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And, no it is not things like the crack or the snap of something like a common towel which any junior high school or middle school boy who has attended physical education classes has either seen, done, or been the victim of a whip like cracking towel either prior to entering the shower, in the shower, or leaving the shower. Having been the victim of such pranks, the sting is not severe but is worse when the whip like cracking sound of the towel hits the skin at the same time. If that was breaking the sound bearer then, I should have lost not only skin, but flesh too, when a snapping and cracking towel made contact with my skin. Loud noises do not mean breaking the sound barrier which is approximately 760 mph at sea level in ordinary atmospheric conditions and approximately 660 mph above 35,000 feet in ordinary atmospheric conditions high altitude levels. By the way there never was a P-51E aircraft manufactured. Propeller driven aircraft of that era would never have the aircraft itself exceed the sound barrier because the controls of the aircraft would be under so much pressure to make them nearly immoveable by the pilot. A P-51D whose top speed was about 430 mph or so would still be 230 mph short of the speed of sound even at higher altitudes. So, P-51D/E or whip is not the answer. You can add a third category which would be the first human to break the sound barrier and in which airplane which would definitely not be a propeller driven aircraft.

Who will win Heisman in alphabetical order:

QB Sam Bradshaw, Oklahoma (11-1), 4,100 yards total offense, 68% completion rate, 6 interceptions, 1.5 yards per carry average, lost to Texas 45-35

WR Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech (11-1), 1,100 yards receiving, caught winning TD with 1 second left against Texas at Texas Tech for a last second 39-33 victory

RB Shonn Greene, Iowa (8-4), 1,700 yards rushing, 17 TD

QB Graham Harrell, Texas Tech (11-1), 4,600 yards total offense, 71% completion rate, 7 intercepts, -1.7 yards per carry average

QB Colt McCoy, Texas, (11-1), 4,100 yards of total offense, 78% completion rate, 7 interceptions, 4.5 yards per carry average

QB Kellen Moore, Boise State (12-0), 3,200 yards of total offense, 70% completion rate, 9 interceptions, -0.6 yards per carry average

QB Tim Tebow, Florida, (11-1), 2,700 yards of total offense, 64% completion rate, 2 interceptions, 3.7 yards per carry average

QB John Parker Wilson, Alabama (12-0), 1,900 yards of total offense, 58% completion rate, 5 interceptions, 0.4 yard per carry average

NOTE: QB Colt McCoy returned for the 2008 season at Texas with one returning starting skills players (a 2 year starting WR who is a senior) and two returning starting offensive linemen.

Back in the spring of 1976, eventual 1976 Olympics Gold Medal winner as a 17 year old and future NCAA running back-wide receiver-kickoff returner and NFL wide receiver Johnny "Lam" Jones at the spring 1976 Laredo Border Olympics as the electronic timing device broke in the race in legal wind ran a hand timed 8.6 100 yard dash. Would this be one of the fastest 100 sprints ever in history up to today with legal wind?

After Eugene yesterday, can Gay, Dix, and Patton sweep the 100 after months and months of talk about which Jamaican will win the gold as Tyson Gay ran the fastest time ever recorded in world history?

After the sports media has been talking about which Jamaican will win the Gold in the 100 meter at the 2008 Olympics, can Gay, Dix, and Patton go 1-2-3?

The University of Kansas is 9-0 in NCAA football in 2007 for the 1st time since 1908, which famous basketball legend, formerly a resident of both Colorado and Massachusetts, was a professor at the University of Kansas living in Lawrence, Kansas in 1908?

Hint: This early basketball legend is in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame as one of the contributors to the game of basketball.

How many Los Angeles Lakers players off the 1971-1972 NBA championship team with the 33 game win streak became professional head coaches in major basketball leagues? And, what were their names?

The players off that team who played during the regular season were as follows (listed in alphabetical order):

Elgin Baylor

Wilt Chamberlain

Jimmy Cleamons

LeRoy Ellis

Keith Erickson

Gail Goodrich

Happy Hairston

Jim McMillan

Pat Riley

Flynn Robinson

John Trapp

Jerry West

The famous 1971-1972 Los Angeles Lakers of 33 game win streak and NBA ring fame had 2 lefties at guard, who were they?

Hint, one lefty led the Lakers in regular season and playoff scoring, and, the other lefty was a future NBA head coach.

How many seasons did Michael Jordan lead the NBA in most points scored for an entire NBA regular season?

Who is the only modern era Top 50 NBA basketball player in NBA history and Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame member who was not a NBA draft choice WHEN HE TURNED PRO, and signed as a pro as an undrafted free agent?

Modern era meaning like he played in the Jordan era.

I believe the only other Top 50 NBA player who was not a NBA draft choice before turning pro was George Mikan simply because the NBA was not around when Mikan turned pro.

Only one player of the Top 50 NBA players in NBA history after the NBA started went undrafted by any pro league and signed as a free agent when he turned pro.

