No-no!
Tim Lincecum has had a rough couple of years.
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Bodies!
Last year, I shared some of the images from ESPN the Magazine’s annual “The Body” issue. The joke then was that the seemingly perfect specimens they were offering us should make anyone a sports fan. But this year, ESPN included a number of non-traditional… Continue Reading
7!
Consider this an open thread for game 7 of the NBA Championship. I’ve given up predicting what will happen. As crushing as the Spurs lost was, I’m not of the mindset that they are broken beyond repair. And as resilient… Continue Reading
PREDICTION!
I have a hunch that LeBron is going to do something transcendent tonight. One of those “WOW!” games. 44 and 16 or something. I don’t have numbers to back it up, which makes this prediction more meaningless than most, but,… Continue Reading
Tebow!
“League sources” (not us; must be some other League) announce that the New England Patriots are about to sign Tim Tebow, who, it should be noted, has never lost to Eli Manning in the Super Bowl. UPDATE: According to ESPN… Continue Reading
Faaaaaaaan-tastic!
(Earlier this year, Russell and I had a little viewing party for the Oscars. It was probably the single funnest LoOG thing I’ve ever turn. To return the favor, he agreed to sit down and watch Game 1 of the… Continue Reading
An Immodest Proposal
Yankee fans are up-in-arms (yet again!) as Alex Rodriguez potentially finds himself in hot water due to the use of performance enhancing drugs (yet again!). Many have taken to the airwaves and comment threads to voice a singular sentiment: Get… Continue Reading
Futility!
I grew up rooting for a baseball team that at best was not quite good enough and not infrequently was just god-awful, and whose rivals, the spawn of Satan down south and the carpetbaggers across the bay, were often successful… Continue Reading
Desert!
In baseball, there are earned runs and unearned runs. All count equally towards the final score of the game. However, they do not count equally when calculating a pitcher’s earned run average, which represents the number of earned runs they… Continue Reading
Transition!
During his senior year of high school, LeBron James averaged 31.6 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 4.6 assists. Less than a year later, he stepped onto an NBA basketball court, faced off against a team of professionals that would go on… Continue Reading