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Bloggers are helping each other everyday by swapping links and comments on one another’s blogs. This is a great way to show traffic coming to your blog and building up the subscribers you might have to your blog. You don’t want to be blogging about something and no one ever reads your blog. You want your voice to be heard by as many people as possible. So getting your blog’s link on another blog or website is a great way to drive more traffic to your blogs. Each time you get your link on somebody else’s webpage, is the chance that more people will be coming to your blog from that link.

Now the search engines love this stuff and they look for websites that have a lot of links directing toward them. If the search engines see a lot of links pointing toward your blog, they then rank your blog high in the search engines, thinking that you have some good information that people are wanting to see. Once you get your blog or posts from your blog high in the search engines, that is when you can really start to attract more and more readers to your blog. People from all over the world then have the opportunity to land on your blog and read your thoughts and ideas. I like the fact that I can give credit and applause with my blog to people or things that need it. I also like the fact that I can vent in my blog, when I see something that is wrong or just not fair in the world we are living in. Attract more people to your blog and exchange links with fellow bloggers. Anyone that would like a link to this blog, just needs to leave a reply and I will be sure to to throw a link pointing to your blog.

The same day Michael Vick has just been sentence to 23 months in prison for dog fighting charges, the Atlanta Falcons will have the national stage on television tonight against the New Orleans Saints. The Falcons don’t have much of a chance of winning the game tonight, so a lot will be dumped on the organization tonight.

It doesn’t take a genius to see how the Falcons could find their self in such a mess. Arthur Blank’s ideas of building a football team have not been no where near playoff football in the NFL and his desires to win a Super Bowl will never happen. You can’t build a football team on character. You have to start with talent and you can tweak the character issues later. The way Mr. Blank started the process, any football fan could tell right from the start it was doom. You must have talent on your team, before you can even think about winning in the NFL. The Atlanta Falcons continue to make the same mistakes over and over. They will need to search long and hard for a good GM once the season has ended. There is no way you can let the current GM keep his job, while he continues to pick one bad draft pick after another one. It should be interesting to see where the Falcons go in the post-Vick era.

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Well today was my birthday. I had a good birthday and I think I will remember this one for a long time. I usually have pretty calm birthdays, but this year it was an all day thing. I got woke up early and the day was filled with all sorts of activities that I did with my family and friends. I just got home tonight around 10 and I’m ready for a good night’s sleep. There was really no big thing that stood out, but just a lot of little activities that kept me running around all day long. I can definitely say this birthday has beat the last few that I have had and it really did feel like this was my day and not just another day in the year.

Georgia Beats Florida!

What a great game on Saturday to see our boys from Athens kick some Gator butt! It was a great game between the border rivals of the Georgia Bulldogs and the Florida Gators. When it comes to water, we have had another battle there. We got them in football and now it might be time to stop our water from going down to the Sunshine State.

One of the best things in the game was when Georgia scored their first touchdown. The whole team from Georgia rush to the endzone and celebrated with the offense. The Florida team was visibly shaken from this move and their coach tried to ralley them. Florida’s coach “Oscar” Meyer “Winner” got a few Florida players to root on the defense when they came off the field, when Georiga kicked the PAT. Things would only get worse for Meyer as everything he tried against that tough Bulldog defense just failed. He even benched one of his players, because the center snapped the ball over his head. Florida’s coach for some reason thought that his player should have got the ball, even though it was over his head. Meyer is a poor loser and you can see that very clearly as his team was overmatched by the team from Georgia. I doubt Meyer will have a job much longer down there, the way he acts when his team is losing. He just yelled and blamed the players all game long and it was clear they haven’t seen a football team as good as Georgia this year.

A star is born in Georgia with Knowshon Moreno. This kid is the real deal and he’s only going to get better as a red-shirted freshmen. The sky is the limit for this kid and if Mark Richt will let him take over, the Bulldogs are going to win a lot of games.

GO BULLDAWGS………THAT A WAY TO HUNKER DOWN!!!

WHO LET THE DAWGS OUT?

WHO LET THE DAWGS OUT?

WHO LET THE DAWGS OUT?

So long Florida….we will see ya again next year in Jacksonville! Don’t even worry about revenge, because a lot of recruits just watched who the real men are, and all those recruits that were on the fence will now be flocking to the Georgia Bulldogs!

Halloween is almost here! This is a great time of the year. We start to feel the first cool weather from the long hot summer days. All the kids are picking out their favorite costumes, so they can go spend the night on the town grabbing up all the goodies in their bags. It’s as much fun giving out the treats as it is to eat them!

