• 31 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    NBA Opening Night Observations

    Yesterday evening the NBA tipped off the first games of the 2007-08 season and I had front row seats on my couch. Here are a few of my observations.Portland Trailblazers at San Antonio Spurs Final Score: 106-97, Spurs winThe Spurs looked sharp in the first half, playing the kind of efficient, defe

  • 30 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    A-Rod's Decision is a Smart One

    Alex Rodriguez is a smart guy. You don't get paid the kind of money he does without being a smart guy, with or without Scott Boras for an agent. As a smart guy, A-Rod sees the writing on the wall. That is exactly why he's bailing on the Yankees. He sees what is coming on the horizon for the Yanks,

  • 30 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Some NBA Thoughts

    Here’s what’s on my mind as the NBA tips off tonight. Nobody likes Basketball anymore: Is it me? Or is basketball now the third most-liked sport in the country? Clearly football is King in the US (apparently not the case in England), and I would say there is much more interes

  • 29 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Loser of the Week (Week 9)

    6 + 1 = 7, 6 + 2 = 6; LOSER OF THE WEEK's REVISED/IMPROVED LAMINATE-ABLE 'TWO POINT CONVERSION GUIDEBOOK' Most coaches keep a cheat-sheet card around to tell them yay/nay on when to go for two. It needs updating. During the 2000 NFL season, Phil Simms, after Bill Parcells blew a two-point conve

  • 25 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Moss' Demise Greatly Exaggerated

    If you've spent much time reading my columns here over the summer, you've probably noticed by now that I tend to spend a lot of energy and column space analyzing not only sports, but analyzing the analysts that analyze sports. That is to say I spend a lot of time measuring the entirety of the sport

  • 24 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    BizarrOhio

    There's something strange in the air here in Ohio. Every day, I feel as if I have awoken to a mirror universe, bizarro world existence. As if everything I know to be true about reality has been completely turned upside-down and inside-out. It goes beyond the three straight days of rain here afte

  • 24 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    SEC Football!?!?

       Another great weekend in the SEC started with a shocker in South Carolina. While I didn't predict Spurrier to lose this game (who did?), I did feel Vanderbilt could give the old ball coach a scare. With their minds on the Volunteers the following weekend, the Gamecocks failed to give t

  • 23 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Check Out These Videos

         Hey all.Found a couple of funny videos. Check 'em out.This one's from CSTV.com. This video is from the FanHouse. Enjoy.

  • 23 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Don't Leave, Kobe

    Kobe, you're the greatest basketball player of my generation and you're killing me. I remember when you first announced your entry into the draft and I kept asking my dad, "Is he really that good?" You were skinny and bald but you showed flashes of greatness even in your rookie season. You di

  • 23 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    A Game Without Porpoise

    In just a few short days, the NFL makes its way across the pond and invades England. That's right UK, lock up your women and children, the Giants and Dolphins are coming to town!Wait, is that right? The Dolphins?? Seriously? This is the best we can do? A winless bunch of scrubs? Look, we don't have

  • 23 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Loser of the Week (Week 8)

    WHY WE ALL MUST LOVE IOWA STATE & McDONALD'S UNIFORMS... AND WHY WE MUST NEVER, EVER, RISK BEATING A COLLEGE FOOTBALL 'LOSER OF THE WEEK' * W I S D O M * O F * T H E * W E E K* “When you don’t win, you won’t win." -- Iowa State coach Gene ChizikIf statistics, science and star-align

  • 22 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    The Sports Cliche Problem

     Maybe Leaf wasn't crazy when he attacked Jay Posner in the locker room.Maybe he was tired of being asked stupid questions by reporters?On second thought, no, Leaf was just crazy. I have something important that I want to say to all sports reporters who find themselves in the position of interv

  • 18 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Canes-Noles Baby!

    So, you don’t care about Miami-FSU this weekend? Well who needs you? I still care. Big time. This is Miami-FSU, for crying out loud. This is a reminder of what makes college sports so great. No matter how bad your team sucks – and these two teams totally suck right now – you’ve sti

  • 18 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Torre the Right Man for the Job

    One of the funniest long-standing jokes in modern sports is certainly Steinbrenner's insane circus of managers with the Yankees. I have come to expect insanity regarding this from the Yankees front office (even though it's been a long, relatively calm era under Torre.) I have even come to expect

  • 16 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Rockies Balboa

      This is so cool! I mean, come on, the COLORADO ROCKIES! Winners of 21 of their last 22; 7-0 in the playoffs this year; and filled with so many good, young, exciting ballplayers you've never heard of. Quite simply, this is the best baseball story in a long time.Think about this: with nine game

  • 16 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Sports News, or Sports Drama?

