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February 1, 2015 · 4:00 pm

COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS

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North Park Vikings logoVIKING ON VIKING VIOLENCE – For the second week in a row the NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY VIKINGS lead things off by notching an upset of a highly-ranked team! This time around NPU hosted the number 4 team in the nation – the AUGUSTANA (IL) COLLEGE VIKINGS. Despite trailing for the overwhelming majority of the game North Park came from behind late to play David to another team’s Goliath once again. The final score was North Park 76  Augustana 69. 

WallyWabash Wabash Little GiantsOTHER TOP TEN UPSETS – The WABASH COLLEGE LITTLE GIANTS battled the 10th ranked COLLEGE OF WOOSTER SCOTS and led them at Halftime by a score of 36-29 on their way to a 68-65 upset win. Daniel Purvlicis led the Little Giants with 19 points and 13 rebounds!     ###      And the SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE PRIDE toppled the visiting number 6 WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERS in a 63-59 thriller.   Continue reading →

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January 29, 2015 · 9:10 pm

COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS FROM BALLADEER’S BLOG

Florida National University ConquistadorsUSCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association) – 1. FLORIDA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CONQUISTADORS     ###      2. DAEMEN COLLEGE WILDCATS     ###      3. BEREA COLLEGE MOUNTAINEERS     ###      4. WEST VIRGINIA TECH GOLDEN BEARS     ###      5. CONCORDIA (AL) COLLEGE HORNETS     ###            

Canton Kangaroos6. SUNY-CANTON KANGAROOS     ###      7. WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY SHOCK (Defending Champions)    ###      8. NEWPORT NEWS APPRENTICE SCHOOL BUILDERS     ###      9. TENNESSEE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY CRUSADERS     ###      10. SILVER LAKE COLLEGE LAKERS     ###       Continue reading →

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January 28, 2015 · 10:49 pm

COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA

Culinary Institute of America SteelsCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA STEELS

Location: Hyde Park, New York

Conference Affiliation: Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Comment: Presenting the academic institution where students, faculty and administrators can all honestly say “I’m with the CIA.” This school, known as “The World’s Premier Culinary College”, was founded in 1946 as a successor to the Office of Strategic Skilletry (I’m kidding. But not about the year it was founded.)   Continue reading →

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January 27, 2015 · 9:37 pm

NEGLECTED MYTHICAL EPICS

Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog are familiar with my examinations of obscure pantheons of gods. I’ve also covered several neglected epic myths from around the world. Here’s a guide to the ones I’ve covered:

Aiwel LongarAIWEL LONGAR

Pantheon: Dinka

Central Figure: Aiwel Longar

Synopsis: Aiwel Longar was the son of the Nile River god and was set adrift as a gift for the childless woman who found him. The young godling displays his divine nature from childhood onward and many years later when various plagues strike the land Aiwel Longar leads his faithful followers to a new promised land where they can live but which he is forbidden to enter. A miraculous crossing of the Nile is also featured in this ancient epic with a broad influence.  

FOR FULL STORY CLICK HERE: https://glitternight.com/2013/08/13/mythology-the-epic-of-aiwel-longar/

Lac Long QuanA WAR BETWEEN GODS

Pantheon: Vietnamese

Central Figures: The jungle and mountain god Tan Vien and Thuy Tinh, the god of the monsoon rains.

Synopsis: While on a safari with the semi-divine emperor Hung Vuong XVIII, Tan Vien saves the life of the rain deity Thuy Tinh. Thuy Tinh’s father, the sea god Long Vuong, welcomes Tan Vien to his undersea kingdom to thank him. Thuy Tinh and Tan Vien’s friendship grows as the jungle and mountain god is feasted and celebrated for weeks before being sent home with various supernatural gifts from the god of the sea.

When Hung Vuong XVIII’s daughter Mi Nuong is offered up to be courted Tan Vien and Thuy Tinh best all of the mortal suitors competing for her hand. Next follows a tragic conflict between the two deities, a conflict with long-lasting consequences. 

FOR FULL STORY CLICK HERE: https://glitternight.com/vietnamese-myth-2/ Continue reading →

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January 25, 2015 · 4:26 pm

COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS

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vikinglogo.ashx_.gif (200×175) TOP TWENTY-FIVE UPSETS – The NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY VIKINGS improved to 10-8 on the season with their 92-68 clobbering of the 17th ranked NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE CARDINALS     ###      Meanwhile the BETHEL (MN) ROYALS notched a 95-89 road upset of the number 19 ST OLAF COLLEGE OLES     ###      And the DENISON UNIVERSITY BIG RED toppled the 23rd ranked OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY BATTLING BISHOPS in a 73-70 nailbiter.  

