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Kudos to Mark for scoring front row, 47 yard line tickets at the Houston Texans game. The team may have been having a difficult day, but we weren’t!

Isn’t it fantastic that when referring to Lance Armstrong sports journalists still bring up the Lone Star State?

Lance Armstrong took a decisive step Tuesday toward a seventh consecutive Tour de France title, blowing away his main rivals in the first Alpine stage to regain the overall lead.

… Valverde and Armstrong finished the 110.9-mile stage in 4 hours, 50 minutes, 35 seconds.

Mickael Rasmussen is second in the overall standings, 38 seconds behind Armstrong. Ivan Basso, among the main challengers left behind by Armstrong on Tuesday, is third overall — 2:40 behind the Texan.

Ya ya ya, you’ve heard that Lance Armstrong is a super human, but those of use who have done a little cycling know just how impressive he is.

DO THE MATH - Lance Armstrong averaged over 35mph on a bike, for this time trial.

On flat ground, the fastest average I ever got to was 21-22mph.

BLOIS, France - Lance Armstrong’s Discovery Channel squad won the team time trial at the Tour de France today, handing the six-time champion the yellow jersey as overall race leader.

The 33-year-old Texan led his squad to victory for the third straight year in the time trial, clocking 1 hour, 10 minutes, 39 seconds for the 41.85-mile trek from Tours to Blois. Team CSC was second.

“It’s always nice to be in yellow,” Armstrong said. “There are three or four flat stages coming, so it will not be easy to defend the jersey.”

Thanks to Tom’s excellent connections we landed court side for the Spurs v Nuggets game last Saturday. What a blast!

Frank Deford’s radio commentary says it all.

Commentator Frank Deford says you should root, root, root for the home team. But, when it comes to baseball’s most successful franchise, the New York Yankees, he wonders if there is a point of diminishing returns.

Clear Lake wins in double overtime. Go Lake!

After winning in OT last week, my high school alma mater is making history & stands ready for Katy this weekend.

I work in Katy. Katy is flat, mostly tree-less, crowded, poorly designed, full of screaming children, and just plain ugly (”tell us how you really feel”). Despite Katy’s incredible football team I can feel a big Clear Lake victory coming on, call it the “MY-TOWN-IS-BETTER-THAN-YOUR-TOWN” factor.

Of course if the MTIBTYT Factor held true all the time, Hawaii University’s surf team would win the Stanley Cup every year. Well, every year but this one.

Nonetheless, I’m compelled that Clear Lake is due for another history making playoff win. If they do, it might be a good time to ask me for a loan as I will be in a very good mood.

Go Falcons!

Bravo to NBA Commissioner David Stern for the harsh punishment of misbehaving players:

It is hardly surprising that many NBA players conclude they aren’t accountable for their actions — toward each other, toward their fans or toward themselves. What happened in Detroit is that some of the fans decided to join the players’ culture of irresponsibility. The good news, as suggested by the suspensions and possible criminal indictments, is that the rest of society is still willing to enforce some standard of civilized behavior.

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While ABC apologizes for this stunt, keep in mind �??all publicity is good publicity, as long as they spell your name right�?�.

Don�??t be had by ABC�??s PR machine, controversy is good for business (especially show-business).