Duffy's Rant Netcast

Home field advantage.  Perhaps there will be Manning vs Manning.

The third quarter of the Dallas=New England game has just started.  The Pats are on top BIG TIME 42-7.  Brady’s tied the all-time TD passing record with 6 and there is no reason to not think he will curpass that.

This is an absolute rout.

Gold medal winner Sarah Burke is in a coma following a training accident in Utah.

Keep her in your thoughts.

Dobie Gray passed away last night.  No cause has been mentioned.

The Beastie Boys, Donovan, Guns N’ Roses, the late Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Small Faces/The Faces are now in the Rock & Roll HOF.

Ron Santo got into the baseball HOF finally, a year after he passed away.

Two hours ago, the veterans committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame elected Ron Santo to membership.

I echo every Cubs fan’s comment: “Shoulda been done while he was alive!”

But, it’s a long overdue honor and every Cubs fan should be overjoyed!

Check out the article from USA Today.

Agents "irked"?

Sounds to me that they’re POd that their gravy train’s been derailed again.  And ya gotta wonder what the players reps are thinking.

Firing Steve Williams may turn out to be the worst thing Tiger’s ever done. 

USA Today article with extra links

It was great to see.  Tom Watson in a playoff and emerging victorious.  Click the link below to read the story on pgatour.com.

http://www.pga.com/seniorpga/2011/index.cfm

One of the greats has passed on to join Hogan, Snead, Nelson and a host of others on that eternal 19th hole.

Seve Ballesteros dies from brain cancer complications

Somehow I was not surprised when Butler and UConn made it to the final.

They are both strong teams and have a history behind them.  This final should be a wild affair.