statement, he says the following: “I meant that he was being picked on because he’s black.”
Scared Monkeys Radio Daily Commentary - Thursday, June 19, 2008 - Dana Salutes Shaquille O’Neal
- Dana highlights one of the many good deeds Shaq has been part of.
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Boston Celtics Hammer LA Lakers 131 - 92 … Win 17th NBA Title … Lucky 17
Celtic Pride is back in Boston.
The Boston Celtics routed the LA Lakers in game 6 of the NBA Finals 131–92 to win their 17th title in team history. The game was over in the second quarter when the Celtics cut the heart out of the Lakers and went on a 35–14 run. Paul Pierce (MVP), Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen put on a show that last night that Bird, McHale and Parrish would have been proud of. The Big Three dominated the Lakers in every facet of the game.
The Lakers were so outmatched and hustled in the game that it almost appeared that they were playing not only against the 2008 Celtics but also against Jo Jo White, Bob Cousy, Bill Russell and John Havlicek. One could almost smell Red Auerbach’s cigar smoke wafting into the air of the Boston Garden as the clock hit 0:00 and the Celtics had finally won an NBA Championship, their 17th and the first since 1986.
Two things are for certain after last nights incredible 39 point clinching game win; Celtic pride is back and Kobe Bryant is no Michael Jordan.
Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr.Blames Kent Desormeaux for Big Brown’s Big Loss at Belmont
The Belmont blame game has begun. The Belmont Stakes proved once again that the only sure things in life are death and taxes. The blame game has begun and it looks like its every man for himself. Big Brown’s stunning last place finish in the Belmont ending its Triple Crown victory has a way of diving the troops. Every body loves a winner and every one must find a skate goat when there is a loser. Or a jockey in this case as Big Brown’s trainer Rick Dutrow blames Kent Desormeaux for the last place finish.
Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. still blames Kent Desormeaux for Big Brown’s stunning last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, but he wouldn’t object to the jockey riding the horse in his next race.
The decision of whether to change jockeys is up to co-owner Michael Iavarone, Dutrow said.
“I don’t want to hurt anyone, especially Kent,” Dutrow told The Associated Press on Tuesday morning in his barn at Aqueduct. “But I still don’t understand what happened. I don’t see the horse with a problem, so I have to direct my attention toward the ride. That’s all I can come up with.”
Belmont Stakes … Can Anything Stand in the Way of a Big Brown Win and The Triple Crown? (UPDATE: Big Brown … BIG USPET … Big Brown Loses)
Big Brown poised for horse racing Triple Crown history.
Big Brown has been nothing short of awesome in the first two jewels of the Triple Crown. Big Brown cruised to an easy win in the Kentucky Derby and a romp in the Preakness Stakes.
Now Big Brown is one win away in today’s 140th Belmont Stakes from horse racing history and immortality. With virtually no competition, Big Brown is a win away from winning The Triple Crown, a feat that has not been accomplished in 30 years. What stands in the way of Big Brown’s win at the Belmont? Could the cracked hoof cause a problem? It would appear the hoof has been patched and Big Brown is ready to run. The only real competition that Big Brown had was Casino Drive. However, Casino Drive was scratched this morning was scratched due to a bruise in his left hind foot.
Nothing has changed trainer Rick Dutrow’s Jr’s mind that the strapping bay colt will celebrate in the winner’s circle at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday and win the first Triple Crown in 30 years. “He’s just the coolest horse that ever lived,” Dutrow said. It’s been 30 years since Affirmed swept the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont to become horse racing’s 11th Triple Crown winner. The drought has left the sport starved to anoint a savior. Three times this decade a horse won the first two legs of the series only to get tripped up in the Belmont. Triple Crown Brown has a nice ring to it and the nickname could be his by nightfall.
Ok, if the race needs to drama maybe it will only come from one of Big Brown’s sponsors, Hooters, being sidelined. The NYRS nixed the Hooters deal. Talk about a true celebrity, Big Brown poses with the Hooters girls. The NYRS obviously has no sense of humor and take themselves a bit too seriously. We shall wait and see if Big Brown can make history later this afternoon at The Belmont.
UPDATE I: Shocker at the Belmont … BIG BROWN … BIG UPSET!!!
There will be no Triple Crown winner this year. What happened to Big Brown? It did not even look like the same horse that ran in the Derby and Preakness.
The elusive Triple Crown is just that … elusive. What was supposed to be as close to a sure thing as one in the horse racing industry could bank on, turned out to be just the opposite. Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner BIG BROWN comes in last in the Belmont and fails to win the Triple Crown.
UPDATE II: Belmont Park … Triple Crown winner … NOT SO FAST!!!
Big Brown failed in his bid to become horse racing’s 12th Triple Crown winner when he finished dead last to Da’ Tara in the Belmont Stakes.
Da’ Tara went wire to wire to beat eight other thoroughbreds over 1½ miles, the longest and toughest of the three classics.
“I had no horse,” said Big Brown’s jockey, Kent Desormeaux.
Big Brown went from potential Triple Crown winner to finishing dead last in a matter of minutes. The handling of this horse prior to race day will be debated for years to come. Any novice watching the race saw that the same horse was not present in the Belmont that thundered to impressive wins in the Derby and Preakness. So what was the difference?
Dutrow was second-guessed all week about his handling of a quarter crack in Big Brown’s left front hoof, which surfaced after the Preakness and wasn’t patched until Friday. He also came under scrutiny after admitting using legal steroids on Big Brown, even though the colt’s last dose was in April.
