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Lincecum off to rocky spring start
Published on 16 Mar, 2010 at 14:26 in Sports | Viewed 108 views times | No Comments
Baseball fans all realize that spring training is a time to get the kinks out, work on some new twists to your game, and slowly get yourself ready for the start of the regular season when things get serious. However, it is always nice to see your key players hit the ground running during the
Former Ram Olsen dead at 69
Published on 16 Mar, 2010 at 14:15 in Sports | Viewed 115 views times | No Comments
Merlin Olsen, who was an All-American defensive lineman at Utah State University and the Los Angeles Rams’ first-round draft pick in 1962 died Thursday in California. He had been battling mesothelioma, which is a form of cancer of the lining of the lungs, since last year. Olsen was a part of the Los Angeles Rams’
Childress won’t pressure Favre
Published on 16 Mar, 2010 at 14:05 in Sports | Viewed 64 views times | No Comments
During this rather slow season in the sporting arena, little things that are really not all that newsworthy wind up making the news. What can you say, we sports junkies need our fix, and the mention of certain names will invariably attract interest and stimulate some conversation. With that in mind, let us share a
Shaq to miss remainder of regular season
Published on 5 Mar, 2010 at 19:06 in Sports | Viewed 99 views times | No Comments
One of the things that keeps professional sports interesting in this era of free agency and deck-stacking is the wild card that injuries represent. You can go out and buy the best players available in baseball, where there is no salary cap (if you can afford it) and the Yankees do so every year, but
March Madness rapidly approaching
Published on 5 Mar, 2010 at 19:02 in Sports | Viewed 74 views times | No Comments
For fans of, and those who write about, sports, the period of time that takes up the space between the end of the NFL season after the Super Bowl and the beginning of the baseball season and the NBA playoffs is very slow going. This year, Tiger Woods has provided the scribes with something to
Michael Jordan buys Bobcats
Published on 5 Mar, 2010 at 18:48 in Sports | Viewed 83 views times | No Comments
There was a lot of speculation about the possibility, or probability, that a group led by Michael Jordan was going to purchase the Charlotte Bobcats. That speculation has become reality, as Jordan was able to close a deal and buy the team in the eleventh hour of his negotiating window on Friday night. He takes
Football, wardrobes, and perspectives
Published on 5 Mar, 2010 at 18:39 in Sports | Viewed 129 views times | No Comments
Remember when Janet Jackson suffered through that “wardrobe malfunction” when she performed at the Super Bowl a few years ago? Colin Powell’s son Michael, who happened to be head of the FCC at the time, called the incident “a classless, crass and deplorable stunt.” Imagine children seeing a woman’s naked breast! Oh, the horror! Personally,
Triple Crown is a rare feat
Published on 5 Mar, 2010 at 18:37 in Sports | Viewed 363 views times | No Comments
The Triple Crown series is one of the most exciting and highly anticipated succession of events on the horse racing slate each and every year. These classic horse races that feature the cream of the crop of the three-year-old racehorses in any given year capture the imagination of serious fans of horse racing, but the
Allen Iverson done as a Sixer?
Published on 23 Feb, 2010 at 15:08 in Sports | Viewed 157 views times | No Comments
Certain pro athletes provide fans with that familiar Yogi Berra-ism “like deja vu all over again,” and what I am referring to is the ne-er-do-well types who are supremely talented, but doggedly committed to engaging in a never ending succession of dramatic, uh, distractions. If you ever played sports in school, or even in Little
Johnny Damon signs with Tigers
Published on 23 Feb, 2010 at 15:00 in Sports | Viewed 95 views times | No Comments
We like to bring a different slant to the news and events of the day, and we may not always be “right,” and everyone may not agree with everything we float out there, but that’s okay. Fresh perspectives are necessary, even in the world of sports, and today we will toss out a few notions
