Fantasy Sports Rises To New Level

What’s the next best thing to spending $5,000 a year traveling to all the games this season? Spending only $10 for the 2009 season experiencing the world of fantasy sports games! If you love sports, especially fantasy sports, have I got a website for you to check out: WaiverWire, a very classy, sleek site, and now the cream of the crop in online fantasy sports play. I’m a little surprised at how quickly fantasy sports has become so popular– and WaiverWire takes it all to a totally new level. The immensely interactive and comprehensive site gives you this:

• Up-to-the-minute, emailed or texted real-time football player and player injury alerts.
• Player news and updates.
• Expert detailed game and player analyses.
• Feeds from beat writers for news and information on your team.
• Cheat sheets, community forum, player projections, stats and comparisons.
• A “Guru Zone” for testing your own expertise and knowledge and gauging your performance with the skills of other members.
• The unique “Draft Software”: the world’s only draft tool with artificial intelligence for faster site performance to help you have a better gaming experience.

All this is brought to you by an incredibly passionate and talented team at WaiverWire. Their main goal is to ensure the players have fun, and fun you will have! Check out WaiverWiire for more details and lots more information. They also have a “Stimulus Package” with freebies at the site.

Sports fans, this is a must see! And this would make a terrific gift for the fantasy sports aficionado in your life, too. Check it out at WaiverWire.

Payne Stewart Golf Course Officially Open

Golfing is BIG– just HUGE– here in Upstate New York. I’m actually a little surprised at how popular it is, especially when you consider that for half of the year we have snow on the ground! But within a 7 mile radius from where I live, I can instantly think of 6 golf courses!! And in nearby Vernon, NY, is the famous golf course at the Turning Stone Resort run by the Oneida Indian Nation (and where the PGA Championship has been held). That golf course has been called the Northeast’s premier golf course.

There’s a new golf course– a blossoming one– or all you golf fans. Perhaps you’ve heard of it: the Payne Stewart Golf Course. It’s located in the Midwest entertainment capital of the country, in Branson, Missouri. Payne Stewart was from Missouri. He was a rising star in the world of golf, but died tragically almost ten years ago when his jet plane crashed. Stewart was also well known for his stylish golf clothing when he played– he looks like a real Scotsman! The PGA Tour established the Payne Stewart Award in 2000, given to a player who shows respect for the game (as Stewart did) and who gives honor to the sport through professional conduct and dress. What a legacy!

The Payne Stewart Golf Course officially opened this month. It’s a beautiful 7,319 yard, 18-hole course, designed by Bobby Clampett and Chuck Smith. Each hole has a special name, named for some important event or aspect of Stewart’s life. I’ve seen photos and the course looks SUPERB. Of course, it’s so fitting to be located in Branson (Branson Hills, precisely, situated in the gorgeous Ozark Mountains), where you can find the best of the best in entertainment and vacation attractions. The famous Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing is there, offering spectacular family-friendly prices and events. Ad there’s the Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel. Did you know that Branson is the nation’s Live Entertainment Capital of the World?

So if you’ve got a hankering for some fine golf in a gorgeous location, and a desire to play in a part of history and legacy, check out the Payne Stewart Golf Course and the Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing. You won’t be disappointed!

Springtime Events at Branson

Spring is *almost* here! After a bittery cold January and a snowy and bland February, spring will be an extremely welcome sight this year. The herald of spring always brings with it a reinvigorated interest in sports. And no one does sports like the folks at the Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing and the HIlton Branson Convention Center Hotel. Two exciting events are happening in Missouri: the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Tournament for March 11-19, 2009, and the Walmart FLW Bass Tournament for March 12-15, 2009. The luxurious Branson convention center and resort are gearing up for one of its busiest spring seasons– so if you want to be there for all the action, check the links for availablity and prices. Branson has some special packages going on right now for these events. And this area of Missouri, with its museums, lovely lakes and parks, outdoor activities, theme parks, golf courses, and cultural centers, are sure to please everyone in the family.

Besides the sports events, the month of March holds some excellent activities: Kenneth and Gloria Copeland at Faith Life Church; the Titanic Salutes the Irish at the Titanic Museum; the 13th Annual Branson Tri-Lakes Building and Home Show in early March; the Young Christians’ Weekend; The American Presidents Museum presents Lincoln in Kentucky; and loads more! Check out the site http://www.bransontourismcenter.com for more details on these, and the HIlton Branson Convention Center Hotel site for accommodations.

A Site for the Traveler

Autumn is the lovely repose before harsh reality hits: winter! Winter has its pleasures: football, cozy evenings, woodstoves, and home cooking. But driving and paying the heating bills are pretty scary in these parts. It helps to buffer the discomfort a little by getting great deals on winter gear.

Autumn is the best time to get stuff like this, before winter’s snows start blowing. Be sure to prepare by packing a small emergency kit (portable shovel, blanket, cat litter, flashlight) in your trunk! I never used to do it, not until I had an accident on some slippery roads one winter. That shovel and blanket came in handy!

AJPrindle.com is a good place to start looking for your outdoor needs. They have a great selection of garage and travel gear and equipment, plus loads of stuff for winter’s tailgaiting celebrations, including some great NCAA products for football fans. AJPrindle specializes in travel products– everything from comfy shoes to travel pillows to portable translators! And wait til I show my husband THAT contraption. Guess what it is? It’s called a “wovel.” A shovel with a wheel! AJPrindle says it clears snow three times faster than the regular shovel! LOL! There are some pretty cool gadgets and tools there. Check them out and get all you need to be safe on and off the road this winter.

Get Great Ticket Deals

Now that summer is officially over, sports has begun in super-high gear around here. School sports and especially professional sports seems to be Upstate New York’s favorite pastime. People are really passionate about their sports up here. I noticed that in my local newspaper, the sports section of the newspaper is now larger and fuller than the other two sections combined. Yikes!

So I have a sweet deal for you sports lovers: StubPass.com has loads and loads of tickets at great prices for all sports events. Right now NBA tickets are hot, especially the Boston Celtics tickets (who are expected to play a great season this year, according to my local radio sportscaster).

StubPass.com has more than basketball tickets, though. They have volleyball, skating, hockey, rugby, rodeo, and more! They also have tickets to my favorite sports event: gymnastics. Oh and guys, don’t worry– they have football, baseball, and racing tickets, too.

And not into sports? Try StubPass.com for concert tickets and theatre, opera, ballet, circus, Broadway, and Off-Broadway shows. They’ve even got a terrific section for tickets for religious events, like Joel Osteen services, Marvin Winan appearances, and the National Prayer Service conference.

Their website is searchable by city, by event, by topic, by venue, and more. I did notice that you can get great deals on the Lion King Off-Broadway and South Pacific playing at Lyceum Theatre right now. StubPass.com can connect you with sports and other entertainments playing all around the world, so it’s not a site limited to football in the United States. This site offers a great variety of people, places, and events everywhere.

I recommend that you give StubPass.com a try if you are looking for some great deals on tickets– whether you’re into basketball, wrestling, ballet, or are looking for notices and tickets for prayer conventions and concerts.

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