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Ready for Kickoff
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NFL football’s season kicks off today and I thought I would share a few football related links with you to get the season started:
- Looking for ways to make your football party even more fun? Check out my Tailgating Tips plus all the great Tailgating recipes at Snackpicks.com.
- Print out free football inspired invitations for your football get together.
- Women Are Football Fans Too! Stock up on your favorite teams’ jerseys now at LadyFanatics.com!
- Keep the kids busy while getting ready for game time with some fun football printable games.
- How about some women’s football? You got it! Check out the Endzone Airways - a blog by Palm Beach Punishers womens football player Sally Maple.
- Get your friends out for a little pregame touch football game or incorporate some fun football drills into your own workout today just to mix it up a bit!
Have a great day and I hope the team your are rooting for wins!
Natalie Coughlin Will Compete On Dancing With The Stars
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Season 9 of the popular ABC “Dancing with the Stars” reality show will feature another Olympic Gold Medalist – Natalie Coughlin. Season 8 was won by Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson and other Olympic stars who have competed in past seasons include Apolo Anton Ohno, Kristi Yamaguchi, Evander Holyfield, Clyde Drexler, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Monica Seles, Misty May-Treanor and Maurice Greene.
The season premiere will be September 21. Natalie Coughlin will be joined by 15 other contestants including Tom DeLay, Donny Osmond, Kathy Ireland, Kelly Osborne, Melissa Joan Hart and more.
Coughlin is excited about having the opportunity not only to learn to dance but also to train hard at something else besides swimming. I know we will be looking forward to seeing what she can do and cheering her on!
Make It or Break It – New ABC Family Series Preview
Posted by: | CommentsMake It of Break It is a new ABC Family TV series based on the dramatic life of teenage gymnasts “going after the dream.” The show is scheduled to premier on June 22nd and I’m not really sure how I feel about this show now that I have watched the extended preview. Of course, so much is for dramatic effect!
PopTower’s synopsis:
Set in the world of competitive gymnastics, “Make It or Break It” follows a group of teen Olympic hopefuls as they train and prepare for their day in the spotlight. The cast of “Make It or Break It” includes Chelsea Hobbs (“Lords of Dogtown”) as gymnastic newcomer Emily Kmetko; Ayla Kell (“CSI: Miami“) as top gymnast Payson Keeler; Josie Loren (“17 Again“) as the beautiful gymnast Kaylie Cruz; Cassie Scerbo (“Bring It On: In It to Win It”) as ultra competitive Lauren Tanner; and Zachary Burr Abel (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager“) as the gym’s resident hottie, Carter Anderson. Peri Gilpin (“Frasier”) and Candace Cameron Bure (“Full House”) both make a return to series television in starring roles on “Make It or Break It.”
For those of us who have been involved in the sport for so many years, we will cringe at the flurry of over dramatizations and inaccuracies – but we will watch it anyway – for the gymnastics. We can’t help ourselves. But the scenes and storyline around the gymnastics – they may just be too much for me to stomach! So, the big question remains – will the series help or hurt the sport of gymnastics?
I do, however, LOVE this quote from the trailer:
Behind every great champion there is a greater story.
This really is true – and that is what often draws us to a sports story – its not always the performance rather the back story that is so compelling.
What do you think? Will this series have staying power? Will it soon be forgotten? Will the gymnastics and story line be too cheesy to stomach? Only time will tell – I will have to watch the premier!
