October 24, 2005 – 8:38 am
Was there any more exciting finish in pro football yesterday then the Giants/Denver game? Sure, being a Giants fan, I may be a bit biased, but, a come back from 13 points down win it by 1 in the fourth quarter with 8 seconds left win is pretty impressive. With a 2nd year QB at […]
October 20, 2005 – 1:49 pm
See, Blogapathy had stopped by for a bit, nothing was really exciting out there. Then, I ran across a charter member of Idiots R’ Us: A man got a prison term longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys had agreed to — all because of Larry Bird. The lawyers reached a plea agreement Tuesday for a […]
October 14, 2005 – 8:01 am
You’ve heard about the sex party that some Minnesota Vikings had, right? EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Investigators are looking into a party attended by several Minnesota Vikings players that allegedly involved drunkenness, nudity and visible sexual activity on a pair of charter cruises last week. No criminal charges had been filed as of Wednesday, and […]
August 15, 2005 – 8:40 am
Comstock Park, Michigan – The ceremonial first pitch at a West Michigan Whitecaps baseball game was full of surprises. Not only was Friday’s pitch thrown by an elephant, but the ball went straight to catcher Chris Robinson’s mitt. Fans and players cheered the 2,7m tall, four-ton African elephant named Laura after she flipped the ball […]
July 14, 2005 – 9:47 am
So, the NHL and the Players Union have finally settled their spat, which, in essence, endangered the viability of the sport, and has royally pissed of the sports fans, me being one of them. It is hard to know whether all the players stood forsquare with the NHLPA, as most kept their mouths shut, unlike […]
April 17, 2005 – 11:01 am
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April 12, 2005 – 2:20 pm
"Hi, I’m Vin Scully, and welcome to sunny Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium, where the Dodgers are finally at home playing their arch rivals, the San Fransisco Giants. The Dodgers opened the season on the road, going 4-2 after opening the season in San Fransisco, then on to Arizona. Today the Dodgers play their first home […]
April 5, 2005 – 3:51 pm
Forget all the other games. They were just appetizers, a warm up for the real start of the baseball season. Dodgers-Giants, 4:05pm EST, 4/5/2005, is truly Opening Day. How does a kid who grew up on the Joisey Shore become a Dodgers fan? Oh, you didn’t ask? Never mind. PS: go read Basil on 61
February 23, 2005 – 12:08 pm
Maybe I should have put this post about Barry Bonds in the Raving Moonbats category. The man knows how to deflect. Barry Bonds sidestepped a peppering of steroids questions in the very way teams avoid pitching to him — and did it with the same prickly demeanor that has defined him for years. Bonds angrily […]
February 22, 2005 – 10:54 am
25 years ago today, the United States amateur hockey team defeated the Soviet Army’s team in the Olympic games 4-3. Do you remember Al Michaels “Do you believer in miracles? YES!” This wasn’t even the gold medal game (which the US won.) This was a bunch of unknowns, kids really, beating the great Soviet team, […]
