We don’t have professional baseball down our way. So I guess we’re more a football town. And hockey with the Predators. Or at least I’m just speaking for myself.

But if you prefer to measure your sports by innings rather than halves or periods, head over to LP Field for a Vanderbilt baseball game. They were the SEC champions last year and are third in the division this year so far.

Though you’ve got to get on the stick. I just checked their web site and the last home game is May 11 against Georgia. Georgia is leading the division so that would be a good one to catch.

And then the SEC tournament begins on May 22 in Alabama, if we make it. Do us proud, Commodores!

Later,
Dane

OK, I just need to ask for a moment of silence here for our local Nashville Predators. It wasn’t meant to be. It’s been one of those years – but for four years in a row!

After making the playoffs the last three years and getting bounced in the first round, this was going to be our year. We’d found a new owner, shaken up the roster and got a new lease at the Sommet. Everything was in place.

We started the season slow, but by the end I thought we were ready. Then we dropped games 5 and 6 to Dallas for our fourth year in a row failing to make the second round. We just can’t seem to win when we’re not playing in Nashville, which I suppose says something about Nashville fans.

Oh well, thanks for the run, Preds! Next year.

Later,
Dane

If you’re going to be in Nashville on April 26, and you’re looking for something to do, why not lace up your running shoes and do the Country Music Marathon?  Hey, there’s a 1/2 marathon, too!

It’s actually a great event that the city is really proud of. I was a cheerleader, so you’ll see me on the sidelines. But if you do run, it’s a cool course that takes you around the Music Row Roundabout and past some of the city’s top sights.

And this is Music City, right? So all along the way there are like 50 bands playing. The music keeps going after the race too at the big after party. This year Steve Cropper and his band are headlining, which should be great!

Just think how good your bed at Hotel Preston will feel that night!

TTFN!
Jennifer

Hey, while we’re on the subject of racing, if watching the NASCAR events around Nashville got your driving muscles itching, you should do a little racing of your own. I’m talking go karts.

Last year we did go karts for part of my nephew’s bachelor party and had a blast. There a few places around the city where you can go. I have only been to the first one, but I’m betting they’re all pretty similar.

1. Grand Old Golf – It’s out on Music Valley Dr. As the name suggests they’ve also got mini golf.
2. Europa Go Karts & Golf – On Old Hickory Blvd. Not sure why the combo of go karts and golf, but it seems pretty common.
3. Blue Ribbon Racing – Over on 4th Ave. South

Start yerrr engines!

See ya,
Dane

Yes! I love race time! It means spring and that summer is just around the corner! Seriously, even if you’re not all NASCAR and everything, which I’m not really, it is so fun to go out and just have a good time.

What’s the best? I guess it depends on what you like. I think it’s just great to be outside in the summer when it’s warm and having a few beers with friends. Usually when we go we go for the Friday night drag races, which are awesome! They’re at the Motorplex.

But Saturday has Saturday Night Thunder! I’m not going to tell you what it is. You’re just going to have to go and find out for yourself!

TTFN,
Jennifer

It’s NASCAR time, people! There’s nothing we get quite as excited about down this way than our racing. OK, music, true, but NASCAR has got to be a close second.

So if you’re down this way from now through the summer, you’ve got to go check it a race. Because this is big time. And from Nashville you have two really good options for seeing some first-rate racing.

Music City Motorplex ― This is a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racetrack at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. It’s also one of the oldest tracks in the country. It used to have the Grand National/Winston Cup.

Nashville Superspeedway ― This one is about 30 miles out of town in Gladeville. It was only built in 2001 and has races for the IRL IndyCar Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. And monster trucks!

See you later,
Dane

hey ya’ll! got to head to work in a few minutes but wanted to say hello and tell everyone to come on down to the pink slip and see me! that’s me behind the glass. crazy job, huh? but it’s cool! at least i don’t have to get dressed up for work!

it’s starting to warm up around here and i can’t wait! hot, hot, hot! that’s the way I love it. i’m a tennessee girl born and raised and i looove the summer in nashville. there’s so much to do and it’s so beautiful outside.

the best is going wakeboarding down at the lake. i can’t wait! we just head down to the lake and spend the whole day in the water. it’s my totally favorite thing once it gets warm!! so let’s all think warm thoughts!

see ya!
shea♥

Hey Dane, I wanted to tell you, just in case you didn’t know, and tell everyone else too, that for those football fans out there there is another option in Nashville than the Titans and the Vols.

I’ll bet you didn’t know there is a pro women’s football team in Nashville! It’s true. They’re called the Nashville Dream. They play in the National Woman’s Football Association along with the East Tennessee Rhythm and the Chattanooga Locomotion. (Unfortunately, our Dream didn’t do so well in 2007)

They play their games out at Glencliff Comprehensive High School starting in April. So put it on the calendar. Finally a woman who doesn’t mind you throwing a pass at her. Ha!

Hut hut!
Jennifer

Get ’em while the getting’s good. If you’re a Nashville Predators hockey fan your days are numbered. Looks like the team has been sold, and is bound for Canada.

But, we’ve got them for the rest of this season at least. So if you’re a fan, or have never been, head on over to Sommet Center while you can. My husband and I have never been, hockey not exactly being a native southern thing, but I’m thinking it’s time.

And I just ran across this little tidbit. Did you know that the mascot, Predators, was chosen because a fossil skull of a saber-toothed cat was found in 1971 during the excavation for the AmSouth Center in downtown Nashville? Yup.

Oh, and the other reason to go is a colleague here at Hotel Preston just told me that Predator fans like to, get this, show their support by throwing catfish on the ice. Seriously. Time to head to the market…

See you there,
Sabrina

Tired of the typical Saturday? Want to get out and do some good? Well, how about donating your morning, and temporarily lending your legs, to the 2007 Race for the Cure run/walk on Nov. 3?

You can sign up for the 1-mile walk/run or the 5K run/walk. If you’re not a runner, get a group of friends together for a mobile coffee klatch. The route starts and finishes at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park and wanders through historic Germantown. Which has got some really cool architecture, by the way.

Then treat yourself to a nice lunch and maybe, I don’t know, take in a bit of shopping. Anyway, it beats the heck out of yard work or washing the car. Or doing math homework… Plus, you’re helping raise money and awareness for a great cause, which makes for a great Saturday.

Ready, set, go,
Sabrina