Hint: He, the undrafted Top 50 NBA player and Hall of Fame member, started basically for an entire season (75 games with the Chicago Bulls) in place of Michael Jordan, and between the two teammates, Jordan and the undrafted player, they won a combined 14 NBA scoring titles (10 NBA scoring titles for Jordan).

Who would you rather draft to build a NBA team around based on their last college game Player 1 or Player 2?

Player 1 last college games stats winning the NCAA title (playing without the team's leading scorer):

Field Goals 11-24 with a .458 FG shooting percentage

Free throws: 4-5 with a .800 FT shooting percentage

Rebounds 27 rebounds

Points: 26 points

Results: Team win in NCAA Final Four championship game

Player 2 (playing in a NCAA regional semi-final playoff game)

Field Goals 6-14 with a .429 FG shooting percentage

Free throws: 1-2 with a .500 FT shooting percentage

Rebounds 1 rebounds

Assists: 1 assist

Turnovers: 4 TOs

Points: 13 points

Results: Team loss and elimination in the regional semi-finals

Based on their last college game, who would you draft to build your franchise for immediate change? Player 1? Player 2?

Steroid user and abuser and California native Marion Jones won a NCAA ladies basketball title while attending North Carolina, should that University of North Carolina basketball team forfeit their NCAA ladies championship?

Marion Jones won 4 straight California high school state championships in the 100 meter dash over a 4 year period.

She was about the fastest woman in the U.S. already at the age of 15 and was defended for 4 years in high school by attorney Johnnie Cochran ("If it don't fit, you must acquit") over accusations of her already being on steroids.

Carl Lewis in 1980 was saying that all, 100%, of all world class sprinters were on steroids. As Marion Jones has been stripped of her Olympic medals, should the Olympic medals be awarded to fellow female athletes who were most likely also using steroids?

Should Marion Jones' Olympic medals just not be awarded to anyone as no one in the world of track and field or any sport can be trusted as steroid free?

And UNC bb?

Who would you pick as your franchise player?

Player 1

2 consecutive NCAA basketball championships as the team's superstar including a record, at the time, 55 staight wins for a NCAA basketball team as the team's superstar

1 Gold Medal as Captain of the USA Olympics basketball team

11 NBA rings on a NBA team that had never been in the

1 Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA Final Four basketball championships

5 NBA MVP awards (in primes of most of the current Top 50 NBA players in NBA history)

4 NBA rebounding championships (in prime of Chamberlain)

14 major championships in 14 years (2 NCAA titles, 1 Gold, 11 NBA rings)

Possibly the best jumper in NBA history, at a minimum at least one of the top jumpers in NBA history including players of the 21st century.

The only person to win a NCAA title, a Gold, and a NBA title all within one year.

One of only two people to win consecutive NCAA titles their last two years in college and win a NBA title their rookie year

My feeling is that any NBA player using illegal steroids, even if he is one of my favorites, should face the consequences.

Does Vick have problems?Tuesday the State charges filed against him have up to 40 yrs in prison if found guilty. Now feds have tested Vick positive for marijuana when part of Vick's fed plea bargain with the feds was to stay away from drugs?

Sad to see an athletic superstar go from the top to the bottom so fast.

I wonder if the massive DEA steroid investigation will uncover any NBA players. If there are NBA players involved, even if they are my favorite NBA players, then they must face the consequences.

Superstar athletes are not above the law.

What was the name of the NBA team and what year did the last NBA team with a losing regular season record make it to the NBA Finals?

Scenario: NBA Finals, Game Six at America West Arena with the Bulls up 3 games to 2 games in the best of 7 NBA Finals. The Bulls are down by 2 points on the road facing a seventh game and the ball is in Jordan's hands with 3 seconds left. What does Jordan do with the Bulls down 2 with 3 seconds to go in the game?

A) Commit a turnover

B) Take a 2 pointer hitting nothing but net to tie the game at the buzzer

C) Take a 2 pointer trying to draw a foul to get to the line at the buzzer

D) Steps back taking a 3 pointer hitting nothing but net to win the game at the buzzer to win the closeout game of the NBA Finals

E) Give up the ball with the Bulls down by 2 points with 3 seconds left to go in the game by passing to a teammate

Pick A, B, C, D, or E, or make up your own ending with Jordan under pressure upon which he thrives.

Why does the NBA keep re-instating referee Joey Crawford who was part of the massive NBA referee scandal circa 2000 which involved tax evasion charges by the IRS against many NBA referees which ended many NBA referee careers, but Joey Crawford got re-instated.

Then, Joey Crawford blows a gasket on a nationally televised game and immediately after the game goes to the media lying about what happened as NBA referee Joey Crawford forgot that there were cameras at the nationally televised NBA game, so Joey Crawford's false account made to the media about his, Crawford's actions, were outright lies to cover himself when the cameras proved totally the opposite of what Crawford said.

Does the NBA have a three strike rule for their NBA referees as NBA referee Joey Crawford, son of the late American League baseball umpire "Shag" Crawford, has two strikes against him.

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