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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 53
Sign: Sagittarius

City: LOS ANGELES
State: California
Country: US
Signup Date: 8/13/2008
Monday, April 06, 2009 

Category: Sports
Tonight's men's championship game can't come fast enough for me. 
Thirty years after Earvin "Magic" Johnson led Michigan State past Larry Bird's undefeated Indiana State team in Salt Lake City Utah in the highest rated college game ever (still), the Spartans will carry the weight of their state onto the floor of Ford Field as they face the Carolina Tar Heels.
Two of the game's greatest players, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson will probably give the teams a stirring pre-game pep talk in tHeir symbolic roles as their school's most famous alums.  CBS' cameras will give us plenty of shots of them in the stands, rooting for the schools they once led to NCAA glory.  And, we'll also be treated to a pre-game segment on the legendary 1979 game between Magic and Bird that not only transfixed the nation but, changed both the Final Four and NBA forever.
Many well-meaning reporters and pundits have glommed onto the theme of what a championship could mean to the state and people of Michigan.  We all want and pray for better days there (and across the country) but let's be honest; one game, win or lose, isn't going to solve the economic problems of Michigan or anywhere else.  Sure, a win by the Spartans would be a great story, maybe even a fairytale, all things considered.  BUT, more than likely, it's going to be the Tarheels and their coach Roy Williams cutting down the net and accepting the trophy at the end of the game.
I'll be wearing my "lucky" Carolina blue shirt that I haven't washed since the tournament began three weeks ago, mucnhing on tacos and popcorn, washing it all down with O'Douls as the Tarheels win their fifth championship and first since 2005.
Well, unlsess Roy somehow manages to snatch defeat from victory as he's been known to do in the past.
GO HEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 
 
 
2:40 PM
 
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