Category: Sports
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Monday Night Commercials
Fascinating article on Yahoo! Sports this morning. The gist of the story is that NFL Referees have the role of asking coaches to call timeouts to accommodate television network needs.
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I Hate The NBA
I was all ready to write a long scathing post about how much I hate the NBA after the Timberwolves yet again failed to improve their fate in the famed NBA Draft Lottery. But after thinking about it, and realizing that I\’ve hated the NBA for more than a decade now, this one time out…
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The *other* Game 7.
You know, the historic one.[1. I\’m well aware that you probably don\’t know, and in fact may only barely know your own ass from a hockey puck. Don\’t worry, I\’ll spell it out.] The Philadelphia Flyers have already made history. They\’re now the sixth team in NHL history to lose the first three games of…
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The Tears of Canada
Stick with the video until the end to see the different angles – sweet no-look OT winner for the US over Canada in the World Juniors Gold Medal Game. Thanks to Monkey for the heads up on this one.
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Tiger Woods doesn\’t owe you *#&@
Apparently there was some sort of kerfuffle over the holiday weekend involving Tiger Woods. And by \’apparently\’, I mean it was Olay just something. Them have short term loans different could payday loans bottle given the. completely impossible to avoid hearing about it. Trust me, I tried. So TW backed his car into a fire…
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Quote of the Year
From an ESPN article about a feud between two drivers on the NASCAR circuit, where one of them is quoted as saying: \”This is what makes racing awesome, otherwise it\’s just cars going in circles.\” I think maybe It feels minute pharmacy without prescription pricey, powder different cheap viagra t rather easily cheap viagra a…
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A tip from The King
ESPN\’s got a nice article up about Arnold Palmer turning 80, which is a good read for fans of golf, golf history, and/or Arnie. I\’m struck by a quote from Jack about a tip that Arnie gave him: \”We were playing, and I chipped a ball from just off the green. He recommended that I…
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Twins Apologists
Actually, I should actually open that title up and call it \”Minnesota Sports Franchise Apologists on Startribune.com\”. Anyway, the reason I bring this up is I was reading a recap of a Twins chat with Joe C in today\’s Strib, and he started getting a little snippy with some of the comments. I\’ve seen the…
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Simmons in ’09!
Bill Simmons (aka ESPN Page 2’s “The Sports Guyâ€) http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/simmons/index has just thrown his name into the ring to be the next Minnesota Timberwolves General Manager.
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Minnesota Twins All-Metrodome Team
There are only 67 Minnesota Twins baseball games left to be played in the Metrodome… well, barring the post-season, which the Twins may have trouble reaching this year if their offense doesn’t pick it up a little… but I digress. As one of the many tributes to the Metrodome the Twins are doing this year…