A Weekend in the Colonies

July 22, 2013 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

My wife’s Uncle Leo never left the comforts of Brooklyn except on rare occasions. His world began in Bensonhurst and extended no further than an occasional trip to Atlantic City. When my wife and I got married in Atlanta in 1982, Uncle Leo flew into Hartsfield International where I met him as he left the […]

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Here We Go Again… Benders abound for the Bengals

February 17, 2011 by Shelly Riley · Leave a Comment

Back in the fall of 2009 Miguel Cabrera went on a bender the last weekend of the season and wound up in the drunk tank at the local jail here in Metro Detroit.Â This story has already been told before and if you are interested in the details â€“just Google it.Â The problem is that […]

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