Thanksgiving: Lessons In Giving Thanks and Turkey Hunting

• Boston Red Sox fans: Finally, an off-season that doesn’t involve the Manny Ramirez saga. That show was canceled when network executive Theo Epstein pulled the plug this past July at the trading deadline. And fear not Red Sox Nation, even though Manny is a free agent, the only way he’ll be playing for the local nine again is in re-runs.
• The Atlanta Falcons: The organization, that was ruined after Michael Vick traded in his shoulder pads for a cot and three squares a day, discovered the pot at the end of the rainbow was franchise quarterback rookie Matt Ryan.
• Mark Teixeira:  The cream of the crop of this year’s free agent class is about to strike it rich…very rich! Congratulations MT, you’re officially recession proof!
• Jeff Gordon: Hey Jeff, how’s your investment in owning part of the number 48 car? Yeah, we thought so. Of course, having Jimmie Johnson behind the wheel and Chad Knaus calling the shots doesn’t hurt either. Anyone smelling four in a row for JJ?
• Myron Rolle: Has anyone put the “student” in “student-athlete” better than the current Rhodes Scholarship winner/Florida State safety? Rolle certainly has quite the difficult choice to make. Take the scholarship or go in the first round of this year’s NFL draft. No matter which option he chooses, it’s nice to hear about a college athlete making positive headlines off the field.
• Roger Federer: Since capturing his first Grand Slam title at the 2003 Wimbledon, the ATP Tour wasn’t Federer’s personal play ground this past season largely in part due to rival Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard took Federer’s No. 1 world ranking, destroyed him in the French Open final, and halted his run of five straight Wimbledon championships.  Amid talk of his decline, Federer rebounded nicely by capturing the Olympic gold medal in doubles and winning his fifth straight U.S. Open in September. The Express now holds 13 Grand Slam titles and is poised to break Pete Sampras’ all time record of 14 this year. Buy your tickets to Wimbledon and the U.S. Open now.
• Matt Cassell: While no player or fan likes to see any athlete suffer a season-ending injury (well, maybe Philly fans…but let’s hope the World Series title mellowed them), Tom Brady’s ACL tear in the first game of the season paved the way for Cassell to show that he can still chuck around the pig skin with the best of them. After sitting behind Heisman troph

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