Fantasy Players On The Rise: Second Half of the Season

Here are players set to breakout in the second half of the fantasy season to provide your team valuable stats when it matters most, for the playoff push and playoffs.

DeMarco Murray – Murray is the player to own right now in my opinion who can make a rise to fantasy stardom come the second half of the fantasy football season. Murray is a talented back who can run and catch the ball out of the backfield. the Cowboys have been lacking a consistent running back in their game plan and that is what Murray is. Murray he will continue to come on strong when he is given his opportunities and make Felix Jones a thing of the past. Murray will thrive in the Cowboys offense that is already an explosive offense with the ability to put up vast amount of points in short spurts. try to add/trade Murray for your team as he will pay dividends when it matters most.

Steven Jackson – Jackson this season has not been looked very highly upon in the fantasy world despite providing useful fantasy performances in nearly every game he has played. He was injured early in the season which only lowered his value to his owners. Use this to your advantage now Grab him while his value is still at a RB2 level and make a move for him to add to your roster. He has been the staple to the Rams offense and is still the workhorse. Yes he carries injury risk, but he can do it all and I believe will break out the second half of the season.

Brandon Lloyd – Lloyd was recently traded to the Rams, and now joins his former coach, Josh McDaniels, who is the OC of the Rams. He knows how to utilize Lloyd and will do so in St. Louis. Lloyd steps into the number one receiver role immediately and will be targeted at a high amount the rest of the season. He has been disappointing this season thus far, but it is not his fault being on the Broncos who had quarterback troubles. He will provide owners with a great fantasy 2nd half of the season and is worth the investment price you will pay.

Darius Heyward-Bey – here is my long shot for the latter part of the fantasy season. Heyward-Bey has been coming on as of late and with the upgrade in quarterback from Jason Campbell to Carson Palmer. I believe he will continue to improve his game, and provide stats of a WR2 in normal formats. He has the speed to kill and being in a run heavy offense, single coverage will always be there to allow him to break open downfield for the big plays.

Fantasy Players On The Rise: Second Half of the Season

Weekend Sports In Brief

Woods closed with a 3-under 69, sweeping his arm when the final putt dropped, then slamming down his first in a celebration that was a long time coming. it had been 749 days and 26 official tournaments since he last won on Nov. 15, 2009 at the Australian Masters, back when he looked as though he would rule golf as long as he played.

Alabama edged Oklahoma State in the final round of voting Sunday and will play the top-ranked Tigers in an all-SEC BCS national title game on Jan. 9 in New Orleans.

The Cowboys made a late surge by beating Oklahoma 44-10 on Saturday night, and closed the gap between themselves and Alabama in the polls. But it was not enough to avoid the first title game rematch in the 14-year history of the BCS.

The Tigers (13-0) beat the Tide 9-6 in overtime on Nov. 5 in Tuscaloosa.

Alabama (11-1) finished second in both the Harris and coaches’ polls by a wide enough margin to make up for the fact that Oklahoma State was ahead in the computer ratings.

The Cowboys (11-1), champions of the Big 12, will play in the Fiesta Bowl against Stanford from the Pac-12.

STILLWATER, Okla. — Thousands of fans stormed the field and tore down goalposts after Oklahoma State’s 44-10 victory over archrival Oklahoma on Saturday, leaving at least 12 people injured, including one who were airlifted to a hospital.

Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis says he doesn’t know what more stadium security could have done to prevent fans from getting injured while storming the field following a Big 12 championship-clinching win.

NEW YORK — Attorneys for one of the alleged sex abuse victims of former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky say his New York Times interview contains an “unconvincing denial and a series of bizarre explanations” for Sandusky’s behavior.

In a written statement released Saturday, the attorneys for one of Sandusky’s eight accusers say the former coach’s comments wrongly cast Sandusky as a “victim,” which further harms their client and the other alleged victims.

DALLAS — The suddenly splurging Miami Marlins landed their second big free agent in a matter of days, agreeing Sunday night to a $106 million, six-year contract with All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes, a person familiar with the negotiations told The associated Press.