What’s halloween without a few scares? A lot of the scary movies will start coming on television and I like watching them. Even though I have seen them a hundred times, it’s still fun to watch them over and over again. I also like a good haunted house too! I haven’t been to any yet, but would like to take one of my nephews to a good one. I’m not a big fan of those that are so dark, you can’t even see where you’re walking to, but sometimes those are the best ones. A good haunted house can even scare the adults a bit. You expect someone to jump out at you, but if that someone has a really creepy look to them, they can take your breath away a bit. Maybe I will find a good one and it will give me my money’s worth. BOO!

The Color of Money is one of the best movies ever! There isn’t a lot of pool related movies but this one has to be the leader with the Hustler coming in a close second. When you put Paul Newman and Tom Cruise in a movie and have them playing billiards, you have the parts of a great movie. That is exactly what the Color of Money is and if you haven’t seen this one, then just go put your pool cues down and get it today!

Fast Eddie Felson who is played by Paul Newman is a man with a plan. He is a hustler in every sense of the way. He’s ready to share his talents with this young kid he hears breaking the balls with authority. The young kid is Vincent who is played by Tom Cruise, and Fast Eddie offers to teach Vincent how to be a hustler. Vincent accepts the offer and the two plan to go to a big tournament in Atlantic City. Fast Eddie, Vincent and his girlfriend Carmen load up to go play in this big tournament, but they stop at all the pool halls along the way, so Fast Eddie can teach Vincent all the ropes. Vincent isn’t the best student in the world and really flashes his talent for everybody to see. Fast Eddie has a rough time trying to teach Vincent how to hustle and shows Vincent how he could be winning more money than he’s accustomed to.

Short Scene From the Movie

If you play pool or know someone that does, then you must make sure that the pool player in your life sees this movie! It’s a 5 star movie for anybody that picks up the pool cues every now and then. I give it 4 stars for the people who have never played billiards before in their life! If you haven’t seen this movie yet; you might want to go ahead and get the Hustler and see a young Paul Newman in that movie first. It might make The Color of Money more understandable from the beginning, but it’s not a hard movie to follow at all. I would love to take a trip like the one Fast Eddie and Vincent took in this movie and stop at every billiard place I saw along the way. 

“On the snap Vincent“

The Atlanta Hawks have been an organization that has been on the brunt end of a lot of jokes lately. They have became the Clippers in the East and maybe just the Clippers of the NBA. One big difference right now is that the Clippers let guys walk and never wanted to pay out the money. The Hawks haven’t followed that road yet and from the multi-owner group that owns the Hawks, it appears they have some deep pockets. Not as deep with Belkin gone, but they have a few pennies to spend on B Ball in the Peach State.

So many different people have suggestions on what the Hawks need to do. Stay the course and let the young guys develop, bring in experience, get a new coach/GM, etc…

I would like to focus on a different view of how these Hawks from Atlanta can become a playoff team. They have one of the most amazing athletes in the NBA and in the world if you look at what the average man can do. I’m not sure anyone in the NBA has the raw skills of this young man and if he would have chosen college, he would still be there (due to being under 22 years of age). I’m talking about Josh Smith and by all accounts, he is a Hawk amongst the other hawks and I’m not talking about basketball players. This guy flies around in the air like an actual hawk and it’s amazing to see him leap against gravity and reach the heights he does.

I have seen players like Patrick Ewing, Shaquille Oneal, Dikembe Mutombo, and other 7 footers have such a presence in the lane and around the rim in a defensive manner. I have also watch under-sized guys like Charles Barkley and Ben Wallace have that same presence in the paint. Now Josh Smith is built more like a Mutombo, but his size would be more like Ben Wallace. It’s a recipe that would equal getting pushed around in the paint and not being an effective player on defense. However, when you see the product of Josh Smith and see how he controls the paint, it’s unreal how much of a Mutombo-like presence he brings on defense for the Atlanta Hawks. Forget where the Hawks list him in the line-up, and who he is matched up with defensively, because the guy keeps an eye on the paint for the Hawks.

There are not 12 guys in the Eastern Conference that are better than Josh Smith. He should be an all-star player, but playing in Atlanta he doesn’t get the recognition and no one in the NBA really know just how talented he is. They see a few highlight dunks or blocks and quickly write him off as the defensive guy with hops. He can shoot the basketball and many times he might just be shooting too far away from the basket. He needs that jump shot to keep players honest, but when you have the leaping ability he has, forget about honesty and start looking to expose.

