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SK @ July 10, 2008 # 3 Comments
It’s been a few days since the legal system finally caved in and gave Clay Bennett and company the permission to leave Seattle without professional basketball. I have to believe that it doesn’t hurt any less. The last court the Sonics played in was, unfortunately, a legal court and not a basketball court.
For me, the memory […]
SK @ June 26, 2008 # 3 Comments
If you’ve spoken to a soccer fan this month, chances are they’ve been engrossed in the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament, which will determine European soccer bragging rights for the next four years. And if you haven’t been following, Sunday’s final will pit Germany against the winner of today’s semifinal match between Russia and Spain.
Perennial powerhouse France […]
SK @ June 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
We lost a legend this week. Not surprisingly, my favorite rant of his involves sports. Enjoy:
“Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.
Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.
Baseball begins in the […]
SK @ June 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Before this season, the Boston Celtics were an afterthought in the NBA. It had been 21 years since they last hoisted the Larry O’Brien trophy. In between, the Chicago Bulls won 6 titles, the LA Lakers won 5, and the San Antonio Spurs won 4. Lenny Bias and Reggie Lewis, hailed as potential saviors of […]
SK @ May 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Let me tell you what really bothers me about baseball.
Steroids? Nope.
Bloated salaries and ticket prices? Not really. After all, anyone that paid attention in Econ 101 will tell you that’s simple supply and demand.
Roger Clemens hooking up with 15 year-old girls? Yea, that bothers me, but I’m guessing (hoping) that pedophilia isn’t a league-wide issue.
No, […]
SK @ May 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Well, looks like Spygate has come to a very anti-climactic closure. Commissioner Goodell said that Matt Walsh did not reveal anything new and he considers the matter closed. Walsh met with Senator Arlen Specter after he met with Goodell, and it may be that this is what is required to get an Eagles fan to […]
SK @ May 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Almost all of the first round of the playoffs is in the books. For all the talk of Western Conference superiority and parity, none of the series out there went 7 games, and there were no upsets. Meanwhile, the East produced a near giant killer in the Sixers, and the Celtics-Hawks series has gone to a […]
SK @ May 2, 2008 # One Comment
College football sucks.
I’m definitely not the first to complain about this, and I’m not going to be the last. But in no other sport is the national champion decided by a polls and a computer, rather than on the field. It’s ridiculous and it needs to stop. The athletes put their sweat and hard work […]
SK @ April 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Here’s my answer to all the draft report cards. The only way to judge the success of failure of these things at this point, only two days after the fact, is to ask “who’s kicking themselves the least today?” In that regard, Kansas City, Dallas, and Pittsburgh are probably most satisfied, while Jacksonville and Tennessee are […]
SK @ April 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The first week of the 2008 Playoffs is in the books. Here are my thoughts:
Tim Duncan’s improbable 3-pointer will be one of those plays where you say “I remember where I was when…” Holy shit. Not only did it effectively win the Spurs the game, it could have broken the Suns back for the entire […]
SK @ April 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
So I had planned to have the “Quick Outs” feature be a weekly thing, but two HUGE stories came out of the NFL over the past 24 hours that I had to weigh in on:
Commissioner Goodell and Matt Walsh have agreed to terms so that Walsh can finally show us any “damaging” evidence he has […]
SK @ April 22, 2008 # 3 Comments
Seahawks just cut Sean Alexander. Dude was breaking rushing records and was the league MVP in 2005 and now he’s looking for a job. With a fall from grace like that, his name might as well be Bear Stearns.
It’s official - Jake Long will be the first pick of the draft this Saturday. It’s possible […]
SK @ April 19, 2008 # 2 Comments
KG. CP3. KB24. LBJ. We really love to acronymize our athletes. But only one acronym matters for the purpose of this article: MVP.
So who wins it? All four have had seasons worthy of the award, and would have run away with it in any other year. It’s fitting that the most exciting finish in the […]
SK @ April 14, 2008 # One Comment
The 2008 Olympic Torch relay began inconspicuously enough. The torch was lit in Olympia, Greece, as always, and went to Beijing, China on March 31st to begin its five month journey around the world and back. And that’s when the madness began.
Ever since they were awarded the Olympics, China has been planning on using them as an economic and political […]
SK @ April 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet
First off, congrats to the KU Jayhawks for their improbable victory last night. The game was close, but Memphis still appeared to have it in hand throughout the night. This sports fan actually contemplated going to bed with about 5 minutes left in the game, because it actually wasn’t all that exciting until the last two minutes. […]