A Brief Public Service Announcement

This is a public service announcement for anyone who receives the upcoming financial appeal from The Leader.  This appeal asks community members/readerrs to make a charitable donation (which will not be tax-exempt) to The Leader to increase that business's profitability.

The publishing conglomerate that owns The Leader, McElvy Media Group, boasts annual revenues of $13 million.  This revenue is generated through the publication of 25 local newspapers on a weekly basis throughout the country.   You can read more about this business at their website.

Many who read this post will be receiving an appeal from Mr. McElvy next week to send him money to keep one of his 25 papers afloat.  I just wanted you to have a little bit more information about the company behind this appeal to your generosity before they throw it in your driveway.

May Madness Moves on to the Knock-Out Stage

Twenty play-off schools have been trimmed to eight as the EGF Collegiate Power Series  moves on to Sunday's knock-stage.

Here's what you need to know about the knock-out stages:

The Quarter-finals begin at 1:30 pm (Central Time).  They can be seen on four different streaming platforms.

Twitch 
Mixer
Facebook
You Tube

The schedule:

Quarter-final #1- Seton Hall vs. Kentucky
Quarter-final #2- Tennessee Tech vs. Washington St.
Quarter-final #3- University of Texas-Arlington vs. Delaware
Quarter-final #4- Missouri vs. San Jose St.


Semi-final #1- Kentucky vs. Missouri
Semi-final #2- Washington St. vs. University of Texas-Arlington


Final #1- Missouri vs. University of Texas-Arlington

Champions- Missouri

I Think I can Get Away with Calling This May Madness

I have always been a fan of high school and collegiate sports.  Unfortunately, at the moment such activities have all been cancelled.

Or so I thought.

Thanks to some random connections I have in my life, I learned that there is a computer game called Rocket League and some colleges, including my alma mater compete in this game regularly.  As an added bonus, given the virtual nature of this games, the individuals who play it are unencumbered by social distancing restrictions.

In fact, a multi-week national collegiate Rocket League competition organized by EGF conlcudes this Sunday on a device near you.  This is the Collegiate Power Series.

After three weeks of qualifiers, the top 20 schools in the nation are slated to face-off in round robin matches on Friday and Saturday.  Based on the results of these round robin matches, eight schools will advance to Sunday's knock-out stage.  Each match consists of a best 3 of 5 series.

Matches can be watched on various streaming platforms:

Twitch and a second Twitch channel
Mixer
Facebook
You Tube

Friday, May 8- Play is scheduled to begin at 3:30 pm (Central time)

Group 1
Rochester Institute of Technology
Marquette
Tennessee Tech
Washington State
Connecticut

Group 2
Texas-Arlington
USC
Northeastern
Xavier
Kentucky

Saturday, May 9- Play is scheduled to begin at 1:30 pm (Central time)

Group 3
Syracuse
Florida State
Delaware
DePaul
Missouri

Group 4
Georgia Tech- Appears to have withdrawn from the competition
San Jose St.
New Mexico
Marist
Seton Hall

Sunday, May 10- The Quarter-Finals are scheduled to begin at 1:30 pm (Central Time)