They still call it a ticker tape parade even though they no longer
use ticker tape but the parade down the Canyon of Heroes for the
World Champion New York Yankees was knee deep in confetti.

Over One Million cheering, screaming fans came to salute NY Yankees.
New York throws some of the greatest parades anywhere in the world.

Being a native New Yorker myself I admit my bias, but it’s hard to dispute
the fact that over a million stark raving Yankees fans starting lining up as
early as 5 o’clock in the morning in the cold, to get a glimpse of their heroes.

Just to put it in perspective, 1 million+ fans is more than the entire population
of Washington DC with a couple hundred thousand extra thrown in for good
measure. And this is on a Friday morning (which is workday and school day).

The 12 block long Canyon of Heroes which runs from the downtown NYC Wall St
area along Broadway to City Hall was packed like sardines with adoring fans.

The chants and cheers of the crowd was deafening as the New York Yankee
heroes paraded by on Yankee Floats. Hideki Matsui, the MVP was in the lead float.

Some fans came from as far away as Japan just to see “Godzilla” up close.
The Yankee players were spread out on separate floats and the crown went crazy
every time one of the Yankee players came by.

The Yankee players would graciously step off the floats and thank and acknowledge the
fans by shaking hands and signing autographs. New York has some of the greatest fans
in the world who always fill up the new swanky Yankee stadium in good times and bad.

A-Rod looking cool and confident and sporting a fedora hat and dark shades looked
more like a rock star than a baseball player and was greeted by the crowd as such.
It reminded me of Beatle-mania.

And when the crowd favorite, Captain Derek Jeter rolled by, the fans went even crazier.
Some women were waving signs that said… Derek Jeter - Marry Me!

There was so much confetti floating in the air it looked like a snow storm blizzard.
Standing next to Derek Jeter was Jay-Z (who along with Alicia Keys wrote the fantastic
Championship song for the Yankees). Derek’s mom and dad were also on the float
taking in the wonderment of it all.

NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly was there along with Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The NYPD kept the crown under control yet was flexible enough to allow people
to get up close and personal to the players. It all went off without any incidents.

Everyone came to see the champs for the same experience. To have fun, and…
To honor the World Champion - NY Yankees!

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Super Sports Sunday - New York City Style

New York City has been called by many as “The Greatest City in the World.”
With a hectic weekend like this weekend, it’s easy to see why.

First off, yesterday was Halloween and the 36th Annual New York’s Village
Halloween Parade. Anyone in costume participated and marched On 6th Avenue
from Spring Street to 21st Street. It’s one of the wildest and funnest parades
in the nation.

There were hundreds of Puppets, 53 Bands of Different Types of Music, Dancers
Artists, and Thousands of other New Yorkers in Costumes of their Own Creation
parading in the Nation’s Most Wildly Creative Public Participatory Event.

Today should be called Super Sports Sunday. Nov 1, 2009 marked the
40th running of the ING New York City Marathon. Mayor Michael Bloomberg
called it the “Largest Sporting Event in the World.”

Over 42,000 runners from every corner of the world participated in this race.
And what an exciting event it was. For the first time in 27 years
(since Alberto Salazar won the NY race in 1982), an American won
the prestigious event.

Meb Keflezighi ran the 26.2 mile race in 2 hours 9 minutes and 15 seconds
(six seconds quicker than the time he recorded in London earlier this year).

Some Words of wisdom from Meb after the race… “Dream your dream. Don’t give up.”
The female winner is 37-year-old Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia. She ran the route
in 2:28:52 beating out the favorite and winner in 2008 and 2007 - Paula Radcliff.

Derartu Tulu is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 10-thousand meter race
in 1992. Tulu will go down in history as one of the all-time greatest distance
runners. She has excelled in all three disciplines, track, road, and cross
country and at Age 37 making an unbelievable comeback.

Paula led the pack in first place for about 90% of the race but looked like
she was having some difficulty near the end and only managed 4th place.

I thought it a bit ironic (and kind of cruel) that Paula Radcliff received
no publicity, no televised interview and no more camera time after she
finishes 4th.

The 3 time winner and the defending champion who won in 2008 and 2007
and who the camera had been focused on for most of the race (because she
was in 1st place about 90% of the time) disappeared from view when she lost.

The cameras shunned her.

4th place does not get you on the podium with the top 3 winners.
The camera immediately cut Paula out of the pictures and forget all about her.

Another Superstar who got cut out of the limelight was losing Giants football
quarterback, Eli Manning. The Giants played a lackluster game against
The Philadelphia Eagles. They had no sense of urgency even though they
were behind by 23 points.

They started out the season so well winning 5 games straight.
Now, they’re playing terrible.
It was unbelievable how many times Manning’s passes got deflected
by the Eagle defense. It’s no wonder the Giants got clobbered 40 - 17.
Goes to show you, you’re only as good as your last win.

The New York / Philadelphia rivalry continues Tonight,

“The Beatles of Baseball” - The New York Yankees, will give a
New York style beat down in Philadelphia on the Philadelphia Phillies in
game 4 of the MLB World Series.

One thing I noticed about these sporting events that they all had in common.
The participants are all athletes in top physical shape. Out of the 42,000
runners in the marathon, I didn’t notice any overweight people. NONE.

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