New Jersey City U Gothic KnightsCENTURY CLUB: D-3 – Teams scoring 100 or more in Regulation: The NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY GOTHIC KNIGHTS put up 100 in their rout of the homestanding KEAN UNIVERSITY COUGARS, who only managed 70 of their own     ###     The LYNDON STATE HORNETS, meanwhile, logged a 101-85 road win over the HUSSON EAGLES     ###      And the GRINNELL COLLEGE PIONEERS won a 128-101 offensive orgy against the visiting BELOIT COLLEGE BUCCANEERS.   Continue reading →

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January 23, 2015 · 3:05 pm

COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS: BALLADEER’S BLOG

Indiana Wesleyan WildcatsNAIA2 – 1. INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY WILDCATS (Defending Champions)     ###      2. DAKOTA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY TIGERS     ###      3. EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY EAGLES (should be the Aeronauts)     ###      4. COLLEGE OF IDAHO COYOTES     ###      5. SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY RAIDERS     ###      

Bethel (in) Pilots6. BETHEL COLLEGE (IN) PILOTS (Riverboat Pilots)     ###      7. DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS     ###      8. WARNER PACIFIC COLLEGE KNIGHTS     ###      9. BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY CHARGERS     ###      10. MIDLAND UNIVERSITY WARRIORS     ###       Continue reading →

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January 22, 2015 · 3:03 pm

NEGLECTED GODS FROM POPULAR PANTHEONS

Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog are familiar with my tendency to examine neglected pantheons of deities, as in Vietnamese, Bunyoro, Inuit, Tupari, Navajo and other Native American tribes.

When I covered popular pantheons I avoided the major gods to prevent rehashing the same myths many people were already familiar with. That enabled me to spread some love to the less appreciated deities in those pantheons. Here’s a convenient guide to those items:

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The Usual Suspects: Thor, Odin, Loki, Sif and Baldur

Sampling of the Deities I Covered Instead: Skadi the mountain goddess, Ull the hunting god, Forseti, the god of the laws, Aegir the sea god and Hodur the god of darkness.   

Top Deity on List: Hel, Loki’s daughter and the goddess who ruled over the land of the dead, inflicting misery on anyone too wimpy to die in battle.

Comment: I first did this list in 2011 and since then the popularity of the Thor movies and of tv shows like The Vikings and The Almighty Johnsons have sent interest in Norse mythology through the roof.

FULL LIST CLICK HERE: https://glitternight.com/2011/04/10/the-eleven-most-neglected-deities-in-teutono-norse-mythology/ Continue reading →

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January 19, 2015 · 11:39 pm

CASEY JAMES AND BALLADEER EXAMINE BATWOMAN (1968)

International sex symbol Casey James, Balladeer's Blog's Official Movie Hostess.

International sex symbol Casey James, Balladeer’s Blog’s Official Movie Hostess.

Special thanks to Balladeer’s Blog’s Official Movie Hostess, the beautiful Casey James, as she helps present another look at a bad or weird superhero film. This time around the subject is the 1968 Mexican film Batwoman (La Mujer Murcielago).

Batwoman 1For starters this should NOT be confused with the Jerry Warren film The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman, but often is because Warren was the stateside distributor for plenty of Mexican films in the 50s and 60s. This movie is purely a Luchadora film with Batwoman being a wrestler as well as a seasoned crime fighter.   

It’s not quite fair to call this a “bad” film, but it is a bit of a weird one. In my view it’s much tighter and more entertaining than most of the El Santo movies from Mexico. And I’m not just saying that because of how incredibly sexy the star Maura Monti is. She has an arresting (see what I did there) figure that’s perfect for her version of the Batwoman outfit: a bikini, boots, mask and cape. 

Batwoman 2Like the Turkish movie Three Dev Adam, which features Spider-Man, Captain America and El Santo, this little honey did not pay for character rights but slipped under the radar long ago thanks to its south-of-the- border origins. Maura Monti has a certain screen presence that was lacking in other Luchadora flicks like Wrestling Women vs the Aztec Mummy. And this movie is nowhere near the embarrassment that Halle Berry’s Catwoman was. Continue reading →

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January 18, 2015 · 4:01 pm

COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS

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green_terror_mascotUPSET IN THE TOP TEN – The MCDANIEL COLLEGE GREEN TERROR had the Gill Center rocking on Saturday as they toppled the number 10 team in the nation – the FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE DIPLOMATS. The Green Terror had the visiting Diplomats worried by Halftime, at which point the score was knotted up at 28-28. The 2nd Half remained a defensive epic and in the end McDaniel prevailed in a tight 59-58 stunner. Cameron Royster led the Green Terror in scoring with his 17 points.  

bethel pilots NEWCENTURY CLUB – NAIA – The Century Club is reserved each week for teams scoring 100 or more points in Regulation. The BETHEL (IN) COLLEGE PILOTS (Riverboat Pilots) welcomed the MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE UNIVERSITY COUGARS and trailed at the break by a score of 42-39. In the 2nd Half the Pilots seized control of the game, outscoring the Cougars 65-36 on their way to a 104-78 blowout victory. Bethel improves to 17-3 with the win.   Continue reading →

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January 15, 2015 · 8:29 pm

COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS FROM BALLADEER’S BLOG

Hope International University RoyalsNAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) – 1. HOPE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ROYALS     ###      2. CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY TIGERS     ###      3. CALIFORNIA STATE AT SAN MARCOS COUGARS     ###      4. TALLADEGA COLLEGE TORNADOES     ###   5. OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY BISON     ###      6. UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE BEARS     ###      

martinmethodist redhawks7. MARTIN METHODIST COLLEGE RED HAWKS     ###      8. BENEDICTINE COLLEGE RAVENS     ###      9. FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY LIONS     ###      10. UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA- WESTERN BULLDOGS     ###      11. ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY FIRESTORM     ###      12. OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY SAINTS     ###       Continue reading →

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