Athletes and Pets

Sports Illustrated for Kids had a great little feature on Athletes and their pets.

Here are some highlights...

VISANTHE SHIANCOE
"I'll turn around for a second and there will be a big bang and a trash can will be knocked over," Shiancoe tells SI Kids of his boisterous ferrets, Smoke and Gee. Despite their rowdiness, Shiancoe is thinking of taking them on the road when he travels.



PATRICK DENEEN
When freestyle skier Patrick Deneen isn't careening down a moguls course, he's living it up on his horse-and-hay farm with miniature donkeys, a donkey named Mr. Don Key, 26 horses and just for good measure, a few dogs.




ERNIE SIMS
You might think pro football player Ernie Sims is posing inside of a pet store, but that's his house. "My parents know not to take me to a pet store," Sims tells SI Kids. "Because if I go to a pet store, I have to get something."




TULLY BEVILAQUA
WNBA player Tully Bevilaqua uses her time off from work to help homeless dogs, volunteering for the Humane Society of Indianapolis. She also is mom to rescue dogs Chips, Aussie and a pet cat.




ROSS OHLENDORF
The Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher has a cow named Marina on his family's longhorn cattle farm, and Marina has been around for 15 years. Among Ohlendorf's many tasks on the farm? Naming the calves.




You can see the whole feature here.

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OK, This is Funny

I came accross this while searching for "stuff" on kentucky sports. Kind of a tie in to the Wizards getting the 1st pick in the draft and possibly getting John Wall this year.

Perhaps you've seen it. Perhaps not.


Kentucky Violated NCAA Rules While Recruiting Basketball-Playing Dog

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We have a Winner

Yes folks, after an exciting month of competition (we had only one entry) and a last minute round of fast and furious voting, we have a winner of the first (and probably last) Fumbled Returns Mutt Madness Competition.

The voting was extremely close (no votes were cast, not even by the owner of the loan entry!) and the judges had a really hard time deciding on the winner (after all, is there really a winner if nobody voted?)

But after much deliberation, checking and re-checking of the rules, counting and recounting of votes, a winner of both the Veterans Group and the overall competition has been chosen...




Congratulations to Sam and Grace !

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Starting Line-up Review...

So this month has been really interesting with the stock market and really volatile.

UEPS - Continues to hold good strength and has held up well off it's support levels.

CNU - Has really shot up off it's critical support levels. If you bought in at that point, it was extremely risky but it did pay out well so far.

NTES - Was at a good buy in spot and responded well. But the Chinese government has decided to play bully, and their qtr report was not as quite as stellar as the market wanted, but despite a recent drop, has maintained it's support levels.

GHM - Another stock which has bounced up extremely well off it's support but perhaps a bit too fast. If you bought in, 30% gain in 3 weeks is certainly not too shabby.

IAX - Is still an attractive play on the pet industry and looks to be worth while for a long term play. This stock seems to be in a trading pattern of a good quick rise, followed by a longer (month or two) period of flat performance. I bet in a couple months it will shoot up once again.

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