Sports Girl Next Door

GO COWBOYS!!! Well... we're 0-3 in the Pre-Season...  We have one last game before the regular season...  Thursday, Aug 28 - 7 PM vs the Denver Broncos (aka - Peyton Manning) There are a few take aways from our pre-season loss to the Miami Dolphins last night.  #1 - Tony Romo ( our QB - quarterback ) can be hit. He had his second back surgery this past Summer and it's nice to know he's going to sacrifice his body for the team! Let's just hope we miraculously pull out a record better than 8-8 to make it worth it for ole Romo! ( Side Note, Weeden didn't look too bad as our back-up QB. )  #2 - We have a great punt returner in Dwayne Harris . Dude is entertaining, fast and drives the ball forward! Maybe we need him as a RB? Ha - just kidding! He is a WR for us as well... so the tricky part for most Coaching staffs is... use this guy as your punt returner for the potential of a " big play " - and hope he doesn't get hurt because we need him as

GO RANGERS!!! ***Breaking News... Colby Lewis just threw his 2nd complete SHUTOUT game against the Chicago White Sox! He only pitched 110 pitches! Had 7 strike-outs! And the Rangers had 16 runs!! Final score 16-0 !!! We end a 4 game losing streak!! Great job fellas, great job! *** Half price pizza at Papa John's tomorrow... code RANGERS7 *** Football = Chess Dear Readers,  It is time to explain to you the art of football. Some of you may or may not understand why it is so fun to watch? What is the point? There's just a bunch of dudes hitting each other and a wasting three hours of your boyfriend, husband or friends life!  Well... it has occurred to me before and hit me again at work the other day when I was trying to explain football to a co-worker... it's a chess match. Most sports are. In baseball... there is the game itself, then there is the chess match between the pitcher and the batter. In basketball... it's more of a fast paced chess match, but