The Briarcliffe Bulldogs “controlled their own destiny”, to use one of the most repulsively overused cliches in sports. They knew what they had to do and they went out and did it. Facing elimination themselves they forced a second game by defeating the Southern Virginia University Knights 11-9. In the deciding game, a thriller for the ages, the Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2011
USCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS CROWNED, NCCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES CONTINUES
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MORE SON OF SVENGOOLIE
For more bits from Rich Koz, the Babe Ruth of the old-time movie hosts, let’s move to his (and his predecessor’s) running jokes about Berwyn, a Polish American community near Chicago. In the 1960’s Cleveland’s late night movie host Ghoulardi poked fun at the Polish suburb of Parma. In the early 1970’s the original Svengoolie used Chicago’s equivalent of Parma, Berwyn, as the butt of frequent jokes. The mere mention of the name would prompt the sound byte of a disbelieving voice quipping “BURRRRR-wiiin?” Son of Svengoolie continued the tradition.
Here are Continue reading
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NCCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES – DIVISION TWO IS DONE, DIVISION ONE IS JUST BEGINNING
The National Christian College Athletic Association Division 2 World Series is over and the Toccoa Falls College Eagles are the champions! They put away the Clearwater Christian College Cougars by a score of 3-0 to take the title. For those unfamiliar with how the college baseball divisions do their World Series there are several teams (the number varies from division to division) and they Continue reading
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SIX-GUN SARA ENTERS THE FRONTIERADO VALHALLA!
Frontierado is coming up on the first Friday in August and a powerful new cultural force has just been added to help spread the good word (“Did you know Frontierado has a wonderful plan for your life?”) about the holiday. That force is Sara from the Lifewith4cats blog and the blog called Mideival Maiden. She was one of the respondents when I mentioned how I do customized sagas for people if they want and she is so nice she ran it on her blog and also linked to my main Frontierado post to help spread the word about my made-up holiday! How cool is that?
Here are links to the two blog posts Six-Gun Sara was kind enough to make about all this – http://midaevalmaiden.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/the-day-you-stop-playing-is-the-day-you-begin-to-die/
http://midaevalmaiden.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/six-gun-sara/
As the global commisioner for Frontierado, let me Continue reading
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FRONTIERADO TRIPLE FEATURE OF THE BAD, THE WEIRD AND THE FREAKY
With the Frontierado holiday coming up the first Friday in August I’ll be devoting more and more coverage to it. To learn more about this holiday click here: https://glitternight.com/2010/07/28/just-9-more-shopping-days-until-frontierado/
As we get closer to Frontierado I’ll begin examining quality westerns but for now you can once again think of me as the Bronson Canyon Kid (bad movie buffs will get it) as I take a look at three more weird westerns.
THE DEVIL AND MISS SARAH (1971) – A veritable ton of familiar western stars appear in this supernatural western that sort of reminds me of Black Noon (previously reviewed in my The Bad, The Weird And The Freaky segments.) Gene “Bat Masterson” Barry plays notorious outlaw Continue reading
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MAY 16TH’S NAIA COLLEGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Just two brackets have yet to produce a champion, and that’s because of weather postponements. These champions will join the eight other teams in the NAIA World Series May 27th – June 3rd.
KINGSPORT BRACKET – Faulkner Eagles over the Continue reading
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YA WANTED MORE SON OF SVENGOOLIE? GLAD TO OBLIGE!
Well, from the reaction to the latest of my various posts about Rich Koz AKA Son of Svengoolie (and eventually just plain Svengoolie, like his predecessor) readers are intrigued by the guy. Anybody who likes my Bad Movie reviews will love this guy, whose show Son of Svengoolie (1979-1986) was, in my opinion, the funniest of the old-school movie host programs. I never got to see the original shows, but thanks to books and youtube I’ve spent years enjoying “Sven’s” style. Here’s another link to one of his song parodies. Just 2 minutes in length. The occassion was Continue reading
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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY
DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY BLUE HAWKS
Location: Dickinson, ND
Division: NAIA
Conference Affiliation: Dakota Athletic Conference
Major sports: football, basketball, base/soft- ball, rodeo, track
Site: www.dsubluehawks.com
Comment: In the grand tradition of Blue Velvet, Blue Oyster Cult and Bleu Cheese, it’s the Blue Hawks! Long-time readers of Balladeer’s Blog will remember the Blue Hawks as Continue reading
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MAY 15TH’S NAIA COLLEGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS
PADUCAH BRACKET – The Cumberland Bulldogs, the reigning champs of NAIA baseball, dismembered the Tennessee Wesleyan Tigers by a score of 19-9, forcing a second game later today. The winner of that second game will win this bracket and advance to the NAIA World Series … In the second game, just concluded, the Tigers turned the tables on Coach Woody Hunt’s reigning champions by a score of 9-2, knocking out the storied Cumberland program and becoming just this year’s second non-top seed to win their bracket. TENNESSEE WESLEYAN TIGERS ADVANCE TO THE NAIA WORLD SERIES
CLEVELAND BRACKET – Continue reading
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PULP HEROES: SILVER JOHN – HOPH AND SHIVER IN THE PINES
I’m continuing my look at Manly Wade Wellman’s pulp hero Silver John, the roaming singer and guitarist who fights supernatural forces in the Appalachian Mountains of long ago, sort of like a countrified Orpheus meets Kolchak. He’s called Silver John because of the silver strings on his guitar and the silver coins he carries in his pockets. For more details click here: https://glitternight.com/pulp-heroes/
YOU KNOW THE TALE OF HOPH – (No, it’s not a story about David Hasselhoff) In this Silver John vignette our hero plans to end the reign of terror of Hoph, a werewolf/ vampire hybrid who Continue reading
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