I think he can put this Hawks team on his back and carry them to a playoff appearance in 2007/2008 Season.  It should be interesting to see how the Hawks fare against the Boston Celtics at Boston on November 9th. It’s not just a match up against the favorites to win the East this year, but it will be the end of a tough start to the season for the Hawks. They will play the Mavericks, Pistons, Nets, Suns, and then Kevin Garnett to start the season. If the Hawks win 3 of these 5 games, others will mention the Hawks in the same breath as playoffs. If they are 5-0 after the Celtics game, they will be mentioning the New England Patriots and Atlanta Hawks in the same breath. If they lose the majority of these games, then the Hawks will not even get mentioned, which will be a way to fly under the radar. You might think they couldn’t fly any further under the radar, but I think most people wait to those first few games of the season before they pick the winners and losers of the league.

Josh Smith is a good kid and his middle finger to the Charlotte Bobcat fans was a lot different than Michael Vick’s middle finger to the home crowd at the Georgia Dome. Michael Vick was on the sideline and had been there awhile as the Falcons game had already been settled. It was then he elected to show the rude gesture to the Falcon faithful. Josh Smith had just received a horrible officiating call and he let the referee know about it and got 2 technicals in his rage and did his gesture to the Charlotte crowd in the heat of the momment. So while the stars in Atlanta are making headlines with one of their digits, just know that Josh’s case was a lot different than the former number 7 in Atlanta.

Maybe the NBA will recognize him this year and he will get an All Star appearance for the Eastern Conference. If the Hawks are below .500, then don’t hold your breath Hawks fans. He is a top 10 player in the Eastern Conference and once the NBA recognizes it, he will not miss an All Star Game!

Fans are still talking about Carlos Boozer’s performance for the Utah Jazz and what he accomplished in the post-season last year. If Josh Smith gets his chance to play in a playoff series, LOOKOUT!

ATLANTA HAWKS 2007/2008 PREDICTION: 53 WINS AND 29 LOSES

NOTE: Atlanta Hawks @ Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008. This will be the first game for the 2008 year and against LeBron James and company. This is the statement game and this is where this organization will turn that magic corner!

I went and saw Charlie Daniels last night live and in concert at the Cumming Fair, in Georgia. It was a pretty good concert and I enjoyed it. I’m not sure Charlie’s age, but the old man can still get down ( I mean that in the most respected way). So if you’re reading this Charlie, no offense to the age sir!

Charlie put on a great show and so did the rest of the members in his band. They threw some gospel in the concert and the crowd really liked that. Of coarse he finished off the night with that famous song “Devil Went Down to Georgia”. The concert only last about 1 hour and 45 minutes, but fans got their money’s worth, since you only had to paid the 5 dollar admission price to get into the fair. The concert itself was free and everyone that attended had great seats.

Rhubarb Jones (a local radio personality) was there and had a booth for the radio station. He’s a very nice man and was really good to all the fans that waited in line to see him. He was giving away small knick-knacks that were great.

The Cumming Fair in Georgia will be running until October 14th (Sunday) if anyone is still wanting to go out there and see everything the fair is offering. It’s really a treat for the whole family and I strongly encourage everyone to go; if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet. There is tons to do and the Funny Clown in the dunking booth is a must-see attraction. Stop by for a sec. and listen to him make fun of all the patrons at the fair. It’s really good entertainment! Be sure to let me know if you’re planning on going to the fair or feel free to tell your stories if you have already been!

Today they will be bloggers all over the world blogging about a good cause. It’s abuse and it’s just abuse in general. Bloggers have the opportunity to blog about any type of abuse they want and this will be one of the biggest campaigns ever; that bloggers come together for. I chose to talk about driving abuse and how people act on our roadways with road rage so much. If you have a blog and would like to join in, then just post your message today or as soon as you read this message. It’s never too late to blog about abuse! Just Click Here For More Info.

I love to watch baseball in October. If there is baseball in October, then there is a pretty good chance you’re watching the post season. The National League wild card is going to be fun to watch as 5 teams are trying for it right now. I think you have the Mets, Phillies, Padres, Rockies, and Braves who have a shot for it right now and it goes in that order who is most likely to get it. Now the Mets and Phillies could be the two teams that make the post season, because the winner of their division gets an automatic bid in the post season. So the Mets or Phillies will definately see the post season. So what team do you want to see win it all this year? Let me know what group of 25 players is best suited to make a run in the playoffs this year and the road to the World Series. Should be fun to watch!