Big Brown was rank at the start and failed to respond when Desormeaux asked him to run in the last turn. At that point, Desormeaux eased him up.
The loss hit Desormeaux especially hard.
“This horse is the best I’ve ever ridden,” he said. “Something’s wrong, and I took care of him.”
Jim McKay … Legendary Sports Announcer of Wide World of Sports and Olympics Dead at the Age of 86
Jim McKay, best known to generations as the host of ABC’s Wide World of 
Sports, has died at the age of 86. According to reports KcCay died of natural causes. Today, part of my childhood died as Jim McKay was the man that brought me sports in my youth. Long before ESPN and 24 hour sports networks there was only one show in town … ABC’s Wide World of Sports. Who did not watch “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat”. From horse racing events like the Kentucky Derby, barrel jumping, Acapulco cliff diving and the Indy 500, Jim McKay was there.
If there was a sporting event … Jim McKay was there. On a personal note, one year back in the 80’s a group of friends went to the Belmont where we happened to stand some 10 feet away from McKay doing the post race analysis at track side.
However, it was the covering of one sporting event that made Jim McKay a household name for millions. Jim McKay went from sports announcer to news anchor during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany when Israeli athletes were taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists. An event that changed sports coverage forever.
Mr. McKay was thrust into the role of news anchor early on Sept. 5, 1972, when Israeli athletes were taken hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. About to take a swim in the Sheraton’s pool when the call came, Mr. McKay “threw on clothes over his swim trunks and took his seat in the studio, where he would remain for most of the next sixteen hours,” the 1994 book “The House That Roone Book” recalled.
Mr. McKay memorably reported the news that eleven Israeli hostages had been killed. “They’re all gone,” he said.
To Jim McKay … the man who brought us sports without all the melodrama of today … thank you, God bless and rest in peace.
NEW YORK — Jim McKay, the veteran and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 86.
McKay died Saturday, said ABC, the network with which he was long affiliated. The cause of death was not immediately given.
McKay was host of ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” for decades. The influential weekend series introduced viewers to all manners of strange, compelling and far-flung sports events.
Jim McKay, Olympics and ABC announcer, dies at age 86
McKay is best known for hosting “ABC’s Wide World of Sports” and 12 Olympic Games.
McKay won numerous awards for journalism, including the George Polk Memorial Award and two Emmys — one for his sports coverage, the other for his news reporting — for his work at the 1972 Munich Olympics, which were tragically affected by the Black September terrorists’ attack on the Israeli athletes in the Olympic Village.
Sportscaster Jim McKay dies at 86
Dwight White, Former NFL Pittsburgh Steeler Steel Curtain Defensive End Dies at Age 58
Dwight White, former NFL Pittsburgh Steeler great and one of the original members of the four man famed Steel Curtain, has died at the age of 58. The Steel Curtain was the most dominant front four defensive lines of the 1970’s. Dwight White leaves behind a wife and a daughter. What a sad loss to the football and Pittsburgh community as White would have turned 59 at the end of next month. Rest in peace.
It appears that White died from complications following back surgery; however, there are not many details to the cause. White made up the NFL legendary Pittsburgh “Steel Curtain” defense along with Ernie Holmes, Mean Joe Greene and LC. Greenwood. This dominating defense force helped the Pittsburgh Steelers to 4 Super Bowl wins in the 1970’s.
Justin Hayes, Baseball Fan Falls 150 Feet to Death at Turner Field During Atlanta Braves & NY Mets Game
25 year old Justin Hayes fell to his death during the 8th inning of the 
baseball game between the NY Mets and the Atlanta Braves. Hayes fell about 150 feet from the club level to the landing on the field level during the game. Hayes was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police are stating that alcohol was involved; however, friends and family are disputing that notion. An autopsy will answer that question.
The investigation is “pointing toward drinking. Alcohol was a factor,” said Atlanta police department spokesman Ronald Campbell on Thursday.
Campbell said Hayes may have been sliding down the hand rails when he fell.
“We are still waiting for the police report to be completed,” Campbell said. “We had officers working at the game.”
Mark Guilbeau, the senior investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office, said an autopsy will be performed.
The Braves issued a statement Thursday expressing sympathy for Hayes’ family.
Parents of deceased Braves fan release statement
Another Death on an Escalator at a Ballpark? First Mets now Braves
BIG BROWN … BIG WIN, Big Brown Blows Away Field in Preakness, Second Jewel of Triple Crown
BIG BROWN … Two for two with only the Belmont left. Big Brown awesome … simply awesome. 5 and 0 and the Belmont to go …
Big Brown wins the Preakness going away. Big Brown stays undefeated and wins the Second Jewel of the Triple Crown going away. Never was the 3 year old challenged during the Preakness as Big Brown ran a near perfect race. The pre-race prohibited favorite was never challenged. During the final stretch of the race, Big Brown and his jockey were actually looking for a horse to run against. Big Brown has been nothing short of spectacular and in complete command of both the Kentuck Derby and Preakness Stakes. Running near perfect races with much more left at the end, it appears that nothing stands in the way of Big Brown becoming the first horse in 30 years to win The Triple Crown.
Big Brown now stands at the gates of Triple Crown history. With impressive wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, all that stands in Big Brown’s way in the Belmont. If the first two legs of The Triple Crown are any sign of things to come, horse racing looks like it may have its first Triple Crown winner in 30 years since Affirmed. For Big Brown, its 3 weeks until horse racing immortality.