After adding All-Star closer Heath Bell for $27 million over three years, the Marlins gave the NL batting champion a deal that includes a club option for 2018 that would make the contract worth $120 million, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been announced.

NEW YORK — Miguel Cotto battered a one-eyed Antonio Margarito over nine lopsided rounds then won a TKO decision amid confusion in the corner before they came out for the 10th on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

Cotto (37-2-0) earned a punishing measure of payback for his loss to Margarito three years ago. With the New York crowd going wild for the Puerto Rican Cotto, he was never seriously threatened and retained his 154-pound title, shuttering Margarito’s right eye to cause the stoppage.

SEVILLE, Spain — Rafael Nadal recovered from a terrible start and beat Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (0) Sunday to give Spain its fifth Davis Cup title.

Nadal endured his most lopsided set defeat in the competition as Del Potro fired forehand winners at will, with the Spaniard failing to hold his first four serves to trail 1-0, 40-0 by the second game of the second set.

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Lindsey Vonn won the super-G at Lake Louise on Sunday to complete a sweep of this weekend’s World Cup races in her first competition since she announced she was going through a divorce with her husband of four years.

The American also won both downhills at the mountain resort west of Calgary. The only other woman to sweep all three World Cup races at Lake Louise was Germany’s Katja Seizinger in 1997.

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Marcel Hirscher of Austria turned in a blazing final run to overtake Ted Ligety and win a World Cup giant slalom on Sunday.

Hirscher finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 38.45 seconds, holding off Ligety by 0.16 seconds. Fritz Dopfer of Germany was third for his first podium finish.

KENNESAW, Ga. — Teresa Noyola scored from point-blank range Sunday to help top-ranked Stanford beat no. 3 Duke 1-0 and finally give the Cardinal their first NCAA women’s soccer title.

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Times' Hillsborough County boys and girls golf teams

