Time Out with Tany

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THIS COLUMN WAS WRITTEN IN FRONT OF A LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE

QUICK QUIZ

The Detroit Lions won the NFL World Championship in 1957 when they defeated the Cleveland Browns, 59-14. Who was the team's MVP that year?

A.  Joe Schmidt
B.  Bobby Layne
C
Jack Christiansen
D.  Sam Merrill

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Jim Brosnan, on playing for the Chicago Cubs, "You have to have a certain dullness of mind and spirit to play here. I went through psychoanalysis, and that helped me deal with my Cubness."
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Comedian Joey Adams, on how to end sports gambling, "The government should legalize it . . . then tax it out of business."
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Golfer Nancy Lopez on golf, "Technique is not important to me. I need the same feel and the same swing. That is an advantage because when you start analyzing, it is confusing."

IDLE THOUGHTS

Did you hear former NBA player Charles Barkley admitted in a recent interview that he lost $2.5 million gambling in just six hours? Do you know how bad his gambling problem is? He lost it playing the nickel slots.
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Is there anything sacred anymore? Under Armour Inc.'s athletic clothing will be the first product advertised among the ivy on the wall of storied Wrigley Field. The company and the club agreed to place Under Armour's logo on 7-foot-by-12-foot doors in the ballpark's right and leftfield brick walls. The doors had been painted green and weren't covered with ivy, which has been a Wrigley Field trademark sine the 1930s.
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I've got a rather large hint for the Detroit Tigers. If you wind up in the playoffs again, do not - I repeat - do not - practice at Ford Field. That's what the Bengals did last year when faced with inclement weather during the baseball playoffs. They practiced one day across the street from Comerica Park at Ford Field and never won another playoff game. They should know that it takes quite some time to get the stink off from the Detroit Lions.
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It took me 20 minutes to explain to my son, Sam, why they call it the Big Ten when there are 11 teams in the conference. Penn State, which began Big Ten play in 1993, is the 11th team in the Big Ten. Instead of calling it the Big Eleven, why not just give Northwestern the boot to make it an even 10 teams?
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Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned children from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable. What the hell is next? Dodgeball?
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Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees has a new cologne called "Driven." The scent is designed to capture ambition, courage, passion and confidence, said Avon Products, Inc. The signature men's fragrance is a blend of crushed leaves, black pepper, chilled grapefruit, rhubarb, lavender, spearmint, bamboo, driftwood and oak moss. I tried it and promptly struck out, if you know what I mean.
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Denny McLain sure has a lot of guts. The former Tiger pitcher was in Saginaw recently to attend a baseball card show at Fashion Square Mall. McLain and a business partner helped bankrupt Farmer Peet by nabbing a cool $2 million from the Chesaning company's pension fund.
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The Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame has its hand's full this year. The Hall of Fame's board of directors annually selects a Saginaw County Athlete of the Year. Some notables they'll consider for the 2006-07 school year include Nouvel Catholic Central's Brad Sonntag, Rebeccah Rapin and Tim Ryan, Arthur Hill's Darquavius Tucker, Merrill's Megan Eddy, and Bridgeport's Ernie Garza just to name a few.
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You've probably heard about various sports camps that are offered for volleyball, baseball, football and basketball. Well, believe it or not, there's an organization that offers a Hockey Fight Camp.
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Whatever happened to Sparky Lyle?


QUICK QUIZ ANSWER

A. Joe Schmidt. Schmidt was the Lions MVP in 1955, 1957, 1958 and 1961.

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