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NFL, Beantown Meltdown & No Dickey
BEANTOWN: Spent the weekend in Boston. Colder than the south side of a witch’s tit. Why anyone lives there by choice is beyond me. To deal with the frigidity of New England, I wore my Bronx Science sweatshirt. Didn’t go there, but my mother taught there back when. No one said nothin’ about it. Damn [...]
Upset Beats Man O’ War! And Pacquiao… And Atlanta… And…
In Front of the Odds Board- It was a day of upsets in the NFL. Some of them were mild. The Rams and Cowboys winning in Buffalo and Cincinnati respectively? Not major surprises, but I would’ve guessed the other way. Pittsburgh blowing it at home against San Diego? The Eagles somehow dispensing with the Bucs? Washington [...]
Dickey Shmickey, Davey Johnson Doesn’t Deserve Manager of the Year
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Every year around this time, Major League Baseball starts doling out their Pat-Me-On-The-Back Awards. Most are simply popularity contests for a variety of categories and grossly misrepresent the season in terms of the category’s actual best choice. (I’ll reserve comment on R.A. Dickey and the Cy Young Award). Anyway, things like the [...]
NHL Lockout: Stuff To Watch In Meantime
NEW YORK, NY – Do you hear that? That galloping sound is the sound of Soccer passing Hockey – like the rest of the field passing Karma Shield - in the hearts, minds, and television sets of many Americans. While the NHL Lockout continues with players and owners are still fighting over the some major payroll [...]
“HAPPY ENDINGS” Dominate Sports Weekend
Hollywood Upstairs Massage Parlor – Sorry to draw you in with my lurid innuendo, but a lot of sports stuff came to fruition in the last couple of days, and in sports that usually means somebody goes home happy. Happy: The Cardinals and the Rangers. This may not be the most sexy of World Series, [...]
VIDEO: Canseco Beats Us Up, Then Talks Newark Bears, A’s, Cards
NEWARK, NJ – We had the pleasure of meeting up with Mr. Canseco at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, down in Cory Booker’s Newark. It was indeed a great day, even if our star wasn’t himself. Minor League baseball is the perfect escape from the unrequited enthusiasm and bludgeoning costs that most MLB clubs subject [...]
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