The Lions' Pride

They are ESPN disciples, under the ESPN Emperor's mind-influence. The closer an athlete gets to Bristol, the stronger the influence on the weak minded. It's like living in the Death Star.

If all goes the way of the rumors, it looks like the true junior class is not doing too well. Bolden, Redd, Fortt, Haplea. Just saying its a weird coincidence.

Hey, I'm right next to Bristol...............

Walked by a few people standing outside the Ritz in Union and Chelsea gear last week on my way to lunch. Wonder if I saw you...

It's possible. It was Tuesday afternoon and evening. We were at Tir Na Nog in between.

Mistake: I showed a few of the pics to my wife. Response: "So when are we spending a weekend there?" Ugh.

It is nice to walk into/leave a building and have like 6 dudes hold doors for you. We've been fortunate enough to go to some nice places since we've been married, but I need a few more years under my belt before we step up to Ritz territory.

Few things:

1) what does any of this have to do with Khari?

2) what does soccer have to do with sports?

3)

Same could be said for the Red Sox Child Molestation case. Also, all those Point Shaving incidents at BC were pretty cool.

Fortt has decided to transfer to Cal, per Dave Ruden of the Stamford Advocate.

Bleh. Disappointed, but expected.

That Ritz (assuming it's the one downtown across from City Hall) is great. Love the features they left from the old bank. Have stayed there a couple of times, first was before the PSU-Nebraska game in '02. Flew into Philly with my then-wife and our friends who are big Neb fans. Girls stayed in Philly for the weekend while he and I drove out to State College for the game. Not sure if they still do it, but on Friday nights they had a "Chocolate Decadence" event in the lobby with a string quartet. They set it up around that raised dias in the middle. Literally hundreds of choices of chocolate - candies, cakes, cookies, pies, tortes, pastries, ice cream - anything you could think of . Freaking amazing.

The Ritz on M street in DC does a smaller version for Valentine's Day. Trust me boys, if you're ever looking for something a little over the top to really lock things down with a girl, that'll do it. The buffet with a flight of champagne will set you back a bit, but it's well worth it...

(Intentionally ignoring the point of this post - so long, farewell, etc).

Yes, the Ritz across the street from City Hall. It's a beautiful venue. We were fortunate enough to hang at the main bar with a few of the players after the meeting. They were extremely cordial and gracious. We were in the underground conference room for the majority of the evening. I didn't get to explore much else, but it's a spectacular facility.

Hey, I did say it only affects the weak-minded.