There is much that could be said about this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament… We could talk about 15-seed Florida Gulf Coast’s unprecedented run to the Sweet 16, but that story has been written and already feels stale… We… Continue Reading
Baseball predictions completely off the top of my head… AL East: Blue Jays, Rays*, Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles AL Central: Tigers, White Sox, Royals, Indians, Twins AL West: Angels, A’s*, Rangers, Mariners, Astros NL East: Nats, Braves*, Phillies, Mets, Marlins… Continue Reading
I just checked and my March Madness brackets are officially losers. I will finish either second or third in my league of 6. And I know this even though he scores are pretty close together and the only team anyone… Continue Reading
The Heat pulled out a last minute win against the Celtics to extend their winning streak to 23 games. This gives them sole possession of the second-longest winning streak in NBA history, trailing only the 1971-72 Lakers’ 33 game streak.… Continue Reading
Yesterday, two of the top teams in the league upgraded their receiving corps, with the 49ers and Seahawks trading for Anquan Boldin and Percy Harvin, respectively. And today, the Denver Broncos bolster their elite passing attack with the addition of… Continue Reading
When Evil Enterprises, Inc., attempted to register the trademark “Baseball’s Evil Empire”, the New York Yankees blocked them by successfully arguing that the true Evil Empire of baseball is the Yankees. Not that that would be a hard case to… Continue Reading
I adapted an old Bill James idea for measuring team success to football. I assigned each of the following accomplishments one point: A .600 winning percentage during the regular season A .700 winning percentage during the regular season Getting to the… Continue Reading
After being injured during a crash on January 24th during the X-Games, Caleb Moore submitted to his injuries and passed away yesterday at the age of 25. Hopefully this will spur some appropriate and effective safety measures to prevent such… Continue Reading
You might recall my post about the older Italian ballplayers, one of whom was Dolph Camilli. Perfectly nice guy, I’m sure; I’ve never read a bad world about him. And back in 1907 there was no reason not to name your kid “Adolph”. But it’s… Continue Reading
A few observations: John got all the social graces in the family. The Falcon offense was completely predictable: run on first down or on third if less than two yards to go; otherwise, pass If any of my kids had… Continue Reading