Boys Golfer of the Year: Jimmy Stanger, Jr., Gaither Why we picked him: Aside from a sluggish state tournament effort, Stanger was the most consistent golfer around. the Class 2A, District 9 individual champ (by five strokes), he posted a 36 average for nine-hole events, which dips to 35.8 when you toss in the 18-hole events before state. A week after his 3-under 69 at the district tourney at Temple Terrace, he shot 1-under 71 on a windy day in Winter Garden to place third at the Region 3 tournament and earn an individual state berth. Even his 36-hole effort at state, mediocre by his standards (15-over 159), was good enough for a top-30 finish. Proudest accomplishment: Though home-schooled, Stanger embraces the team format of prep golf. he pointed to the district tournament as his best day of the season, when the No. 6-seeded Cowboys placed third and earned a region berth. “we were not supposed to make it (to regionals) and that was fantastic.” Future plans: A year-round player, Stanger has a series of American Junior Golf Association events on his slate. he is ranked No. 5 in the state among 11th-grade boys by Golfweek. Did you know? The day of the Times’ photo shoot coincided with the three-year anniversary of the death of Stanger’s best friend, Harris Armstrong. Harris, who played with Stanger at Berean Academy, died of spinal cord cancer. Stanger has dedicated his prep and college seasons to him. …the third of four children, Stanger also plays piano and is proficient in Christian contemporary music. Coach of the Year Jim Govreau, Newsome: Govreau guided the Wolves to the best season in program history, by a par 5. the Wolves won Class 2A district and region crowns, and placed third at the state tournament. First team Brian Allen, Jr., Newsome: Steadiest player for team that placed third at state Tyler Bakich, Fr., Newsome: Wolves rookie was district runnerup, tied for 22nd at state Jimmy Jones, so., Freedom: Won 2A, District 10 title by three strokes in miserable weather Brian Lanoue, Sr., Jesuit: A-14 district champ had county’s top score (149) at state Chase Levesque, so., Durant: Qualified for 2A state tourney with third-place region effort Second team Ryan Gendron, Jr., Plant Zach Johnson, Sr., Plant Trevor Joseph, Sr., Steinbrenner Colin Julian, Jr., Newsome Joseph Trim, so., Jesuit Honorable mention Alonso: Eric Silver; Berkeley Prep: Paul Tsavoussis; Bloomingdale: Tyler Miller; Durant: Eric Modjeski; Gaither: Clyde Meadows; Hillsborough: will Clarke; Jesuit: JC Cirella, Chet Ghioto, Lucas Trim; King: Joe Scicchitano, Tyler Weed; Plant: Todd Sessums, Brad White; Plant City: Connor Hurst; Riverview: Donte Davis; Sickles: Matt Tinkey; Steinbrenner: Nik Karlolo; Tampa Catholic: Nilo Sanchez, Ryan Tamashiro; Wharton: Jorge Junquera Girls Golfer of the year: Laura Hendee, Sr., Plant Why we picked her: she owned the postseason, improving with each round. After edging teammate Kelsey Eisch by two strokes to win the Class 2A, District 9 tournament with 77 at Temple Terrace, Hendee shot 2-over 74 at Windermere Country Club to capture the Region 3 crown by a stroke. then, in a blistering culmination to her prep career, she shot even-par 72 on the final day of the state tournament at Howey-in-the-Hills’ Mission Inn Resort to finish in a five-way tie for second (5-over 149). Proudest accomplishment: Hendee points to her final 18 holes at state, where she posted the day’s third-best round in a field of 95. “it was really my irons on my second day,” she said. “I remember I hit eight of nine greens on the back nine.” Future plans: Hendee signed early last month with the University of Miami. Among her new teammates will be Boca Raton’s Christina Ocampo, who defeated her by two strokes to win the state title. Did you know? Hendee never played golf seriously until a few months before entering high school. An all-around athlete, she injured her right knee while playing tennis and took to golf at Palma Ceia while recovering. according to her mom, then-Palma Ceia pro Gil Gonsalves watched her swing a few times and deemed her a natural. …Hendee’s lucky number is 11, which she has inscribed on all her TaylorMade Penta balls. Coach of the Year Meg Jordan, Plant City: the 1985 Plant City graduate guided her alma mater to unprecedented success. Unbeaten in the regular season (capped by a dual-match win against Plant), the Raiders won Class 2A district and region team titles, and earned a program-best fifth-place finish at the state tournament. First team Kelsey Eisch, Sr., Plant: Top-four region finisher tied for 11th at 2A state tourney Belinda George, Sr., Plant City: Steadiest postseason player for team that placed fifth at state Emmy Martin, so., Academy of the Holy Names: Jags ace won Class A district, region titles Julia McQuilken, Sr., Riverview: UNF signee set a school nine-hole record (3-under 32) Madison Opfer, Sr., Durant: Tulane-bound Cougar earned fourth consecutive top-10 state finish Second team Claire Becker, Fr., Steinbrenner Kelsey Jensen, Sr., Plant City Shelby Johnson, Sr., Plant City Casey Pluchino, so., Academy of the Holy Names Kayla Poff, Fr., Plant Honorable mention Academy of the Holy Names: Mariah Diaz; Bloomingdale: Elizabeth Jackson; Freedom: Summer Moser, Teresa Romero; Gaither: Morgan Litchfield; King: Steffi Yo; Plant City: Kellyanne Hurst; Robinson: Caroline Gilhool; Steinbrenner: Sara Bair, Brooke Deal, Michelle Stein; Wharton: Shannon Clark  

Times' Hillsborough County boys and girls golf teams

Must be Halloween time; plenty more to do as well 

By BILL KISERCorneliusNews.netIt’s the last full week of October — know what that means? Here’s a hint: It’s time for the princesses and pirates, cowboys and Indians, zombies and werewolves to appear on neighborhood streets. As Halloween approaches, there’s plenty for the kids (big ones, too!) to do this week, both related to the holiday and not.

For families, the Haunting Hayride will close out with a three-day run Thursday through Saturday night at the Latta Plantation Equestrian Center in Huntersville, the annual downtown Davidson Halloween March is set for Friday, as is the Latta Plantation Ghost Walk. As for the adults, a number of clubs and restaurants have Halloween events planned.

