August 1, 2012 The company's owner, Dan Cathy, enraged gay marriage advocates recently by saying he supports "the biblical definition of the family unit." Ex-presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum both engouraged people eat at Chick-Fil-A today to show support for the restaurant as it weathers that storm. And it seems locals are doing just that.
Chick-fil-A still stands firm in opposing gay marriage and it has stirred thing up.
Gay rights groups are ready to boycott, the Jim Henson Company yanked the Muppet toys from the kiddie meals, and some of the politicians in Boston and Chicago told told them they are not welcome there.
Football fundamentals, safety and character development taught to young athletes
Shreveport, Louisiana- June 12, 2012 – On Saturday, June 16, boys and girls ages 5 to 13 from Shreveport-Bossier City and the surrounding region are invited to attend the NCAA Football Youth Clinic Hosted by the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl, a free half-day clinic of football skills and drills training at Independence Stadium. Participants will have
It there is one thing Americans like, it’s our food fast. Our great nation pioneered the fast food game, and judging from a new report from The Temkin Group we are doing a great job at it, if we do say so ourselves.
Bowl season is hitting its high point with the biggest games of the year coming up in the next week. While much of the focus is understandably on the BCS games and the national championship, there are a lot of other good games coming up for your viewing pleasure in the next few days. We’ll have previews of the BCS games coming up shortly. But in the meantime, here is what to watch for in all the remaining non-BCS bowl games.
The Southeastern Conference will take home its sixth consecutive national championship next month, as Louisiana State and Alabama will play a rematch in the BCS National Championship game. Despite a last-minute push by Oklahoma State in a 44-10 drubbing of then-#10 Oklahoma, Alabama edged out the Cowboys in the final BCS standings for the #2 spot and a shot at the national title. They will take on #1 LSU, which pounded #14 Georgia, 42-10, in the SEC title game to remain undefeated.
LSU defeated Alabama 9-6 in overtime in their regular season matchup on November 5th. While surveys show most people outside of Louisiana and Alabama do not want to see a rematch in the national championship game, the poll voters and computers gave the slight edge to the Crimson Tide, giving Alabama another shot.
In addition to the national title game, here is the schedule for all of this year’s bowl games.
