Save some space next to your turkey for football Thursday, because there’s going to be a whole lot of NFL this Thanksgiving.
The Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions kick off the day’s slate of games at 12:30 p.m. ET. The Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Chargers have the mid-day game at 4:30 p.m. The Washington Redskins cap off the night with a game against the New York Giants at 8:30 p.m.
via Nine things to watch for in Thanksgiving Day games – NFL.com
Reporters and on-air personalities are among the roughly 100 ESPN employees who are expected to lose their jobs this week, in a cost-cutting move at the network that has lost millions of subscribers in recent years.
Source: ESPN Layoffs Begin, And Some 100 Employees May Lose Jobs : The Two-Way : NPR
ESPN is a sports network that airs on cable TV across America. They have been the network of note for sports fans for years. Today they did a mass layoff of reporters and on-air personalities that are the face of the network. It’s a part of the changing face of how people view and consume entertainment.
My alma mater Middle Tennessee State University now knows who they will play in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big 10 Conference. It’s going to be a great game among the many that will be played over the next three weeks. Go Blue Raiders and bust a lot of brackets along the way.
For those who are not familiar with College Football it’s a very important thing in the United States. There are teams from colleges and universities from all across the country who play American football. Tonight it’s the University of Alabama Crimson Tide playing Clemson University Tigers. Both teams win a lot of games with Alabama being the best team in the country year in and year out. I will update you as the evening goes on.
Wanting to win requires nothing. Having the WILL to win requires sacrifice and work. -Tom Arth, Head football coach, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs.
Today we went with our friends John and Connie to Murphy, North Carolina to see the fall colors in the trees and to explore. Well the fall colors weren’t happening due to the drought conditions we are having in the region. However we did explore a very charming town with a great assortment of things to see and do. It was a great day of getting out and going to a state I hadn’t been to in 17 years.
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