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Your Survival Guy and Gal in Wicked Tuna Waters

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Your Survival Guy and Gal visited friends recently up in the north shore of Massachusetts. We cruised all through the area where many of the boats you see in the show Wicked Tuna are docked, including where they weigh their catch. We even had some luck of our own with this beautiful striper just under […]

TAKI: Gambling on Sports Has Become Bigger than Sport

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At LewRockwell.com, Taki Theodoracopulos laments that gambling on sports has become bigger than sport itself. He writes: Winning at all costs is a double-edged conundrum, especially where sport is concerned. Both my father and uncle were track stars who represented Greece during the Chariots of Fire period. Fair play back then was more important than […]

Your Survival Guy and Family at the Bruins

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Your Survival Guy and family went to the Boston Bruins hockey game this Saturday, and, no, a fight did not break out, but that’s the nature of today’s game, favoring speed and skill. Unfortunately, it was a forgettable game except for some unforgettable stats like the Bs getting only eight shots off through the first […]

Skiing: When Are They Going to Replace This?

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Your Survival Guy skied over the weekend at our home mountain, Attitash, in Bartlett, New Hampshire. It’s near North Conway and not far from Mount Washington, which is just up the road. If you aren’t familiar with Attitash, you certainly know its owner, Vail Resorts, where skiing the Epic Pass connects East to the West. […]

Where Will Bill Belichick Go? Bill Parcells’s Take

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In the book Parcells: A Football Life by Bill Parcells and Nunyo Demasio, you learn how back in 2007, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank almost landed the Big Tuna as vice president of football operations. Meeting at Parcells’s home in Saratoga Springs it was quite the sequence with Blank in Parcells’s library cooling his heels […]

A Ray of Hope in a Darkened Sky – Belichick Style

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The Patriots Stink News everywhere is bad. Israel is at war after being brutally attacked by Hamas. Iran is reportedly behind this outrage. Ecuador was once a retirement dream for plucky Americans before the drug gangs arrived. Reports claim “magical” beachfront towns are being transformed into “violent transit points for cocaine.” Pangas—small, slow-moving fishing boats—now […]

Mirabile Dictu

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Let’s have a little football, as Jay Nordlinger would put it: This year’s opening day, the Detroit Lions played the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City. Jay Nordlinger in NRO accuses the Lions of being “one of the worst franchises in professional sports.” before correcting himself, that is, “in the history of professional sports.” Jay […]

Bill “Spaceman” Lee Collapses at Triple-A Game in Worcester, MA

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Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee collapsed while participating in pregame ceremonies at a recent Worcester Red Sox game. ESPN News reports: Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee collapsed on the field during pregame ceremonies at a Triple-A game between the Worcester Red Sox and the Norfolk Tides on Thursday night. The Triple-A […]

Your Survival Guy and Gal Cruising Buzzards Bay

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Your Survival Guy and Gal left Newport, RI, for a cruise down Rhode Island Sound Saturday with our destination Mattapoisett, MA, through Buzzards Bay. We took a hard left to swing into Westport, MA, to have some oysters and chowder. Approaching Westport, you have some beautiful coastline with Gooseberry Island off starboard side, then Horseneck […]