Escape the winter blues and ring in the New Year at the 102nd annual New York National Boat held at the Jacob Javits Center (35th Street & 11th Avenue) in New York City. From Saturday, December 30, 2006, through Sunday, January 7, 2007, the world????s longest running boat show will offer more than 1,000 boats on display including luxury and cruising yachts, sport fishers, bass boats, performance boats, personal water craft, pontoon boats, and inflatables. Also, boating enthusiasts can check out boat engines, marine accessories, electronics and fishing equipment, nautical gifts and apparel. In addition, some area conservation groups and other nonprofits will have information about their programming available for interested parties.

This family friendly show offers many water related activities for all ages including: The IGX Adrenaline Jam, a 17-screen variety of interactive water sport video games for kids of all ages featuring the latest in game technology; The Power Boat Docking Challenge where participants can race against the clock to win great prizes in a radio-controlled boat docking game; The Coconut Climb, a palm tree, coconut-climbing paradise; Turtle Races (January 2, 6 and 7 only); Live freshwater fishing demonstrations from atop an impressive 40???? long, 4,000 gallon Fetch-n-Fish Tank, Informative Fishing & Boating Seminars, and the I ???? Boating exhibit that focuses on local waterways in the tri-state area.

NWFA Website Gets Pimped!

The NWFA website is undergoing some major changes. The website is up and running but hasn't been "officially" redirected.

You can get a sneak peek at the new site by going to the old site womensfootballcentral.com and clicking on the redirect link.

"We are very pleased with the look of our new site," states Debby Lening, VP. "We think our new site looks cleaner and will be easier for our fans to navigate," adds Lening.

The original site will still be used to stream the Gender Bowl on December 8th.

Another exciting season of college basketball is under way and the race for the Wooden Award is on. It is obvious from the first few weeks of the season that there is a lot to look forward to in the coming months.

All 50 players on the Wooden Award Preseason All-American Team have shown that they have the talent and drive to lead their teams to greatness (see stats below).

The "Wooden Watch," the bi-monthly newsletter that provides all the up-to-date information on college basketball's top players, will begin on December 12 and continue every two weeks thereafter.

Follow the action all season long and be sure to tell your friends to sign up for the Wooden Watch at woodenaward.com

In our new pledge to shoot it at you when it happens, the first question of the day is: How do you give 70 mil to a guy whose nickname on his previous team was ???Nancy????

Almost by everybody.

Being a Yankee fan I would say the J.D. Drew signing gives me pause on whether it was a great move, or something just a shade over, say, trying to convince all of New England that Coco Crisp would make them forget about losing Johnny Damon last season.

Even Coco thought that was cuckoo.

But let???s get back to J.D. Drew. Watching him in my current backyard of Hollyrock, there were games where he wouldn???t play with boo-boos my two-year-old would laugh at. He did log in 146 games, which is a marathon for a guy who???s never played over 150 in a season.

As announced previously in this space, Sportsology and FantasyDrafthelp.com are joining up to produce HOCKEY DRAFTOLOGY, a comprehensive guide to the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and offseason as a whole. The issue will be released online, for free, at these two websites.