Memorial Day

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MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE


-Memorial Day Tribute


-McCoughtry strikes again


-Fever dispose of Dream 78-62






WE GIVE YOU THIS TOUCHING VIDEO AS WE CELEBRATE 2012 MEMORIAL DAY.  IT IS A CELEBRATION...A CELEBRATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE DEFENDED AND STILL DEFEND OUR NATION. THE LIVES LOST AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY OUR EFFORTS TO KEEP AMERICA AS "THE LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE" SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. 


THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OUR NATION'S ARMED FORCES. 


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We recently ran an article about A. McCoughtry winning at Belmont Race Track. Yesterday, at Churchill Downs, McCoughtry entered the gate for the sixth race at Churchill at odds of 34-1. A definitive longshot, she broke from the gate  in mid-pack, stayed in touch with the leading horses and when asked by jockey Brian Hernandez, Jr....responded by moving to second place....where she finished. Although she was two lengths back of the winner, Dad's Shooting Star...McCoughtry rewarded backers by paying $18.40 to place and $9.80 to show. This "McCoughtry" wasn't a Rick Pitino owned entry. He might investigate into trying to buy her, though...knowing Rick.  


A. McCoughtry, McCoughtry, Fly Angel Fly, Angel's Dream...just several of the horses out there that have been named for or refer to #35. 


And, they've been having some success lately.


A $2 exacta box on McCoughtry, favorite and race winner Dad's Shooting Star and Why Izzy Why with track hero Calvin Borel on board cost $12. The payout yesterday was $102.00. Not a bad return on investment. 


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The human Angel and the Atlanta Dream finished second yesterday too. Indiana beat them for the second time this season, this time at Atlanta, 78-62. 

Angel scored 21 points and suffered a strained muscle in her left leg during the second quarter. It was right about the time that the Fever were making a 16-2 run to take the lead -- a lead they wouldn't relinquish the rest of the game. 

Indiana used double and triple teams on McCoughtry to slow the Dream offensive attack down. That, and Angel's injury proved effective for the Fever. 


Tamika Catchings, who...it seems like...has been in the WNBA for 30 years...led the Fever in scoring.  


A lack of punch from the Atlanta bench -outscored 26-2 by Indiana - helped give the Dream their second loss of the season. Plenty of time left in the season...but the Dream and the Fever face six times this year. Not a good thing.  
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