    There has been a pathetic change in the sports media today, one that stands very counter to the traditional notion of sports reporting. Sports reporting used to be about scores and highlights, stats and outcomes, and other measurable aspects of sports. Nowadays, flipping on Sportscenter one is mor

  • 16 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Confidence Waning

     Well that was no fun. No fun at all. Staring at the television with all of my energy and intensity and knowing it only goes as far as the damn screen. OMG, I could have choked every single one of those Red Sox players last night. Where was the plate discipline? Where was the timely hitting? How

  • 15 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    USF ... Really? I mean, really?

     Well, hell has frozen over. The sky has fallen. I am numb.Not only is my alma mater - the University of Miami - completely irrelevant in the college football landscape, but the University of South Florida is the number 2 team in the country! How is that possible??The USF Bulls, a team nobody k

  • 15 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Loser of the Week - Week 7

    College Football's Losers Bless Us... Baby Blue... Chuck Dickens... Everyone!‘The game was a kind of tale of two cities’ -- Loser of the Week coach, North Carolina’s Butch Davis The Loser of the Week (LoW) offices are overflowing with faxed messages of dissent. ‘Losing is for losers —

  • 12 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Would you pay 360 Mil for 17 RBI?

    Ok. This is just sick. Just sick. Scott "gold digger" Boras apparently wants to find A-Rod a 12 year deal somewhere in Major league Baseball. And if it's true that he's looking for somewhere out of the ballpark of 30 mil per year A-Rod and some unbelievably stupid team will be looking at a 360 mill

  • 11 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Torre The Wrong Man For The Job

    Mariano Rivera, Johnny Damon, Derek Jeter, and Andy Pettitte say they love Joe Torre. Roger Clemens cited Torre’s presence as one of his reasons for returning to the Bronx. Brian Cashman supports the man as well, but I don’t! Here’s why… Torre’s strengths will not fit the 2008

  • 11 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Weekend of Classics in the SEC

    The SEC started the week early with a Thursday night shocker in South Carolina. Steve Spurrier and the South Carolina Gamecocks dominated the Kentucky Wildcats on both the offensive and defensive sides of the field. While it was nothing special to watch a Spurrier led offense put up 38 points, it

  • 10 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Brent and Dave Host Fast Lane Daily

    Check out Brent and Dave hosting Fast Lane Daily yesterday!If you are into cars and car news go to www.fastlanedaily.com Fast and Fresh Everyday!

  • 10 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Shaping the 2008 Yankees

    So now that I've sufficiently grieved for the end of the 2007 Yankee season, I can start thinking about next year. And there a lot of issues to sort out before pitchers and catchers report in four short months.First of all, who's going to manage this team? I'm actually in the minority about Joe Torr

  • 10 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Cubs Eulogizing

    Another year of Cubs optimism turned sour If this young fall season has reiterated anything to us as sports fans, it is the utter hell that is the existence of a Cubs fan. Another year, another tease. Another year started off in spring with bitter cynicism, melted by humid summer months of good p

  • 09 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    The New City of Brotherly Love: Tampa, Florida

    I can’t imagine he’d say “yes,” but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have to at least try to convince Tiki Barber to come back. They’ve called Corey Dillon, who is half the running back Tiki Barber is (actually double in size but half in ability). They might want to consider giving Eric Rhett a c

  • 08 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Let's Go Yanks!

     We are down, but not out. Wounded, but not dead. Endangered, but not extinct. Pick any of those expressions and that about sums up the state of my Yankees right now. With last night's impressive victory, the Yanks ensured there will be something to watch tonight other than the Cowboys-Bills s

  • 08 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Loser of the Week (Week Six)

    In college football, Friday night is for the loser, or a TV show, or the seriously moustachedFriday Night Lights — a TV show — kicked off its second season Friday. ‘Inspired’ by the H.G. Bissinger book of the same name, and set in real-deal Texas, it follows a fictional high school football

  • 04 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Statement Game

    The Red Sox began their post season run the way every team wishes they could, with a complete domination in every phase of the game over the Angels. Beckett showed his Cy Young stuff. Complete game, 4 hits, 8 strikeouts, and kept the bullpen completely silent. That is how you want every ace on your

  • 04 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Josh Beckett - Playoff Stopper

     The MLB playoffs are underway, and what a way to start! A good pitching performance by Jeff Francis, a great pitching performance by Brandon Webb and a dominating pitching performance by Josh Beckett.As a Yankee fan, it pains me beyond belief to write this, but Josh Beckett is the most domina

  • 03 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    College Football's Winter Madness 2006

    As promised, this weeks post predicts how last years National Championship would have panned out, had my Winter Madness playoff system been used. If you didn't catch last weeks post click here for an explanation as to how the playoff is set up and how each team was selected to have gained the right

  • 01 Oct

    Blog: Bleacher Bloggers

    Loser of the Week (Week 5)

    Sometimes it takes divine intervention to beat college football's loser of the week, or Duke How much money is spent on wild, half-baked predictions from the barrel-chested reservoir of underworked college football analysts who bounce off whatever ESPN’s storylines are for the week? Actually, I d

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