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IT'S BEEN A LONG FEW WEEKS. . .

Well, I was going to start a post about three weeks ago when all hell was breaking loose in the sports world.  All summer long its been about Barry Bonds and his steroid use, then it was all about Michael Vick and his dog fighting ring 
and getting charged, then having the NFL commish bar him from going to training camp.  THEN
as a cycling fan, I tuned into the 2007 Tour De France only to see several riders test positive for doping and three teams drop out and then the leader Michael Rasmussen who held the yellow jersey for ten days, was removed from the tour by his own team and fired because of the skepticism about his whereabouts prior to the tour starting and his skipping of the pre-tour doping tests.

Just about the time I was getting over this, another bombshell dropped. An NBA ref was charged with betting on NBA games and fixing games.

Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn talk about a fruitful summer. So much going on, the sports talk radio shows have had plenty of fodder. Besides Barry breaking Hank Aaron's coveted home run record. We also have A-Rod about to pass 500 home runs and Tom Galvine about to get this 300th win as a pitcher.

If all this wasn't enough, David Beckham finally made a short debut for the Galaxy after a TON of speculation all night long. I did see his feverish 12 minutes on the pitch and the crowd went nuts everytime the ball was near him.  Good to see Becks finally getting comfy in LA. 

Okay, so after all the sports hoopla, last night turned into a nightmare for local residents here in Minneapolis.  A bridge collasped over the Mississippi river around 6:30pm and a highway which was packed during the back end of rush hour traffic.  Witnesses said the bridge was bumper to bumper when it gave way.

Pictures here
Video here

Yeah, its been a hectic few weeks in my world to say the least.  So many shoes dropping all over the place it's been fun keeping track of all the comings and goings in all of my favorite sports.

Changing gears slightly, one of my summer soccer teams is about to end our season on a very, very sour note.  We started out 7-2, and then the wheels completely fell off.  People wouldn't show up, people skipped practice and a cadre of other things which lead to our downfall.  One of the other big issues was the manager/player Tony.  I think people had issues with him from day one and just never tried
to talk to him about it.  The issues just continued to pile up until the last few games when people were absent and we finally lost to the worst team in the league last week - it spilled over. Several emails went back and forth, accusations were made, several players piped in and said they bailed because of issues with Tony, other chimed in and supported him. Its at a point now where lines have been drawn and people are choosing sides and I have no idea where I should end up.

I live down south and driving 45 minutes up north to our home field in Andover is a haul. The team they're forming is for indoor and I'm not sure I want to have to drive 40 minutes to play indoor when I can drive 15 minutes and drive to a facility and play with guys who I've played with for much longer. Right now, I dunno.

On a higher note, I've been playing lights out for my first division team and they have will be playing in Roseville in their outdoor season, and then they also want me to play with them at the Augsburg indoor league which we did very well in last year. I'm excited to conitnue to play with these guys and leave some of the drama with the Northland Wolves beyond me for now.

Right now, this is all I got. . .


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