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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Everyone remembers that Dallas “The Kid” Seavey won the Iditarod back on the 13th. He is the youngest winner of the Iditarod in history adding another milestone after last year’s Arctic John Baker being the first native Alaskan to win the event. Here is the finishing order as of March 17th complete with the competitors’ Official Balladeer’s Blog Nickname:
1. Dallas the Kid Seavey *** 2. Alaska Ally Zirkle *** 3. Rainy Pass Ramey Smith *** 4. Continue reading
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If you missed it in the NAIA’s late game last night the unseeded SUNO Knights upset the 3rd- seeded Robert Morris (IL) Eagles 94-92! Trailing by 11 points with just 9 minutes left the Knights, playing in their first tournament since 2004, stayed focused and Kevin Dukes drove home a fadeaway jumper with just 3.9 seconds left in the game to give SUNO (Southern University at New Orleans) the win. Congratulations to the Knights for the upset of the tournament so far!
Meanwhile round two tips off this morning at 10am ET with the Evangel Crusaders (logo above left) taking on the Rogers State University Hillcats. All this plus the semifinals in the NJCAA3 tournament.
Taking a look at the scores (bd means Continue reading
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Kuyebiko was the Shinto scarecrow god. Originally he functioned as the protector of the rice fields, a task assigned him by his father Inari the rice god. He was considered to be incarnate in all scarecrows and eventually came to be considered as a divinitory deity who knew everything that transpired under the heavens.
The leap from being the god of scarecrows to divinitory deity came about because of Continue reading
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