A blogger in Seattle has a blog called Raven’s Brain. This Northwest blogger uses their Raven’s Project Management Blog to write about all sorts of things. The blogger considers their self a writer, drummer, music lover, rambler, movie fanatic, motorcycle mama, and partime couch potato. So you can imagine the range of posts this blogger puts in their blog.

This blog is full of information and they do such a nice job in adding pictures and links in to their posts, so the readers can get a better understanding to the topic of each post. You can tell that this person does enjoy blogging by all the details and effort that they put into their post. Some bloggers use their blog just to jot down a few details, while others go all out and provide a wealth of information to their readers. This blogger from Washington is the latter of the two and it’s great to see someone so passionate about their blog and what they write in their blog.

Both sidebars of the blog have a lot of information in them too. You can scroll up and down both sidebars and you will probably see at least one thing that catches your eye. The blogger’s occupation is a project manager and the theme seems to be surrounded by things related to project managing. If you’re a project manager or maybe you’re currently taking classes or training to get a project manager’s position, then this is a blog you will want to look over. I would imagine this blogger would be someone great for advice, considering all the efforts they put into their blog online.

I’m glad this blogger uses their blog to speak about something they are so passionate about. I’m about the same age as this blogger and I’m still just letting the wind blow me around. I wish I had the direction about a career field in my life. I’m not too familiar with the position of a property manager, but seeing this blog does spark my interest. If someone else is willing to be so devoted in their career choice and uses their blog like they have done, it makes me want to learn more about being a property manager. I would like to see if I had the skills or what classes I might need to take, to start a life as a property manager. I’m sure I can learn more about being a property manager from Raven’s Brain!

It seems enough people have condemed Vick for his actions related to dogfighting. The Atlanta Falcons Brass in Arthur Blank and Rich McKay decided to hop on the bandwagon and continue to throw stones at Vick today. It’s a message that has been seen loud and clear and the Atlanta Falcons aren’t not going to stand up for anything that public opinion says otherwise too.

After so many have already known what Vick has did was bad, the Falcons turn their backs today on their most talented superstar ever. However, they went on to say they wouldn’t cut him because that would hurt the team financially. Here was a chance the Falcons could have shown their displeasure in his actions, but instead it appears the Falcons don’t think dogfighting is serious enough to cut him. They also didn’t find his pot smuggling at an Miami airport serious enough for cutting him either.

Vick annoucned he found Jesus and has turned his life over to God. The Falcons aren’t forgiving anything and they are still condeming him. Now if the Falcons think that the animal lovers of PETA was tough to deal with, just wait until they hear from the religious leaders of this country and how they don’t accept Vick’s apologies or how they won’t forgive him.

The Falcons did not have to add any more negative comments to Vick. Enough has been done to this man already and there was no need to prosecute him further. The Falcon’s use bad judgement and was obviously more concerned about their reputation in the community as opposed to another human being going through hard times. While the Falcons have turned their back on him, I have turned my back on Arthur Blank.

The Falcons is a football team. They are not a group of people that needs to go out and represent our community in a positive way with charities and things like that. We just need football players that can play on the football field and I could care less if they couldn’t represent us in a good-will effort. These guys aren’t politicians, but Arthur Blank is trying to make them into a group of guys that could represent us in anyway, except as a football team. That is the reason the Falcons have continued to lose under Arthur Blank. We need football players and ones that perform on the field. If he’s got a speeding ticket, gets in fights at bars, etc…, I don’t care, because you have to have good athletes to compete in the NFL. ARTHUR BLANK NEEDS TO GIVE UP THE TEAM! HE HAS LOST CONTROL OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS!

While Bobby Cox has been given a lot of credit for the Braves success over the years, he’s really the reason they have only won 1 World Series in their long streak of winning divisions. In his lack and inability to change within a game has costed his teams time and time again. He also doesn’t care if his stars hustle on the team or not, and that’s been a bad example for all the younger Braves players that have been coming up through the system.

Last night the Braves lost a heartbreaker in 14 innings to the Houson Astros. Now Cox did some things really well in that game, like letting Throman pinch hit in the 3rd inning when the team was down 5 to 1. Now in tonight’s game he let Smoltz take swings in the 5th inning and the Braves were losing 4 to 1. The reason that Cox did it last night was because JoJo Reyes was pitching and tonight it was John Smoltz. Smoltz is a favorite of Cox and not only did his favoritism hurt us in tonight’s game, but it did the night before against Houston too. Oscar Villareal had pitched 2 innings the night before and was thrown to the wolves, because he was the last relief pitcher the Braves had. Cox didn’t want to get Smoltz up, because he was the Friday Night Starter. So by Cox saving Smoltz for the Friday game, he costed us the Thursday game. He doesn’t understand the importantance of winning the game that is in front of him. He would prefer to prepare for tomorrow’s game, and that game just never gets here.

