Hockey

 I'm not really a hockey fan, but I'd probably be fine with the idea of playing all hockey games outdoors.

NHL Wrap-Up

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Kings, who lifted "Lord Stanley's Cup" last night after a 6-1 victory over that team that Elaine's boyfriend used to root for in Seinfeld. And congratulations to all our Northern and Canadian friends, who enjoyed what must have been one of the most exciting hockey seasons ever. I don't know how long Wayne Gretzky's been with the Kings, but it's been a while, and I think it's great that hockey players (like the legendary Gordie Howe, or like Paul Newman in that one hockey movie from back in the 1970's) can play for years and years. It's very exciting to know that "The Great One" is back on top. Long may "the Kings" reign!

Farewell to sport (books, many of them)

Madisonville's First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is rummage selling Saturday. Christmas shoppers will find among the treasures outstanding gifts for the Louie Dampier and Butch Beard fans on their lists:

Basketball Stars of 1974
Pro Basketball '77-'78
All-Pro Basketball Stars 1978
Pro Basketball '74-'75
Basketball Stars of 1968
The Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball 1995
Basketball Stars of 1967
All-Pro Basketball Stars 1977
Basketball Stars of 1973
Basketball Stars of 1969
Major League Baseball 1975
Pro Basketball Superstars
All-Pro Basketball Stars 1976
Basketball Stars of 1971
Official Collegiate Basketball Record Book 1955
Basketball Stars of 1962
Baseball Stars of 1974
Bruce Weber's Inside Baseball 1991
1965 Official Baseball Almanac
Althea Gibson, I Always Wanted To Be Somebody
How to Play Cricket
The Golden Treasury of Chess
Sports Page
The Baseball Book 1990
NHL The World of Professional Ice Hockey
The Ice Men
Sports and Games in Art
The Great Sports Book
A Century of Sports
Sports in the Nation's Capital
Great Moments in American Sports
All-Pro Baseball Stars 1979
The Book of Sports Lists #2
Bartlett's World Golf Encyclopedia
The Official Associated Press Sports Almanac 1975
Baseball Stars of 1973
Hockey Stars of 1974
Hockey '75 Stars and Records
The Complete Handbook of Pro Hockey 1979 Edition
Pro Basketball Factbook 1972-1973
Pro Basketball Factbook 1973-1974
The Pocket Hockey Encyclopedia
A Sense of Where You Are, A Profile of Bill Bradley at Princeton
Guiness Book of Olympic Records
The New Encyclopedia of Sports
Profiles in Pennsylvania Sports
The Sports Encyclopedia Baseball
The XVII Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer 1994
Summer of '49
Tall Tales
Men at Work
The Breaks of the Game
Life on the Run
The Baseball Draft: 1965-1984
Biographical Dictionary of Anmerican Sports, Basketball and Other Indoor Sports
The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1985
Creative Sports Series, Track and Field
Ed Faulkner's Tennis
100 Great Moments in Sports
Ryan/Torre, Pitching & Hitting