Of course, there’s more than Halloween festivities to plan for. The Davidson College Theatre Department will conclude its run of the Shakespeare classic Romeo and Juliet with performances on Friday and Saturday night, the Davidson College Jazz Ensemble will perform Friday morning at the college’s Alvarez College Union, and the Davidson College Chorale and Symphony Orchestra performns Friday night at Davidson College Presbyterian Church.

Then there’s the Miss Race City Pageant, scheduled for Saturday night at the Charles Mack Citizen Center in downtown Mooresville, which will crown winners in four divisions, including a representative to the upcoming Miss North Carolina Pageant.

Of course, there’s also the Davidson Farmers Market, with local farmers and produce vendors selling their wares Saturday morning near the Davidson Town Hall.

And let’s not forget several ongoing events — the Amazing Maize Maze continues its run at the Rural Hill Farm in Huntersville on Friday through Sunday, and the Carolina Renaissance Festival is open Saturday and Sunday at the festival grounds off N.C. 73.

These events — and more below — are in our day-by-day calendar at right. Also, at right on this page, see our movie show times listings for Our Town Cinemas.

MONDAY-FRIDAY

Davidson Town Hall Photo Exhibit, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday through Oct. 31, Davidson Town Hall rotunda, 216 S. Main St., Davidson. Group exhibit of photography and digital art by local artists Kevin Childress, Jan Black, Lyndsay Kibiloski, Rachel Goldstein, Steve Marsh and David Boraks on display in the Town Hall rotunda.

MONDAY-SATURDAY

History of Cornelius Exhibit, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Cornelius Arts Center, Oak Street Mill, 19725 Oak St., Unit 1, Cornelius. The Cornelius Historic Preservation Commission and Cornelius Parks and Recreation Department present “The History of Cornelius: The Conard Collection” through Nov. 12.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

The Haunting Hayride, 7 p.m.-midnight, Oct. 27-29, Latta Equestrian Center at Latta Plantation Nature Preserve, 6201 Sample Road, Huntersville. A Halloween-themed ride through the Equestrian Center’s wooded trails.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Romeo and Juliet, Friday, 8:15 p.m., Saturday, 8 p.m., Duke Family Performance Hall, Davidson College, Davidson. Davidson College Theatre Department’s Mainstage Series begins with “Romeo and Juliet.” see Katie Lovett’s Oct. 23 review, “Sword fights, Shakespearean puns and a love story.” Tickets are $15 for general admission, $11 for seniors, $9 for faculty/staff, and $6 for students. For more information please visit: www3.davidson.edu/cms/x44256.xml To buy tickets: davidson.edu/tickets

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Amazing Maize Maze, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Rural Hill Farm, Neck Road, Huntersville. The amazing Maize Maze is an outdoor challenge in a 7-acre cornfield. find your way out by following clues and assembling pieces of a map puzzle. Open Fridays to Sundays through Nov. 13. Friday night flashlight mazes Sept. 30 to Nov. 4 (till 8:30 p.m.).

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Carolina Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Carolina Renaissance Festival grounds, on Poplar Tent Road just south of N.C. 73. The 18th-annual Carolina Renaissance Festival, with food; crafts; music, juggling and other circus entertainments; jousting demonstrations; fun rides and games of skill. Continues Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 20.

MONDAY, OCT. 24

LKN Chamber Golf Classic, 10:45 a.m., Cowan’s Ford Country Club, Denver, N.C. The 24th-annual Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic will tee off at the Cowan’s Ford Country Club. The four-player teams will tee off at 10:45 a.m. in a shotgun start.

Project Life FUNdraiser, 12-9 p.m., Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Main Street, Davidson. The Project Life organization at Davidson College has paired up with Ben & Jerry’s for a fundraiser. For every ice cream bought that day, $1 will go towards Project Life, an organization that provides free typing services for potential donors to the National Bone Marrow Registry.

Woodland Discovery Fall Explorers, 4-6 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursdays through end of November, Fisher Farm Park, 21215 Shearers Road, Davidson. Observe and explore nature during the fall, including water, sun, earth, air, plant life, bugs and more. Each session covers brand new material. Open to ages 4 to 10 years.