Also, we got to watch the Jones Boys grimmace with every swing in Thursday’s night game and Chipper hit into two double plays late in that game that was killer. Only to see the two hobbled stars in the 3rd and 5th spots in the batting order tonight. It never did cross his mind to start the weakest hitter in the lineup in Andrew Jones at the 8th spot and Chipper being injured in the 7th spot in tonight’s lineup. Instead he took the best hitter on the team in Brian McCann and put him in the 8th hole. It’s ridiculous the favortism Cox continues to show these high priced stars. Not to mention Chipper hit one off the wall tonight to only see the outfielder bobble the ball and Chipper only got to 2nd base because he wasn’t hustling as usual. Earlier in the game Chipper had runners at 1st and 2nd with no outs, and swung all 3 times to try and pull the ball to the left side of the field, before he eventually struck out. I’m not sure why he or other Braves players continue to try and pull the ball, instead of getting the runner from 2nd base to 3rd base with less than 2 outs. The stars are leading the Braves out of another division title possibility and won’t even contend for a wildcard if things stay like this. Bobby Cox is the one leading this mess and why he still has a job is beyond me. He only shows favoritism to his stars and is quick to give up in a game that he is losing in by the 7th inning.

As long as Cox is leading the charge, then we will still continue to see the weakest hitter on the Braves in Andruw Jones taking up the very valuable 5th spot in the lineup away. Andruw has 21 homers, but that’s because he is swinging for the fences every at bat. He strikes out often and his at bats are wasted many times by not even moving up the runners on base. Willie Harris is clearly the best choice at centerfield and Matt Diaz should be the everyday left fielder. Jones should be sitting on the bench and Chipper Jones needs to be benched for not hustling and by no means should be batting 3rd with his hand so messed up.

Bobby Cox has never been a good manager. Just a manager that anybody could have lead to 14 straight division titles with all the talent he has. He prepares for the late innings and the game for tomorrow, is why he always fails to win the game that is in front of him today. The Braves have no chance of winning the division title this year or even playing for a wild card as the team will continue to waste it’s 3rd and 5th spots in the batting order by 2 players that don’t hustle or hit to the team’s best interest. Bobby Cox should be held accountable for all the plays the Braves continue to fail on, because he has never had the strict orders or the guts to bench his stars when they fail to perform in critical situations. The Braves are a hard team to watch because they do have a lot of talent, but that talent doesn’t play to the best of their ability, and this is due to the way Bobby Cox manages a game of baseball!

Who doesn’t like to see their name in lights? In basic sales training they always tell to use the customers name as many times as possible, because people like hearing their name and this will increase your chances of success. At PeekYou you can search for your name and see what others are saying about you. It is basically like Wikipedia where people can edit and change information on the fly. I was surprised that when I first went to the site and typed in Jeff Rogers the number of resutls that came back. So then I narrowed it down to the city and state for Jeff Rogers and there I was. It was a photo and data that was pulled from MySpace page with the pitcure of my wife and myself. What is really cool that I can add a link to my Rogers eMall through Peek so that those that are searching for me will see my online mall. You can add links to your blogs and other websites and make up dates on photos and other information.

Since I am in the process of collecting information for my class reunion I will look to use PeekYou to help me track down some old classmates.

It acts similar to a social network aggregate site since it pulls information from various social sites like MySpace, facebook, and others. You can think of it as a search engine for people. You can register for free and track your changes and create shout outs to other people. This is an interesting site since there are so many possibilities. You can update your profile easily with little hassle and keep friends and family updated on your online presence.

Well the 2nd part of the 8 part series THE BRONX IS BURNING has came out and picked up where the 1st one left off. We are starting to see the Yankees get in a bit of a war, as Billy Martin doesn’t seem to be all that thrilled to having Reggie Jackson as a Yankee. Then the owner George Steinbrenner isn’t all that thrilled that Reggie Jackson isn’t get to play every game and he’s having to pay his hefty salary for just sitting on the bench.

