Curtain Falls On Panthers
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on November 18, 2008
For 28 Milton seniors it was a night they would like to forget, but it was part of a season many won’t.
In their season finale Thursday, Milton fell to the Pine Forest Eagles 48-0.
But while the game was one sided, the Panthers had a hard time holding onto the football.
“They are good,” said Milton head [...]
Ironmen Close The Curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on November 5, 2008
The Ironmen, wrestling injuries among key players throughout the season and leaning heavily on sophomore and junior starters, became a tight brotherhood of devoted athletes as the weeks went by and showed clear potential of extending their season by at least a few games.
But the reality of hard-nosed football and thin numbers seemed to pay [...]
Curtain Comes Down Early For Cubs In Game 3
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on October 5, 2008
This one happened in the first inning and was the worst possible nightmare for the Cubs. Already facing a must-win situation, the Cubs quickly fell behind 2-0, taking the wind out of their sails.
And in came two runs as Loney smacked Rich Harden’s fourth pitch into the right-field corner. It didn’t matter that Matt Kemp [...]
Curtain comes down on 2008 Paralympic Games
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on September 17, 2008
The curtain has come down on the greatest Paralympic Games in history. With another medal on the final day of competition in Beijing, Team South Africa has had its most successful games ever.
Ernst van Dyk added to the country’s medal tally. He won a bronze in the men’s T54 marathon to add to the five [...]
The Other Side of the Velvet Curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on September 11, 2008
It’s only in retrospect that I have come to realize that schmoozing with the president of NBC and making small talk with Chris Tucker and Quincy Jones is not the typical Olympic experience.
And I can also tell you that it is not very typical to debate whether to go to the boxing semi-finals or get [...]
Olympics That Never Ring Down Curtain
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on September 11, 2008
“Life should be like Olympic Games that never ring down the curtain,” said Ping Yali, China’s first Paralympic champion on Thursday.
Starting from 2007, Ping has turned her parlor into a chain of successful business though there were ineviatably all sorts of difficulties. And, more than that, after many years of motherly love and patience, her [...]
Mets entering September in no-Maine’s land
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on August 27, 2008
Jerry Manuel says the Mets are in the fight of their lives. John Maine was knocked out of the ring yesterday, another blow to the Mets in their battle to win the NL East.
The bone spur in the back of Maine’s right shoulder is too painful to deal with and he was placed on the [...]
Spectacular end to Olympic games
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on August 24, 2008
A salvo of fireworks and a lavish ceremony in China’s Bird’s Nest stadium have brought an end to the Olympic games in Beijing.
Sixteen days of sporting events drew to a close on Sunday and the Olympic flag was officially passed to London, the British capital, where the next Olympic games will be held in 2012.
The [...]
Curtain down on ‘truly exceptional’ Beijing Games
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on August 24, 2008
The Beijing Olympics, played out against a background of political intrigue and featuring 16 days of compelling and controversial action, drew to a spectacular close on Sunday.
International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge described the Games as “truly exceptional” in a lavish closing ceremony at the Bird’s Nest stadium which culminated in the handing over of [...]
China’s discipline leaves lasting legacy as curtain comes down
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on August 24, 2008
It has well and truly arrived as a sporting super-power as its position at the top of the medal table shows.
A tally of 51 gold medals was comfortably ahead of anyone else, and almost three times as many as Great Britain - which finished fourth on the table. The United States exactly replicated its gold [...]