Friday, June 19, 2009

Friday News ---- 019/09

The Jacksonville Jaguars have added former UMass star Jeremy Cain to their roster.

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Maine's Jack Cosgrive will throw out the first pitch in Sunday's Redsox game. It will be Maine Day in Fenway.

Mrs. Blog's family is from deep Maine. Way up on the St. Croix river. As a part of its Maine heritage, Bangor is offering a "Tommyknockers Tour".

Mrs. Blog's grandmother believed in the Tommyknockers.

"Last night, and the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at my door".

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The Ohio Valley Conference, the Big Sky Conference and the Southern Con ference have all scrapped "Media Day" in 2009 to save money.

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The Northeastern-Boston College game will be available over the internet from ESPN360.

As you know, Verizon sold all of northern New England to Fairpoint Communications. It's not going well. Among its other faults, Fairpoint does not carry ESPN360, which I could get last year.

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