The Son of Sam is now the name of the serial killer that has been going around shooting people at point blank range in the Queens area of New York. Actually the killer is sending in letters to the police and he calls himself the Son of Sam. The newspapers are referring to the killer as the .44 Caliber Killer. There’s a little bit of coincidence that the newspapers are picking up on the .44 Caliber part, while the new star slugger Reggie Jackson wears the uniform number of 44. So there are 2 forty fours that are making the headlines in New York City in the summer of 1977.

We got to see some of the stress being relieved from the team, as Billy Martin tries a little bit of luck. He calls Reggie Jackson into his office and he has a hat that has all the starting position players for the Yankees in it. The coach has written down all the names on separate pieces of paper and has mixed them up in the hat. When Reggie comes into the office, Billy tells him to pick one piece of paper out of the hat. When Reggie pulls out the first piece of paper, it has Randolph on it and then Billy instructs one of the other coaches to start writing the names on the chalkboard, that is located in the room. Billy then tells Reggie to pick another name out of the hat and he continues this process until 9 players are picked out of the hat. He then uses this as the batting order for the next game. The Yankees get on a little win streak and they continue to use this batting order during the streak, that Reggie picked out of the hat.

So the first 2 shows are in the books and there are 6 shows left. The 3rd part of the Bronx is Burning comes on at 10PM Eastern USA Time on July 24th and can be seen on ESPN. ESPN will be showing all 8 of the episodes on a weekly basis for the next 8 weeks of this mini-series that is revolving around the Yankees, Son of Sam, and the Blackout that New York had to endure that year. Don’t worry if you miss any of the shows original air dates, as ESPN is showing each new part several times throughout the week. So if you’re not around on Tuesday Night or miss an episode, then you will have plenty of chances to see the current episode, before a new one follows on Tuesday Nights.

ESPN’s new show that just premiered tonight looks like a pretty good show and a must-see show for any Yankee Fans. The Bronx is Burning gave us its first show tonight right after the 2007 Homerun Derby that was on ESPN. The one hour show started in 1977 just for a quick glimpse at Reggie Jackson not hustling for a fly ball and Billy Martin benching him. The two got in a heated argument in the dugout and then the show paused and took us back two years before that.

In 1975 George Steinbrenner was searching for a new coach for the Bronx Bombers known as the New York Yankees. He wanted Billy Martin and had to convince him that he was the man for the job. It appears Billy Martin wasn’t 100 percent sold on the idea of being the Yankee’s new manager, but still took the job.

After Billy’s arrival to the Big Apple he took the Yankees all the way to the World Series in 1976. It was a huge accomplishment but got over-shadowed by the fact that the Big Red Machine known as the Cincinnati Reds won the 1976 World Series in a 4 game sweep. Steinbrenner who is the Yankees owner was embarrassed by getting beat so bad in the World Series. He suddenly feels the need to add a big name to his ball club and seeks out the services of Mr. October, better known as Reggie Jackson.

The Yankees wasn’t offering Reggie Jackson the most money, but in the show the Bronx is Burning, we are led to believe that Steinbrenner convinces Jackson to become a Yankee because Madison Avenue is only two blocks away and he can make a fortune in endorsements. So Reggie agrees to become a Yankee and will begin the 1977 season as a New York Yankee.

Now while all of this is going on in New York in the late 1970’s, the show is also showing a serial killer that is starting to make his impact in the City that never sleeps. We will later know that this serial killer gets the name the .44 caliber killer ( Son of Sam ) but the Bronx is Burning has not told us that yet in the show’s first episode, that is a 8 part miniseries on the 1977 Yankees and their role in New York City’s turbulent summer and fall.

Now if all of this isn’t enough for your entertainment pleasures, you still have to factor in the 1977 Blackout that occurred right in the middle of the serial killer and the Yankees Problems. So there is a lot that will be going on in the next 7 episodes of this series and it should be quiet interesting to relive a time known as the Bronx is Burning.

There is even a website that has been created for this 8 part miniseries that is being shown on ESPN. The website is: http://bronxisburning.com/ and you can find out more about the show that has topic listings of About the Series, The Dugout, The Office, Video, Go Back to 1977, and Store. Don’t worry if you miss the first episode tonight, they will be showing it again several times before next Tuesday at 10PM Eastern Time, when the Bronx is Burning part 2 of the miniseries picks up again. So get your tv listings for the Bronx is Burning and watch the first episode and you will be with the rest of the country come Tuesday (July 17th), when the show will have it’s 2nd part of the 8 parts it plans to show on ESPN.