Iraq may be experiencing its first taste with democracy, but the real American exports are just a couple of weeks away. On Super Bowl Sunday (or ass-early Monday morning for them), soldiers across the country will kick back with a couple of beers and watch the big game on large-screen TVs. I think this is the surest sign yet that we won.
Gen. Ray Odierno, the top commander in Iraq (and former tight end at West Point), signed a waiver to allow troops, for the first time, to crack open some cold ones while the Giants win their second straight Super Bowl. The army missive doesn’t mention the Giants, but I’m just going to assume. They’ll be limited to two 12-oz beers, which means no tall boys, no 40s, and no blindingly drunk soldiers accidentally causing major international incidents.
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Posted by
jason on Jul. 24, 2008, 3:10pm
• DEADSPIN discovers the Army doing an about face, as Detroit Lions pick & West Point grad Caleb Campbell won’t get to play pro football, after all.
• A former Miami Hurricane in trouble with the law? No way! But the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES says such is the case of ex-QB Kenny Kelly.
• EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY doesn’t feel so fresh, as an Eastern Kentucky football player was caught stealing feminine hygiene products from a Wal-Mart.
• YOU BEEN BLINDED tunes in to learn that women’s Olympic sports are too hot for Iranian television.
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Kenny Kelly,
Miami Hurricanes,
Morten Andersen,
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Posted by
jason on Jul. 14, 2008, 8:47pm
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Posted by
jason on Jul. 14, 2008, 2:58pm
Even though it hasn’t meant much lately in the Top 25 scheme of things, the annual Army-Navy game is still a special & respected tradition in college football. And it may be coming to a city near you, thanks to the good people of [insert corporate entity here].
The NAVY TIMES reports that the service academy showdown is looking to take its game cross-country, somewhere different than Philadelphia, Baltimore, or the same old places between West Point and Annapolis:
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