This is a lifetime basketball game...

...One to save and savor.

Courtesy of CBS Sports. Click on the link below and enjoy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZtU676jA_k

THE TWO BIG "B's"

I spent the last few days trying to figure out how in the world does the IOC, the International Olympic Committee pick cities for the future. Sometimes I believe they write down on slips of paper all of the upcoming "hot spots" in the world, shake them up in a leprechauns hat and then pull out the winner. CHINA, you've got to be kidding, CHINA. They need lots of work on their human relations and on their air quality. Already the talk of "B" Boycott is a whirlwind through Europe with almost daily disclosures that various heads-of-state will boycott...but boycott only the opening ceremonies. Which means they will miss a great photo opportunity. G.W,Bush is still going, He wants to have "Up close and personal...talks" with China's President Hu Jintao. Bush says he's going to ask about the factory workers, in China, who have been recently fired. The interpreters should have a field day with that one. The 1980 boycott by the American Team per Jimmy Carter only hurt the athletes of the American Team, no one else.

But there is another "B" problem in New England of all places. The 2008 Patriot football season is in PERIL, according to six bloggers plus a newspaper and god knows how many radio talk shows. The reason, All-World Quarterback Tom "B" BRADY, is missing the Voluntary workouts to vacation in Europe. Brady is the captain of the team, the leader in the clubhouse, the main man, the key to the Patriot machine, and he is missing the action. However, it was revealed that Tom is traveling through Europe on the arm of the very beautiful, model, Gisele Bundchen. "WAY TO GO TOM."

THOUGHTS FOR TUESDAY MORNING

* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

* The second mouse gets the cheese.

* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

* You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

Courtesy - Joshua Stein, www.thepositivewebsite.com

GO WILDCATS !!!

The happiest 275 fans at Friday night's NCAA Tournament Games had to be student's from Davidson College. Located about 20 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina, Davidson is a long 11 hour bus ride from Detroit the site of Friday's and now also Sunday's NCAA March Madness Games.

By now, everyone who follows college basketball knows Davidson will play Kansas to reach the final four. And they just might make it, after all they've won 25 in a row, and that's the longest win streak in the nation.

But back to the student/fans. The Board of Trustees, reached into their own deep pockets and announced to the 1,700 strong student body, that any student who would make the 11 hour bus ride, the trustees would pay for the buses, the hotel rooms, the meals and the tickets.

The race was on. The race to find enough buses. They found 7 and at 5 a.m. Friday morning loaded with 275 student's they headed for Detroit and Friday nights victory over Wisconsin.

The word is that late Friday night the school was still scrambling for more buses and more students for Sunday afternoons game against Kansas. The winner goes to the final-four. What a wonderful weekend for these kids. They will forge memories of a lifetime because the Davidson Board of Trustees remembered what it was like to be a student at Davidson.

Again if your a friend of college basketball, and old enough, you'll remember when Davidson reached the East Regionals in 1969. They lost to North Carolina. The Wildcats coach was the legendary, Lefty Driesell. And I announced that game on regional television. GO WILDCATS !!!

Stuff You Need (But Probably Didn't) Know!

When my stomach was much younger, my favorite beverage was Stolichnaya. There was a time when I only thought it had been created to help us forget the bad days and long nights. Little did I realize there was lots of other medicinal information contained in that clear liquid.

For example:

1. To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka. The stuff dissolves adhesive. (No gain, no pain.)

2. To clean caulking around bathtubs and showers, fill a trigger-spray bottle with vodka, spray the caulking, let set five minutes and wash clean. The alcohol in the vodka kills mold and mildew.

3. To clean your eyeglasses, simply wipe the lenses with a soft, clean cloth dampened with vodka. The alcohol in the vodka cleans the glass and kills germs. (Life becomes clearer.)

4. Spray vodka on wine stains, scrub with a clean brush, and blot dry. (Then suck on the towel.)

5. Using a cotton ball, apply vodka to your face as an astringent to cleanse the skin and tighten pores. (Beats after shave.)

6. To relieve a fever, use a washcloth to rub vodka on your chest and back as a liniment.

7. Vodka will disinfect and alleviate a jellyfish sting. (Hurray)

8. Pour vodka over an area affected with poison ivy to remove the urushiol oil from your skin. (Urushiol is an oily toxic irritant present in poison ivy.)

9. Fill a sixteen-ounce trigger-spray bottle with vodka and spray bees or wasps to kill them. (A shame to waste on bees and wasps.)

10. Add a jigger of vodka to a 12-ounce bottle of shampoo. The alcohol cleanses the scalp, removes toxins from your hair, and stimulates the growth of healthy hair. (I'll get back to you on this one.)

11. Swish a shot of vodka over an aching tooth. Allow your gums to absorb some of the alcohol to numb the pain. (This is one of my favorites.)

NOTE: If none of the above don't work, then SHAKE BUT DON'T STIR, and sip gently.