*What a finish at Talledega yesterday, damn sad Jr's engine blew.*
*Cold and Doc, you guys need help with those avatars??*
RULES for MAY will continue the same
--2 Plays per day Max. 1 Unit each or
--Can double up on one play for 2 units
--Moneylines, sides, totals, teasers, and props!!
--1 parlay (2 teamer) per week by each pundit, but no greater then -250 in any leg--
*Post odds and book please!
***No lines before Midnight EST please***
(playing for the same 2 prizes as in April, 1st and 2nd place)
Pundit Progress thru May 1st
GLTA :toast:
TODAY:
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
BA BA BA BOOO DAY
No, it’s not Halloween. It was on this day in Tacoma, Washington, in 1904*, that Harry Lillis Crosby was born; better known to us as Bing.
Bing Crosby went on to sing well over 4,000 songs during his impressive show biz career which spanned not only hit recordings, but movies, radio and TV, too. Crosby’s most successful tune? White Christmas (written by Irving Berlin).
Bandleader Paul Whiteman hired Crosby in 1926, along with singing partner, Al Rinker. With the addition of Harry Barris, the trio became The Rhythm Boys and gained quite a following. After leaving the Whiteman organization in 1930, Crosby sang for a brief while with Gus Arnheim’s band. In 1931, ‘Der Bingle’ recorded I Surrender, Dear. The popularity of that song landed Crosby on CBS radio and an unsurpassed solo career was underway. Over the next 30 years, Crosby’s baritone and easy manner sold more than 300,000,000 records.
The consummate golfer, Crosby was host of the annual Crosby Open held at Pebble Beach, Spyglass and, Cypress Point. With Crosby’s passing in 1977 -- on a golf course near Madrid, Spain -- the tournament changed names to the AT&T/Pebble Beach Open.
1939 - Lou Gehrig established a new major-league baseball record as he played in his 2,130th game. ‘The Iron Horse’ had played in every Yankee game since June 1, 1925. (It would be 57 years until Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles would shatter that record in the summer of 1995.)
BDAYS:
1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold George Dorsey)
singer: After The Lovin’, Release Me, There Goes My Everything, The Last Waltz, A Man Without Love, Winter World of Love, Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
1948 - Larry Gatlin
musician, Grammy Award-winning country singer: Broken Lady [1976], I Don’t Wanna Cry, Houston (I’m Comin’ to See You), Love is Just a Game, Take Somebody with Me When I Fall, Statues Without Hearts, All the Gold in California
1950 - Lou Gramm
singer: groups: Black Sheep, Foreigner: Feels like the First Time, Cold as Ice, Long Long Way from Home, Double Vision, Hot Blooded, Blue Morning Blue Day, Urgent, Waiting for a Girl like You, I Want to Know What Love Is, That was Yesterday
*The voice of Foreigner, one of the great bands of the 80's*
1972 - Jennifer Miriam
Oklahoma City OK, playmate (March, 1997)
*Cold and Doc, you guys need help with those avatars??*
RULES for MAY will continue the same
--2 Plays per day Max. 1 Unit each or
--Can double up on one play for 2 units
--Moneylines, sides, totals, teasers, and props!!
--1 parlay (2 teamer) per week by each pundit, but no greater then -250 in any leg--
*Post odds and book please!
***No lines before Midnight EST please***
(playing for the same 2 prizes as in April, 1st and 2nd place)
Pundit Progress thru May 1st
GLTA :toast:
TODAY:
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
BA BA BA BOOO DAY
No, it’s not Halloween. It was on this day in Tacoma, Washington, in 1904*, that Harry Lillis Crosby was born; better known to us as Bing.
Bing Crosby went on to sing well over 4,000 songs during his impressive show biz career which spanned not only hit recordings, but movies, radio and TV, too. Crosby’s most successful tune? White Christmas (written by Irving Berlin).
Bandleader Paul Whiteman hired Crosby in 1926, along with singing partner, Al Rinker. With the addition of Harry Barris, the trio became The Rhythm Boys and gained quite a following. After leaving the Whiteman organization in 1930, Crosby sang for a brief while with Gus Arnheim’s band. In 1931, ‘Der Bingle’ recorded I Surrender, Dear. The popularity of that song landed Crosby on CBS radio and an unsurpassed solo career was underway. Over the next 30 years, Crosby’s baritone and easy manner sold more than 300,000,000 records.
The consummate golfer, Crosby was host of the annual Crosby Open held at Pebble Beach, Spyglass and, Cypress Point. With Crosby’s passing in 1977 -- on a golf course near Madrid, Spain -- the tournament changed names to the AT&T/Pebble Beach Open.
1939 - Lou Gehrig established a new major-league baseball record as he played in his 2,130th game. ‘The Iron Horse’ had played in every Yankee game since June 1, 1925. (It would be 57 years until Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles would shatter that record in the summer of 1995.)
BDAYS:
1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold George Dorsey)
singer: After The Lovin’, Release Me, There Goes My Everything, The Last Waltz, A Man Without Love, Winter World of Love, Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
1948 - Larry Gatlin
musician, Grammy Award-winning country singer: Broken Lady [1976], I Don’t Wanna Cry, Houston (I’m Comin’ to See You), Love is Just a Game, Take Somebody with Me When I Fall, Statues Without Hearts, All the Gold in California
1950 - Lou Gramm
singer: groups: Black Sheep, Foreigner: Feels like the First Time, Cold as Ice, Long Long Way from Home, Double Vision, Hot Blooded, Blue Morning Blue Day, Urgent, Waiting for a Girl like You, I Want to Know What Love Is, That was Yesterday
*The voice of Foreigner, one of the great bands of the 80's*
1972 - Jennifer Miriam
Oklahoma City OK, playmate (March, 1997)
