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Entries Tagged as 'Sports'

The REAL #88 To Make Reception For 2010 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl

November 26th, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Sports

This just in from our friends at the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, which will be played this season in Dallas …
FORT WORTH - Dallas Cowboys great Drew Pearson will be the honored keynote speaker at the 2010 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Team Kickoff Luncheon, presented by Armed Forces Insurance and the Omni Fort [...]

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Even If Chute Doesn’t Open - It’s New Zealand

October 4th, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Sports

Back in the day, I worked for a daily newspaper. I thought my journalism degree was going to be my ticket off the farm and on to see the world. But lo and behold, the first thing my first newspaper boss did was put me on the Farm & Ranch beat.

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‘Garage Girlz’: Coming To A Station Near You

August 29th, 2010 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Sports

What are the odds that a kid growing up near Route 66 — “The Mother Road” — would fall in love with the automobile? I’d put money on that. But what about the chances of a guy from Albuquerque becoming a television network newsman? … Still within the realm of possibility. Now, [...]

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Pinging USA Stadium — Internet Baseball, Worldwide Ya’ll

July 26th, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Sports · Wi-Fi

The idea for my first blog, The Wi-Fi Guy back in 2002 or so, came to me when strangers continually approached me in Starbucks and asked how in the world my laptop was on-line — there among the coffee grounds and the pseudo intellectuals.
Now I have a new icebreaker. Not since the infancy of [...]

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Texas Stadium Goes Cow-BOOM!

April 11th, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Sports

I am so over Texas Stadium!

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Dallas Cow-Boom! Big D-emolition @ Texas Stadium

April 11th, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Sports


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PingWi-Fi, Keeping Austin UnWired At SXSW

March 31st, 2010 · Tags: Coffee Shops · Hotels · Satire · Sports · Uncategorized

My first Wi-Fi road trip — an 18,000-mile excursion a few years earlier — wrapped up in Austin with a quick visit to the Wi-Fi Alliance world headquarters and another music festival.
So, Austin’s recent SXSW festival was not my first rodeo, but it certainly wasn’t the end of the road either. And frankly this [...]

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Tech Fans Question Authority, Yet Come Back For More

January 15th, 2010 · Tags: Airports · Cities · Gadgets · Sports · Wi-Fi

Twice in my career, I have interviewed for the top communications position at my alma mater, Texas Tech University. (The first time, several years ago, somehow I came in #2. Incidentally and sadly, that is the same high mark in the national rankings achieved by former Red Raider Coach Mike Leach.)
I have been [...]

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PingWi-Fi Navigates North To Pirate Uprising On Lubbock Horizon

January 9th, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Sports · Wi-Fi

People ask me what PingWi-Fi.com is all about.  Well, I guess we’re about breaking all the rules.  EVERYONE says that rule #Uno of blogging is to stay concentrated on one area of interest.  LOL.  Can’t do it.  Too much tickles our fancy.
I mean … Wi-Fi is our holy grail.  Literally, when people ask me “What [...]

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Pirate Gang Rallies Around New Captain — Ruffin McNeill, Tech Wins In Alamo Bowl

January 3rd, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Sports

After giving up the lead just minutes into the third quarter, Tech finally finished off Michigan State in a game that saw several lead changes in the second half.  Final score, Texas Tech 41, Michigan State, 31.

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