Davidson Planning Board, 7 p.m., Davidson Town Hall, 216 S. Main St., Davidson. Davidson planning board monthly meeting.

TUESDAY, OCT. 25

Books and Bagels Breakfast, 8-9:30 a.m., Davidson-Cornelius Child Development Center, 242 Gamble St., Davidson. The second-annual Books and Bagels Breakfast encourages families to come for breakfast and enjoy some reading time with their children.

Davidson Town Board, 6 p.m., Board Room, Davidson Town Hall, Main Street, Davidson. Dr. Carol Quillen, recently inaugurated as the 18th president of Davidson College, will speak with the mayor and town commissioners about how the town and college can support one another during the work session.

Electric violinist Mark Wood, 7 p.m., Hough High School auditorium, Bailey Road, Cornelius. International recording artist Mark Wood, an original member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, brings his groundbreaking music education program “Electrify Your Strings” to the Charlotte area. (See our Oct. 20 report, “Attention string players: The revolution is electric.”)

Whiskey Painting, 7 p.m., Mooresville Depot Visual Arts Center, downtown Mooresville – Charlotte Martin, a member of the National Whiskey Painters America, will be the featured artist at the Mooresville Artist Guild’s monthly meeting.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26

Green E3 Speaker Series, 4 p.m., James H. Barnhardt Student Activity Center, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte. The second panel of the three-part series on the Charlotte regional Green Innovation Eco-System, the subject is “Protection: Optimizing intellectual property to bring new innovations to market.” eao.uncc.edu/greene3 (POSTPONED: this presentation has been postponed to Jan. 25, 2012.)

Global Hunger Lecture, 7 p.m., Lilly Family Gallery, Davidson College, Davidson. Raj Patel, a leading author and activist on issues related to the global food supply, will be the guest speaker.

THURSDAY, OCT. 27

Story Time at Main Street Books, 10 a.m., Main Street Books, 126 S. Main St., Davidson. story Time, with stories, fun, and songs. Children ages 1-5 welcome.

Red Line Task Force Policy Presentation, 10:30 a.m., CPCC North Campus, Criminal Justice Building auditorium, 11930 Verhoeff Drive, Huntersville. Members of the Davidson and Cornelius town boards of commissioners will be on hand at this public meeting of the Red Line Task Force.

Book Clubs Fall Tea, 3 p.m., The Pines at Davidson, 400 Avinger Lane, Davidson. The 15th-annual Book Clubs of Davidson Fall Tea, with guest speaker poet and journalist Dannye Romine Powell.

Pumpkin Carving Contest, 5-8 p.m., Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, downtown Davidson. The local Ben & Jerry’s will hold its annual pumpkin carving contest.

MI-Connection Board of Directors Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Meeting Room, Davidson Town Hall, 216 S. Main St., Davidson. Meeting of the local cable-internet system MI-Connection’s board of directors.

Davidson candidate forum, 7-9 p.m., Davidson Presbyterian Church, Depot Street, Davidson. Davidson Coalition for Fiscal Responsibility hosts a forum with the Town Board and mayoral candidates. Free.

Live music at the Brickhouse, 8:30 p.m., Brickhouse Tavern, 209 Delburg St., Davidson. Live music with Rayen.

FRIDAY, OCT. 28

Cookout and Costumes for Change, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Earth Fare, 14021 Boren St., Huntersville. The inaugural event will follow the Fall Harvest 10K, 5K and fun runs.

Focus Friday, 8-9:30 a.m., Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce, 19900 W. Catawba Ave., Cornelius. Monthly morning gathering of the LNCoC’s Focus Friday will discuss the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

Davidson College Jazz Ensemble, 10 a.m., C. Shaw Smith 900 Room, Alvarez College Union, Davidson College, Davidson. Performance as part of the Family Weekend Concert Series.

Downtown Halloween March, 5 p.m., Main Street Davidson (lineup at Town Hall). The town’s nnual downtown Davidson Halloween March.

Reformation/Fall Festival Celebration, 6-8 p.m., Prosperity Presbyterian Church, 5533 Prosperity Church Road, Charlotte. Wear your favorite costume and come to the church’s family-friendly Fall Festival.

