Category Archives: Sports
The Superbowl
Sorry to tear you hopeless geeks away from Lost, but it’s time for something manly! No not the Oscars. It’s Superbowl time! Time to answer those age-old questions that speak to the essence of manhood: Which team has better uniforms? Whose tight end is better looking? Which ETrade baby is more articulate? What scandal will occur during the half-time show? And of course, most importantly: Which commercial has the hottest babes?
Feel free to comment here before, during and after the big game on all things related to the cultural phenomenon that is The Superbowl.
Open, by Andre Agassi
Sports autobiographies generally occupy a rather sad, narcissistic, ghost-written corner of the literary bookshelf. It’s the obligatory thing to do after you hang it up; write a tell-all memoir (with a proven co-author) that is part reminder to your fans of how great you were and part pot shot at all those a-holes who gave you insufficient adoration during your halcyon playing days. Read the rest of this entry
Missing Lebron dunk video surfaces
For those of you who don’t follow this kind of stuff, a few weeks back there was a controversy about some confiscated video coverage from a pickup game at Lebron James’ basketball camp. Some college kid reportedly dunked on Lebron. That is pretty cool and all but no biggie. But what made the story big is that the Nike folks (who sponsored the camp) went around and confiscated the video of the dunk. So rather than giving a few people a chuckle the dunk took on epic and scandalous proportions with the conspiracy theorists whispering that Lebron had told his cronies to destroy the evidence.
Anyhow the footage finally surfaced today and as it turns out it was a nice little dunk but not much to get super excited about.
I mean it was clearly no Vince Carter hurdling a seven foot French guy in international play. Now that was a dunk for the ages. Check it out below — for some reason it is all the more awesome with the French announcers reacting to it:
Anyhow, the moral of the story is release the tapes early before the event takes on mythic proportions.
Liveblogging the Superbowl
Will Fitz prove his superiority? Will Hines’ injury be a factor? Which Superbowl-ring-wearing QB will prove mightier? Or will they cancel each other out? Will the Boss rule? Or have a wardrobe malfunction? Will the commercials be worth watching? Or will the response to them be a flush heard round the world? These and other fascinating questions will be answered today! Comment here during the action.
Note to Patriots: Run the Clock!
When time is running out and you’re in range for a game-tying field goal you have two objectives: 1) score a touchdown, or at least a field goal; 2) run time off the clock so that your opponent doesn’t have a lot of time left to mount a game-winning drive. Read the rest of this entry
Top 5 Sports Playoff Systems
1) NCAA Basketball tournament and the Final Four
2) The World Cup
3) Major League Baseball playoffs and the World Series
4) NFL Football playoffs and the Super Bowl
5) NBA Basketball playoffs and championship series
Should never even be considered a “playoff” nor a “system”: The BCS for College Football
If Only I Could Blame It On The Refs
After the Super Bowl I was furious. Now I’m just sad. We (the Seahawks) were given a freebee with Romo’s bobble and played a solid game against a team that was supposed to blow us out. The game could have gone either way hinging on any play (for both teams). If it were a blowout it would have been much easier to watch, this was just too intense for us to lose. But, it was a well-earned win by Chicago. Congrats to those guys.
But the truth is that these playoffs are turning out to be pretty dang good. And it’s all NFC for me at this point. Go Saints or Bears!
Football, Fantasy-Free
This is the first time in several years that I haven’t participated in fantasy football. I hadn’t planned to skip out this year but as it turns out, I’ve been grateful that I did because I have enjoyed this NFL season more than any season in recent memory, despite Denver’s collapse. Read the rest of this entry
Greatest College Game Ever (Sorry D-Train)
The BCS can suck it. Boise State’s win over Oklahoma last night was the greatest football game I’ve ever seen. Read the rest of this entry
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