Laetare Sunday

For the fifth straight year, Kanka's Sports Page is proud to announce the recipient of the KankaNation Laetare Medal. The KankaNation Laetare goes to the KankaManiac "whose genius has ennobled the arts and sciences, illustrated the ideals of Kanka's Sports Page and enriched the heritage of humanity."

This year, the award goes to...


Ooh, more multimedia

F-Bomb, for being an active participant on the message boards, for posting the Irish Eyes video from my wedding on Youtube, and for pushing the (still unrealized, thanks to laziness on my part) KankaNation 2.0 project. 2.0 will come some day, I promise.

Laetare Sunday

For the fourth straight year, Kanka's Sports Page is proud to announce the recipient of the KankaNation Laetare Medal. The KankaNation Laetare goes to the KankaManiac "whose genius has ennobled the arts and sciences, illustrated the ideals of Kanka's Sports Page and enriched the heritage of humanity."

This year, the award goes to...



Pete, for a number of reasons, but I'll save most of those for the Fifer he'll be getting later this year. Speaking of bachelor parties, though, the main reason Pete wins the Laetare is because he served as designated puker for the above three grooms-to-be this past year. That man does love his scotch, even if his stomach doesn't.

Laetare Sunday

Editor's Note: It's been a prolific weekend. Scroll down for my NL Central preview and a statistically-inclined article on NCAA brackets.

For the third straight year, Kanka's Sports Page is proud to announce the recipient of the KankaNation Laetare Medal. The KankaNation Laetare goes to the KankaManiac "whose genius has ennobled the arts and sciences, illustrated the ideals of Kanka's Sports Page and enriched the heritage of humanity."

This year, the award goes to...



Erin, the woman who's going to marry me. Why? Because I'm that fiance.

2008 recipients: The Hatton Family
2007 recipients: Dave and Klondike
2006 recipient: Ellen

Laetare Sunday

For the third straight year, Kanka's Sports Page is proud to announce the recipient of the KankaNation Laetare Medal. The KankaNation Laetare goes to the KankaManiac "whose genius has ennobled the arts and sciences, illustrated the ideals of Kanka's Sports Page and enriched the heritage of humanity."

This year, the award goes to:

• a KankaManiac who has been there from the beginning


• a KankaNation Hall of Famer


• my Goddaughter


• and the woman who keeps them all in line.

That's right, this years recipients are

The Hatton Family

(Sorry Santa, that doesn't include you. Better luck next year.)


2007 recipients: Dave and Klondike
2006 recipient: Ellen


Epilogue
I was a Eucharistic Minister for this weekend's Saturday vigil mass. We had a visiting priest this week, and our normal priest left vestments out for him. The visiting priest and the other Eucharistic Minister - who has a Master's of Divinity - couldn't figure out why our pastor had chosen rose-colored vestments for this week. "Well," I asked, "isn't it Laetare Sunday?" Hey, the knowledge came in handy!

Laetare Sunday

Albeit a few days late, for the second straight year Kanka's Sports Page is proud to announce the recipient of the KankaNation Laetare Medal. The KankaNation Laetare goes to the KankaManiac "whose genius has ennobled the arts and sciences, illustrated the ideals of Kanka's Sports Page and enriched the heritage of humanity." This year the award goes to two people, thereby assuring that I'll run out of people for the award within five years. But without further ado, those two are:



Dave (seen in the corner) and Klondike

It may or may not be a coincidence that these two were scheduled to come out to the Cleveland area this past weekend (East Coast Weather Bias be darned). Dave runs KankaMatic Fantasy Football, and has contributed several articles for the site. Klondike is the proud parent of the famous football countdown clock, and several other bells and whistles on the site.

Dave and Klondike are currently planning to receive their awards, which come in liquid form and have their own glass display cases, in person at a date yet to be determined.