Ghost Walk, 7-10 p.m., Latta Plantation, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville. come explore the plantation in the dark. Experience the candlelit tour with an explosive Civil War Battlefield, the haunted plantation house, a cemetery, the old kitchen, an insane asylum and more.

Davidson College Chorale and Symphony Orchestra, 7 p.m., Davidson College Presbyterian Church, corner of Main Street and Concord Road, Davidson. Performances as part of the Family Weekend Concert Series.

Live music at the Brickhouse, 8:30 p.m., Brickhouse Tavern, 209 Delburg St., Davidson. Live music with Golden Eagles (blues).

Hickory Tavern’s Halloween Bash, 9 p.m., Hickory Tavern, 9526 Birkdale Crossings Drive, Huntersville. come check out the “Criminals and Protectors” Halloween party.

SATURDAY, OCT. 29

Davidson Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., downtown Davidson next to Town Hall. Local farmers and vendors selling meats, produce, dairy products, baked goods, and other items every Saturday through November.

RuffNeck Challenge, 8 a.m., 11530 Beatties Ford Road, Huntersville. A 24-station, five-kilometer obstacle course.

Hoops for Hope, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., ICEHOUSE South End, 2100 South Boulevard, Charlotte. A 3-on-3 basketball tournament.

Recon Patrol Rally, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Richard’s Coffee Shop, 128 S. Main St., Mooresville. Participants can use any legal motorized vehicle.

Operation Medicine Drop, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Rite Aid, 21500 Catawba Ave., Cornelius. The Cornelius Police Department and Rite Aid are partnering to give the public a safe and secure way to dispose of expired, unused prescription drugs or over-the-counter medications.

Autumn Blast, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Lake Norman Christian School, 251 South St., Davidson. The school will hold its first event at its new facility in the former Davidson IB School building with its Autumn Blast fall festival.

NoDaWEEN, 2 p.m.-until, NoDa Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th St., Charlotte. come to the Halloween fundraiser for the NoDa Neighborhood Association.

Open House, 4-7 p.m., Point Blank Range, 743 River Highway, Mooresville. Live concert with Early Ray and Damon Hill, tactical demonstrations, a barbeque, raffle and live auction to benefit the Welcome Home Veterans Living Military Museum at Richard’s Coffee Shop.

Miss Race City Pageant, 7 p.m., Charles Mack Citizen Center, 215 N. Main St., Mooresville. The miss Race City pageant, an official preliminary pageant by the miss America Organization, will crown winners in four divisions.

Evil never Dies, 8 p.m., The Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216-A Westmoreland rd., Cornelius. About Town Tours will hold its second-annual murder mystery show at The Warehouse PAC.

The Dirty’s Halloween Party, 8 p.m., The Dirty Martini, 17036 Kenton Drive, Cornelius. Drink specials and a costume contest.

Live music at the Brickhouse, 8:30 p.m., Brickhouse Tavern, 209 Delburg St., Davidson. Live music with Matt Stradford.

Rusty Rudder Halloween Party, 10 p.m., The Rusty Rudder, 20210 Henderson Road, Cornelius. Tenth-annual Halloween Party.

Halloween at the GHOULway Hooker, 10 p.m., Galway Hooker, 17044 Kenton Drive, Cornelius. “Woodland Fairies, Gnomes, and Leprechauns” party with live music and $100 bar tab to best dressed leprechaun.

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Must be Halloween time; plenty more to do as well 

Golf in Texas: Cowboys Golf Club Gives the Game a Texas Swing

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In our Eagle Golf Featured Courses blog series, Eagle Golf course Management will feature several of our golfing establishments across the country. in part I, we’ll take a look at the one-of-a-kind Cowboys Golf Club.

All-Inclusive

The Cowboys Golf Club, located in Grapevine, Texas, is the world’s only NFL-themed Golf Club. Cowboys can’t be emulated by any other Texas golf courses. As an all-inclusive golfing facility, your fee for a day at Cowboys Golf Club includes all food, snacks, and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as the basics – the greens fee, cart fee, and range balls.

