{"id":3974,"date":"2012-06-04T07:35:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T11:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2012-06-04T07:35:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T11:35:10","slug":"ogl-roundup-the-abridged-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3974","title":{"rendered":"OGL Roundup (The Abridged Version)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s officially the doldrums with all JMU sports on summer break and 12 more weeks till football season (10 more weeks till Field Hockey if you were wondering, and I know you were). \u00a0Even the CAA Zone message boards have settled back down after weeks of conference realignment craziness into a summer pattern of irrational recruiting speculation and H&#8217;burg food discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, if any of you have ideas for a summer series in the mold of our past H&#8217;Burg Eats Bracket or the Battle of the late 90&#8217;s JMU Bands, let us know and we&#8217;ll fire it up, but it&#8217;s slim pickins right now.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all who voted for former JMU soccer star CJ Sapong last week, who did indeed win MLS Goal of the Week. \u00a0(after a bloodless 0-0 draw with Canada, here&#8217;s hoping the USMNT doesn&#8217;t need his spark against Antigua this week &#8211; only half kidding).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3976\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/espn_g_thompson1x_300.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3976\" data-attachment-id=\"3976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=3976\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/espn_g_thompson1x_300.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"espn_g_thompson1x_300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;JMU&#8217;s Rich Thompson rights a storybook chapter by scoring a game-winning run&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/espn_g_thompson1x_300.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/espn_g_thompson1x_300.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"espn_g_thompson1x_300\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/espn_g_thompson1x_300.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JMU&#39;s Rich Thompson rights a storybook chapter by scoring a game-winning run<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Next, <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/7967835\/rays-rich-thompson-pact-baseball\">great story from ESPN<\/a> on former Diamond Duke Rich Thompson&#8217;s recent call-up to the majors with the Tampa Bay ys. \u00a0That said, it&#8217;s a little unclear who stole the &#8220;modern day Moonlight Graham&#8221; reference from who between the four-letter and Yahoo&#8217;s Big League Stew (our bet would be on Yahoo as the originator though).<\/p>\n<p>And on another cool JMU note, check out last week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/crime\/fairfax-native-matt-bondurants-book-is-now-the-movie-lawless\/2012\/05\/27\/gJQAZqy1uU_story.html\">Washington Post story<\/a> on the upcoming movie &#8220;Lawless,&#8221; which has been generating award buzz even months ahead of its debut. \u00a0The movie is based on the outstanding book &#8220;Wettest County in the World&#8221; by former Duke Matt Bondurant. \u00a0From the sound of things, he may be poised to become one of the more renowned Dukes in recent memory.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3974&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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