Happy Veteran's Day

There are a couple of times a year where we should take time to remember that this is the home of the free, because of the brave. Veteran's Day is one of them. In football , you can't determine who you play. They give you the schedule and you work your way through it for better or for worse. In the military , you can't determine where you'll serve. The needs of the military take precedence. You go where they send you: for better or for worse. Several great...

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Courtney Stodden on Breakup

After the split from her significantly older husband Doug Hutchison , aspiring singer and reality star Courtney Stodden isn'y shy in voicing her sxcitement for her newfound freedom. Stodden was just 16 when she married Hutchison in 2011. The lost actor was 51 years old by that time, making him more that 30 years her senior. 'I'm feeling good. Obviously, any breakup is really stressful'. She said When she asked what went wrong, the...

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Brittish Columbia Honour Remembrance Day

Susan Bell-Irving's father , a former Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, would rarely talk about the year he spent as a prisoner of war after his plane was shot down over Germany during the Second World War. He was released and returned to Canada after the war ended, but for the most part , Bell-Irving says her father left those difficult memories behind in Europe. Before he died , however, Bell-Irving's father put his stories to paper , writing...

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Scott Tolzien subs in , to start again

Armageddon has arrived for the Green Bay Packers: They are on their third different starting quarterback in as many weeks. Coach Mike McCathy elevated Scott Tolzien to that role moments after Sunday's 27-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Tolzien, who spent training camp this summer with the San Francisco 49ers and was on the Packers' practice squad until last week , played most of sunday's game after starter Seneca Wallace injured his groin...

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Notre Dame Football: Playing the Blame Game for the Pittburgh Loss

The fighting Irish apeared to revert to Michigan game mode, as they simply gave up trying to run , finishing with just 25 total carries on the night. After a 140-yard breakout performance a week ago against the Panthers. With the Irish tied or ahead for the first 50 minutes, the lack of running plays called by kelly and offensive coordinator Chuck Martin was puzzling. The criticism of Kelly's strategy begins on the second drive of the game when...

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Bears unable to control line in loss to Lions

Bears right guard Kyle Long bowed his head and rested it in one hand as he sat at his locker still wearing his jersey and pads. A few feet away, left guard Matt Slauson Sat at his stall with a pinch of tabacco in his lower hip. In hushed tones, he described why the Bears lost 21-19 to the Lions on Sunday at Soldier Field and how they missed their chance to take sole possession of first place in the NFC North. Discussions in other corners...

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UFC Fight Night

The main event pitted hometown favorite Vitor Belfort against fellow light heavyweight Dan Henderson. At 36 and 43 years old, respectively, Belfort and Henderson are both defying the odds by even fighting professionally in a cage , much less at an elite level. In any case , entering Saturday's main event, Belfort was the winner of two in a row , most recently by head-kick knokout in May against the younger , buzzier Luke Rockhold, in a bout...

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