Archive for September, 2004

Wednesday, September 15th, 2004

Daunte Culpepper - NFC Offensive player of the week.

NFC Offensive P.O.W
For the fourth time in his career, Daunte Culpepper was named the NFC Offensive player of the week. On Sunday Daunte completed 74% of his passes, threw for 242 yards and 5 touchdowns all without an interception. His passer rating was an eye-popping 147.1.
Although it is completely senseless to even think of [...]

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Tuesday, September 14th, 2004

Another feather n the Cy young cap

Major League Baseball : Game Wrapup
Yup, he did it again. Johan Santana threw another gem tonight. In 7 innings he threw 7 strikeouts, 1 walk, allowed 2 hits and 0 runs. His season ERA is now down to 2.76.
Listening to ESPN radio tonight I heard Doug Gotlieb say that Johan [...]

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Tuesday, September 14th, 2004

Explanation

Sorry about the weird post last night. I didn’t feel like writing anything sports related. So, I wrote a small, rambling piece of fiction. Something full of fluff and with no purpose.
Anyway, I will try to do better tonight. Right now I’m just going to say that the Twins magic number [...]

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Monday, September 13th, 2004

A flight of fancy

A little flutter and his eyes were open. Where was he? What time was it? How did he get here?
Moving his head slightly right, then left, Peter surveyed his surroundings. He was on a bed; a single mattress, one lumpy pillow and a very worn blanket. On his right was a night stand with a [...]

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Monday, September 13th, 2004

Sunday good for Minny fans

I’m not going to write much today, but that doesn’t mean that not much happened.
Behind the strong arm of Daunte Culpepper, the Vikings beat the Dallas Cowboys to start out the season with a 35-17 win. Daunte threw 5 touchdowns with no interceptions and only 1 fumble. Fans of the Vikings [...]

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