For the first time in 32 YEARS… The Lions… OUR LIONS are the CHAMPIONS of the NFC NORTH after winning their first playoff game since the 1991 season last night with their 24-23 win over the LA Rams! Much of the game was a QB battle between the Lions QB Jared Goff and the Rams QB Matthew Stafford (who played 12 seasons with Detroit). Both looked pretty good… and I have to say I was personally disappointed when the fans booed Stafford. He gave a lot to this team. Not cool.

Next game for the Lions: TBD!

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Meanwhile… The Buffalo Bills… will play the Pittsburgh Steelers today at 4:30pm IN BUFFALO after that game was postponed due to snow yesterday. The Team has been paying local kids $20 bucks an hour to come shovel out the nearly 4 feet of snow that covered the stadium and all of Western New York over the weekend. If only I still had the shovel I used when I was a kid growing up in Kenmore, a suburb of Buffalo. (My dad didn’t may me $20 bucks an hour to shovel our driveway… that’s for sure!)

Go Bills!!!!

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The Lions weren’t the only Big Winners last night… 22 year old Madison Marsh a Second Lieutenant in the US Air Force and “Miss Colorado” added another crown last night… “Miss America”.

- They don’t carry the “Miss America” pageant on regular TV anymore... You have to “Stream It”. Personally, I shy away from anything that requires me to call a Urologist!!

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The 2024 Republican Primary officially gets underway today with the Iowa Caucuses set to begin at 8pm EST… The temperature in Des Moines right now is -4 degrees with a “Feels like” temp of minus 20.

- Weather and Politics go hand in hand… In fact, Political Pundits are saying it’s “Almost as cold as Bill & Hillary’s Bedroom”.

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This Just In… Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has been released from the Hospital and will be “Working from home”.

- There are some jobs I just don’t think you can do adequately “From home”. For example… Secretary of Defense, Policeman, Gynecologist… Maybe it’s just me??

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Fruit Stripe, the decades-old gum brand that was known for its fruit-inspired flavors and zebra-print design is going bye-bye. The iconic gum, which has been sold since the 1960s, came in five flavors: Melon, Cherry, Lemon, Orange and Peach.

- This may not seem like a big story to you… but my daughters are having a hard time with it. Apparently Fruit Stripe gum was a BIG DEAL. They tell me they used to chew it while taking turns riding up and down the driveway on their Big Wheels!

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RIP… Joyce Randolph who played Trixie Norton, the upstairs neighbor, on “The Honeymooners” has died of natural causes. She was 99.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Tuesday!

-Dick