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Angry Ward Wednesday: Tad’s to the Bone – The Clock Runs Out on a NYC Steak Joint
BRONX, NY – The sad news came a week ago, in the form of a text, from one JG Clancy. No one had died. There wasn’t some terrible accident. Bachman Cheese Jax weren’t being discontinued. None of that. But, instead, yet another vestige of the New York City I grew up in was finally biting the […]
Big Ben Tuesday: Questionable Yankees ALCS Roster Choices, NFL Missteps with Flags and PI Challenge Rule
Bronx, NY: You’re probably here expecting a boring 1,500 words on the Yankees’ chances going into Games 3 to 5 in the Bronx. Not today my loyal reader(s)… But I’ll find some way to bore you, rest assured. Let’s go with the Yankees ALCS roster and the flag-fest and stupidity of the pass interference challenge […]
NFL Notes, Banter, Cheesy Bruin’s FREE NFL Picks, Week 6
BLOOMINGBURG, NY – That gigantic thud you heard last Sunday wasn’t Danny Dimes playing like a nickel and two pennies against the Vikings at MetLife Stadium, which I witnessed first hand courtesy of Angry Ward. It was the big ol’ dough-nut I put up after a perfect week prior on Cheesy Bruin’s Free NFL Picks […]
Grinding Ax: Daniel Jones – Jerry Jones DNA Assertions, Jets Beat ‘Boys? NFL Click Bait?
EDISON, NJ – I’ve heard enough from all my whining New York Giants brethren! Yes, you are disconsolate over Eli Gump’s demise and uncertain of how durable Saquon Barkley will be moving forward. Perhaps you ask yourself.. what is going to happen next? Painfully reminiscent of the drought years of the sixties and seventies and not […]
New York Knicks Start Pre-Season With a Win. Are They Any Good?
SPANISH HARLEM – Thank you Kevin Durant for telling people the New York Knicks aren’t cool. There is nothing better than a player quoting the words of a ten-year-old to describe why free agents don’t want to play in New York. I totally agree that stars have shied away from this organization and they will […]
Angry Ward Wednesday: Knicks Not Cool, Ellen Does Dallas, and Baseball’s Boys of Bummer
BRONX, NY – The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur starts this evening, as I scramble to find another column idea. Suppose I could stick with the theme of this holiday and do something about atonement, but anyone who knows me knows I’m pretty much atone deaf. I’ll get my, ‘THE YANKEES SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED […]
Big Ben Whitney: The Yankees Sweep, Poor Situational Hitting, Odell in Hell
SWEEPSVILLE, NYC: The Browns vs Niners game was brutal, so I stuck with baseball. I thought you said these weren’t the same old Twins? Seven runs in three games – I think they’re quite similar. The New York Yankees just finished off the sweep. I’m going to start typing and see what happens. Let’s make […]
Un-Timely Big Ben, #NaughtyCowboys, Joe Maddon & Jimmy Carter
NEW YORK, NY – The Rugby World Cup is on, being played through the first days of November in the rugby-mad nation of Japan. You should check out what you can in a pub or NBC Sports & NBC Sports Gold. Japan beat Ireland, which is like the the USA beating Russia in hockey in […]
Cheesy Bruin’s Free NFL Picks and NFL News, Notes, Banter
BLOOMINGBURG, NY – It’s my Sunday job… to select NFL games according to the Las Vegas point-spread for this most glorious of sports websites. I have a few ideas and titles for our other contributors to write about the NFL: 1) Why Does Monday Night Football Suck So Much 2) NFL Parity? Six Winless And […]
#BizarreSells: Slick Oilers, Super Bowl Sam Darnold, Joe Girardi
EDMONTON, ALBERTA – Sure, one could argue that choosing a hot NHL team five minutes into their season over an epic MLB playoffs tilt as the lead story is a bit bizarre but hey, #BizarreSells. Following that formula, here are today’s topics: Slick Oilers, Super Bowl Sam Darnold, Joe Girardi. SLICK OILERS – Don’t tell […]
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