Tag Archives: Sports

It’s Just a Freaking Game

We all know the line: College Football: Just a game, Like a triple bypass is minor surgery. We laugh, take another swig o’beer, and life goes on. Only when it doesn’t:
2 dead in argument after Alabama-LSU game
Good grief. In the no shit, Sherlock category, TFA says:
alcohol may have been a factor.
Man, I just don’t know [...]

I Remember when it was The Game

I’m watching the NASCAR race on ESPN, and the NCAA football scroll says that tonight is the Nebraska/Oklahoma football game.
I grew up on the Kansas/Nebraska border, on the Kansas side. We got more teevee from Nebraska-based stations than from Kansas ones, back in the day. So, it’s natural that I bleed a bit [...]

Watching the Obamamercial

Home from cubesville, sipping a cool one, and fixing to watch tonight’s Obamamercial, followed by the last dab of the World Series. I’m prepared to be disappointed with the outcomes of both.
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Fair Weather Fandom

My little bride and I are both extremely fair-weather fans of baseball. However, we both enjoy the ALCS/NLCS/Series coverage, Tim McCarver’s presence in the booth notwithstanding. And we’re both Kansas City Royals fans. The Royals are typically out of any championship hunt by the All-Star break. I can’t speak for her, but after [...]

Shoulda Retired, Brett

Favre says he’s ready to help the Jets win
Taint your legacy now, while you still can.
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Retire Already

Brett Favre: Packers should let me play elsewhere
I’ve been an admirer if not an outright fan of the Green Bay Packers going back to the Bart Starr/Boyd Dowler/Max McGee days. News like that in the posted link always makes me shake my head. Favre, you’ve won Super Bowls, you’ve been an Iron [...]

March Madness will Never be the Same

Packer out, Kellogg in as CBS lead announcer
I must admit that it took me a while to get used to Billy Packer, but after having done so, I appreciated his observations, and obvious passion for the game of college basketball. And, after 38 Final Fours, I’ve had ample opportunity to hear Billy’s comments. [...]

RIP, Jim McKay

The nation’s first sports journalist, Jim McKay, has passed away at age 86. I grew up watching Wide World of Sports on teevee; I have seen countless Olympic Games.
Jim McKay was in all of them. Not doing play-by-play, but bringing an obvious passion and a deep understanding of the sport to the television [...]

Obligatory SuperBowl Weekend Fandom

I never thought I’d wave the banner for an NFC East team, but I’ll be rooting for the New York Giants tomorrow. I like them partly because of their underdog status and partly because a bunch of my and my little bride’s coworkers are Giants fans.
I like Eli Manning; I like his dad Archie, [...]

Congratulations, General

THe best college coach to ever tread the hardwoods coached his 900th winning game last night. Bob Knight’s Texas Tech Red Raiders were victorious over Texas A&M, 68-53.
It was fitting that the victory was over a nationally ranked team, and happened on Texas Tech’s home court.
Coach Knight had this to say about [...]