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Ernie Johnson Jr. emotional, grateful, proud following death of his father | Atlanta Braves
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“I know how great a guy he was from living with him for 55 years, but it’s so cool to read,” Johnson said. “Some of those things just hit you so strongly. It was stories about having dad sign something for an 8-year-old kid or just sneaking transistor radios into your shirt to listen to Braves games….
“And I read one (Saturday morning) that just was just so simple and just buckled my knees. It said ‘When you heard Ernie Johnson do a game, it was like…”
Johnson paused as he was overcome with emotion.
“…summertime would never end.”
Johnson Sr. used to like to say games were zipping right along, and in the end, his son said, that’s what it feels like. It all went so fast.
“Life is a blink,” he said. “It really is. It zips right past you…We treasure having him for 87 years or as old as we are. He had a great life. He impacted a lot of people and just taught us all a lot – not by preaching but just by watching him on a daily basis. Going to the ballpark with him, watching how he interacted with players, watching how he interacted with fans, how he took time for everybody.”
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www.TheMeck.comDennis Rodman Delivers NBA Hall Of Fame Speech Through Tears And Emotion (VIDEO)
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www.TheMeck.comBobby and Leo back together in the dugout. #Braves on Twitpic
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www.TheMeck.comSEC Presidents to Discuss Texas A&M's Admission - NYTimes.com - Pete Thamel : 'Eleven of the 12 Southeastern Conference presidents will meet Sunday at a secret location to discuss the admission of Texas A&M to the league'
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/sports/sec-presidents-to-discuss-texas-ams-admission.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print
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Eleven of the 12 Southeastern Conference presidents will meet Sunday at a secret location to discuss the admission of Texas A&M to the league, according to a high-ranking SEC official with first-hand knowledge of the talks.
Eleven of the 12 Southeastern Conference presidents will meet Sunday at a secret location to discuss the admission of Texas A&M to the league, according to a high-ranking SEC official with first-hand knowledge of the talks.
The official said there was a 30 to 40 percent chance that the presidents could vote against Texas A&M's membership. He also said there was the issue of which university would become the 14th team, something many in college sports will monitor.
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