NFL Style, Resort Flair

This unique golfing experience treats you to a complete resort package. Walk into the foyer and you know you’re somewhere special. Surrounded by Cowboys memorabilia and replica Lombardi trophies, you’ll set yourself up to tee off for a day in a sportsman’s paradise. Cowboys combines NFL flavor with true resort flair – on a hot day, our beverage cart staff are equipped to hand out refreshingly cold, mango-scented towels. the Cowboys Golf Club is one of the only all-inclusive Daily Fee properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that has an active bag drop service. And while you’re out on the course, stop at the on-course Sideline Grill for our signature Jalapeno Sausage.

World Class course Design, Top-Notch Event Management

From the first tee to the 19th hole, you’ll find the Cowboys Golf Club balances NFL flavor with world-class course design. the combination of themed resort with top-notch golf course layout makes this course one of the nation’s leading golfing destinations for business events, corporate retreats, or a simple weekend game among friends. whatever your golfing needs, you’ll find Cowboys Golf Club meets them with unique style and unsurpassed customer service.

When you trust your golfing experience to Eagle Golf, you know you’ll receive the best in service and experience. Eagle Golf course Management is built on the resources and knowledge of a nationwide golfing network.

Golf in Texas: Cowboys Golf Club Gives the Game a Texas Swing

2012 Calendar Shoot: Day 3 « DenverBroncos.com

Another beautiful morning here in Beaver Creek! We start today with our first shot at the famous Holden Cabin right on the Beaver Creek Golf course. Becky is our first model of the day and our first western theme. Shepler’s Western Wear provided us some really beautiful cowboys boots and hats for this year’s calendar shoot that are perfect for quite a few of our locations. We loaded up the cars for the quick drive from Bachelor’s Gulch to Beaver Creek (just around the corner), unload our staff and equipment and get started. We have a 9 a.m. deadline to finish before the first round of golfers make their way to hole 14, right where we are shooting at Holden Cabin. Becky is stunning and in incredible shape. her job requires it as the Director of Fitness for a local fitness company and a Broncos Cheerleader. I love the setting of her photo and the way that it captures the feel of Beaver Creek.

Next up on the schedule was Tristan, one of our rookies. Anderson Cabin, right around the corner from the Ritz Carlton Bachelor Gulch, was the setting for her photo. for Tristan, we decided on a snow shot and borrowed some really cool white furry Tecnica boots to complete her outfit. Right in the middle of her photo shoot, a huge storm rolled in and fast! We barely had time to get the equipment covered and Tristan covered before everything was soaked. 15 minutes later, it was clear and sunny!

Our next location was a little further up the mountain at the famous Trapper’s Lodge. This lodge is so cool! It is right on the ski run and during the winter, guests are shuttled up the mountain on the snow cats with their luggage. you can even hire a personal chef to cook for you all week while you ski and enjoy the scenery. We had originally scheduled to shoot 2 cheerleaders at the Lodge, but the weather would not hold up. Kara, another rookie to the team, enjoyed the stormy weather in the hot tub at Trapper’s Lodge until another major rain cloud rolled in and we headed down to find an indoor location for Lindsey.

The Ritz Carlton has several Penthouses on the top floors of the hotel that are privately owned. The management of the Penthouses was kind enough to let us shoot Lindsey inside and we were able to stay on scheduled despite the weather! Again, I can’t say enough how accommodating the Ritz Carlton staff has been for our hectic week in Beaver Creek. really incredible!

Our last shot of the day was Toni. We had been rained out the day before and were hoping for a beautiful sunset after a day of rain and sure enough, we got it! There is a beautiful lookout spot just up the road from the hotel and it was an amazing Broncos Sunset. so many Broncos fans stopped by to watch the shoot along with a few fans of other teams that we converted to the orange and blue.

More to come tomorrow!

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NN NFL Tournament of Badness Elite Eight: Brett Favre and Blackouts

The one-seeded juggernaut “Cowboys being Referred to As America’s Team”, at the time of writing this, is giving the prevent defense a one-sided beatdown unlike any its ever seen. That’s actually not entirely true, considering the nature of the prevent defense is that it gets beat on quite a bit, so this is quite literally nothing new. Yesterday on Twitter, I made the prediction that “Score, Commercial, Kickoff, Commercial” would win the whole thing and I stand by the prediction. 

