Tonight the South Plains College Texans (logo at right), the Eastern Oklahoma Mountaineers, the Seward Saints and the NW Florida Raiders battle for the right to advance to tomorrow’s NJCAA Championship Game. Consolation games continue today and tomorrow featuring teams like the Monroe College Tribunes and the Otero Rattlers. The NCAA Division 2 Championship Game will Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2012
NJCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR: MARCH 23RD
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NJCAA COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND THE D2 FINAL FOUR: MARCH 22ND
All you varmints can get ready for more college hoops action today as the NJCAA tournament continues and the NCAA Division 2 Final Four will play tonight to see who advances to the championship game this Saturday! Will Bellarmine get back to the title game? Find out!
The Three Rivers Raiders (logo at left, believe it or not, with Rocky the Raider) take on the defending champs of NJCAA basketball, the College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles at Continue reading
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SHINTO DEITY: AMATERASU
This sun goddess was the chief deity of the Shinto pantheon. In the Nihongi she is the daughter of both Izanagi and Izanami but in the Kojiki she springs from Izanagi’s left eye. During one of the conflicts with her brother Susanowo the storm god she withdrew to a cave in protest of the storm god’s incessant belligerence. Susanowo had been overstepping his bounds by Continue reading
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NJCAA COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCORES MARCH 21ST; D2 ELITE EIGHT
Day 2 of the NJCAA basketball tournament tips off at 11am ET today, with the Otero College Rattlers (logo at left) facing the Wabash Valley College Warriors. The Northwest Florida Raiders square off against the Navarro College Bulldogs in the 2nd of 5 games on the slate for today.
Meanwhile, in NCAA Division 2, the Elite Eight take the court against each other today. The Metro State Roadrunners, the Stonehill Skyhawks, the Continue reading
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LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES AND SLAIN SOLDIERS
Welcome back to Balladeer’s Blog, the only Independent Voter site on the ‘net that is truly nonpartisan in its criticism of the shrill children who call themselves Liberals and Conservatives.
I believe now is a good time to address this issue from awhile back since it covers the cheap politicization of grief over a loved one slain in war. Remember when Liberals were all hyping Continue reading
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NAIA COLLEGE BASKETBALL TITLE GAME TONIGHT; NJCAA TOURNAMENT ROUND ONE ALL DAY LONG
The NAIA championship game will be played tonight at 8pm ET on the cable channel called CBS Sports Network, the new home of Jim Rome. The (2) Oklahoma Baptist University Bison take on the (4) Concordia (CA) Eagles (who I still say should change their name to the Condors).
One tournament ends, but another begins! The NJCAA tournament tips off at 11am ET today. The Monroe College Tribunes (logo at left), the Gordon College Highlanders and Continue reading
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END OF THE WORLD MYTH: TELESPHORUS
It’s no secret that the kind of kooks who think we never landed on the moon and that the “faintings” at Obama campaign appearances are real and not staged also think the world will end this coming December 21st. Balladeer’s Blog has been examining some of the countless end of the world theories of the past.
Telesphorus of Cosenza (generally believed to be a pseudonym) threw his Continue reading
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NAIA FINAL FOUR PLAY TONIGHT MARCH 19TH (SCORES HERE)
The NAIA Final Four play tonight in their semifinals. The (2) Oklahoma Baptist University Bison (logo at left) take on the Cinderella team, the (11) Mountain State Cougars while the top- seeded Shorter Hawks clash with the (4) Concordia (CA) Eagles. Game One (Hawks vs Eagles) tips off at 7pm ET.
Tomorrow at 10am ET the NJCAA tournament begins, with the opening game pitting the South Plains College Texans against the Continue reading
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MYTHOLOGY: THE NEGLECTED EPIC MYTH OF YI THE DIVINE ARCHER
I.WHAT’S UP WITH YI? – Yi the Divine Archer from Chinese mythology deserves to be remembered in one breath with some of the other great heroes and monster slayers from belief systems around the world. Most people are only familiar with his feat of shooting down multiple suns that appeared in the sky one day, but this article will provide a light- hearted look at all of his fantastic adventures. Continue reading
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MARCH 17TH’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCORES: NAIA AND NJCAA
The LSU- Shreveport Pilots (logo at left) are part of the NAIA’s Elite Eight teams that will be playing today. Meanwhile the NJCAA3 Championship Game will pit the Sandhills Flyers against the Cedar Valley College Suns. The NCAA D3 title game features the Whitewater Warhawks (current D3 football champs) vs the Cabrini Cavaliers.
Four double- digit seeds advanced with upset wins yesterday. The Pilots (as in riverboat pilots) won a 12 over 5 matchup over Southern Polytechnic, Biola won a 10-7 game against Our Lady of the Lake University and 11th- seeded Mountain State upset 6th- seeded Martin Methodist. Here are scores for Continue reading
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