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5 Things You Notice, After Watching Ali-Frazier III Like, 35 Times 5. Though I highly doubt Don Dunphy was a racist, based on all the nice things I've heard, calling these two fighters "boys" during the fight doesn't age well. 4. This is the ultimate contrast in styles: Ali jabbing and potshotting at range, Frazier boring inside, working the body. 3. I've still yet to figure out who Flip Wilson is, and how he gets invited to these things. (Oh.) That's two guys involved in this thing who died in 1998. 64 is too young, too. 2. The man I'd like to punch is the guy who keeps yelling, "Ali!!!" at really inappropriate times. Telling the man who invented the rope-a-dope to get off the ropes is pretty dumb, too. 1. Frazier had 4 losses to flat-out legendary fighters--twice to Ali and Foreman each. Ali had 5 total losses, only 3 if you dismiss the ill-advised comeback in the 1980s. These were the best. Had Ali not beaten Joe twice, it would be easy to c...

5 Thoughts On This 5. It makes God sound like a Buddhist. (no offense.) 4. Who writes greeting cards. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) 3. Admittedly impressive landscapes. 2. I hope you like earnest piano melodies. 1. Fat chance of God not mentioning his beloved Son when asked what we really ought to know.

5 Things Not To Do When Near "That One Girl" 5. Freak out. 4. Hum anything resembling a wedding march. 3. Mention sports (unless she loves it). 2. Lament the fact that she said 2 words. 1. Contact her. Play it cool, friend. P.S. Freak Out Session: BUT I CAN'T TAKE THIS! That was the worst thing I have ever seen. I am doomed. This is not funny. Then, she peaced out like she was Barack Obama at CPAC, dude. I am a creeper. Yes, I want to e-mail her again. Oh, fine, I was looking forward to seeing her all week. Yes, it was overhyped. But how often do you forget about all the other girls in your world? At this point, I think I could be surrounded by all the women from the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and assured that they were all Christians, and I'd be like, "Yeah, but..." That can't be good. I want to jump in a freezing cold lake or something. Sheesh. I've gone mad. Plain flat-out nuts. I might even eat an onion. Alright, that's a bridge too fa...

5 Thoughts On The St. Louis Blues' 7-3 Loss In Colorado 5. That Stewart guy is good. 4. That Milan Hejduk is still really good. 3. Deflections are the bane of the goalie's existence. 2. Anderson was doing his best Roy impression last night. 1. In my view, a team with scoring ability is not just one who scores many goals, but can do so quickly. They say in soccer, "against the run of play." The Avalanche can do this; they will be very dangerous in the playoffs.