Today, we’ve got another one-seed in action as “Brett Favre’s Media Whoring” is taking on the ever-stupid blackouts. Remember folks, this is the elite eight … the final eight things in the NFL that we’ve deemed to be among the worst ever. We’ve got only a handful of matches left, so be sure to get your votes and discussion in. the end is near, we are all gonna diiiiiie! or uh, something. Watched little Nicky earlier.

This is a tournament of badness and as such, you need to be voting for the absolute worst of the two in any given matchup. I don’t think I need to be saying it at this point, but just so there isn’t any confusion … I know that people have been confused by ballots and instructions before.  Vote for which one you think is more awful than the other, so in the end, we can truly have the worst thing in the NFL. Jump for a description of the two entrants in today’s matchup and a look at the rest of the elite eight.    

(1) Brett Favre’s Media Whoring

To borrow a line from Fooch, I would sooner set myself on fire than give this man’s on-again off-again career my undivided attention. That’s not a word-for-word quote or anything, but I did take no small measure of joy from picturing Fooch lighting himself aflame. Then Niners Nation would be mine for the taking, and it would be an all-night alright pajama party, awww yeeeeah!

But yeah. Brett Favre. what a guy, right?

Wrong. He’s not a guy. He’s not even getting old. He’s a publicity machine manufactured by the government to see just how many times he can hook the American football watching population with the same story and his rugged good looks. After twenty years, he sort of lost his sheen, so he had to start taking pictures of his genitals. And now in every Wrangler Jeans commercial he does, every middle-aged woman on the planet is thinking about his Danny Woodhead, for some reason.

But I doubt he has anything left to do to grab our attention. I mean, I guess he can take a page out of Jim Miller’s book, but instead of kicking with no shoes on, he could play quarterback with no pants on. I guess people would watch that. I wouldn’t, that’s for sure. Well. I wouldn’t live … I might DVR it. I could watch it and feel better about myself in comparison.

That image aside … the man is a whore. A pretty damn good quarterback, but a whore, just as sleazy as Fooch is for his page views, Favre needs attention to survive. it sustains him, much like feasting on the young sustains Al Davis. He plays the media like none other, and the media knows it. the Favre Watch graphic and horn on the NFL Network was hilarious once. maybe twice. but even now, making fun of his media whoring is becoming a chore, because you should really only make fun of things you don’t actually mind. Please retire.

(6) Blackouts

What a brainless proposition this entrant presents. If a team doesn’t sell out (or reach a specific number usually somewhere close to selling out), the league will blackout the game in its home market. in essence, if the 49ers did not meet their quota and you lived in the Bay Area, you would not be able to watch the game on television. Even the satellite networks will blackout your games, regardless as to whether or not you have a premium NFL package.

Their reasoning is that if you live in that area and you can’t watch the game on TV, it will convince you to head down to Candlestick Park and buy yourself a ticket. 

Not a single person will ever have that line of thought. There isn’t going to be one guy that decides he’s going to attend a live football game because he can’t watch it on television, it simply wouldn’t happen. that guy might attend a game at some point, but it will be entirely unrelated to blackouts. They’ll either watch an online stream, find a buddy who can watch the game at his place (one block can be blacked out while the other is not) or simply do without. It’s that simple.

Blackouts does nothing but hurt the team and the fans. Please recognize how stupid this is, even if it’s not a huge worry for us 49er fans. Seeing as how we’re totally awesome. Well, most of us. that LondonNiner fellow is a shifty one.

Elite Eight

(1) Cowboys being America’s Team versus (3) Prevent Defense(1) Brett Favre’s Media Whoring versus (6) Blackouts

(12) Tanking the Season to Draft Andrew Luck versus (3) new Kickoff Rule(1) the Brady Rule versus (2) Score, Commercial, Kickoff, Commercial

Poll which is worse?

NN NFL Tournament of Badness Elite Eight: Brett Favre and Blackouts

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