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Welcome to Single High Sports
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“Remember the Grace, not the Gross” In 1849, Dr. George Parkman of Harvard Medical disappeared in what became a famous murder case. Sometime before his disappearance, Dr. Parkman lent money to his colleague Dr. John White Webster. As collateral, Dr. White offered the mortgage of his personal property and a valuable mineral collection. Parkman accepted
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
It’s 28 degrees on this early Monday Morning. A perfectly still morning void of all sound except the fuzzy that is snoring on her bed–and the clacking of these keys. Maybe the errant cacophony of noises coming from the refrigerator and the low bellow of the furnace downstairs can also be heard but they are
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Welcome to Single High Sports
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— November 9. Only two things come to mind when I read this date. Neither have to do with sports. Both have to do with the heart. There is love between me and these two things. Deep love. A love that is similar to the one described in “Predicting the Unpredictable.” Maybe you’ve read it,
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Welcome to Single High Sports
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MONTANA LEGENDS: Chas Hecker and Michael Wortham CHAS HECKER Two Cowboys sat down with a deck of cards on the Montana Countryside. As the story goes, it didn’t take long for their tempers to collide. Two shots were fired, both from the same gun. McMillan lay mortally wounded–Hecker was on the run. Chas Hecker was
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
“Anita was dressed up as the coach of the New York Giants. ‘They are losers–it’s ok to mock losers right?’ ‘Yes,’ I said. ‘It is righteous to mock losers in this country. We are number one.’”- Hunter S. Thompson October 31, 2001 HEY RUBE — It’s the 31st of October. Also known as Halloween, All
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— From Tom Clavin’s TOMBSTONE “The way Allie Earp put it when Virgil finally crawled into bed on the morning of October 26, she asked him if ‘anything was up.’ He replied, ‘Oh, I been trying to keep Ike Clanton and Doc Holliday from killing each other.’” — Its October 26th and it feels like
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Welcome to Single High Sports
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Warning: The Following is Not about sports. It’s about love and the preciousness of life. Stick around if you would like and thank you for stopping by for what’s usually “A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom.” I hope the water is level in your world on this early Tuesday morning. — The
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
“Keep me searchin’ for a heart of gold. I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold.”-Neil Young It was 1898 and Virgil and Allie Earp had been married twenty-five years happily and without children. One day, Virgil received a letter from Jane Lavin in Portland, Oregon saying that she was his daughter born to
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Welcome to Single High Sports
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Fun Facts and Sprint Football: Happy Birthday Jimmy Carter Pennsylvania Settler Thomas Cornell famously has an exclusive family tree that has branched to the highest reaches of society. Richard Nixon, James Fallon, Stockton Rush, Bill Gates, and Jimmy Carter to name a few. The latter being an avenue into this topic of Sprint Football. So,
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
Imagine waking up to a foot of snow on the ground on Christmas morning. Everything you need for the day is already in the house. A fridge full of food, plenty of firewood, music, movies, books, and games for entertainment. Everyone you love and want with you on Christmas morning are in their house shoes