Hockey, Wine, and Ice Cream
I had two grueling depositions today. In between I made some of that microwave soup as a quick meal and managed to pour boiling water all over my left hand. I said a very bad word and did the second… Continue Reading
Sports
Chess
I’ve always been a little bit intimidated by chess. People assume that I’m good at it and I’m not. I suck. So I downloaded a chess game for my kindle tablet and I’ve been diving in. I figure, if I… Continue Reading
Ask Burt Likko Anything, 2.3
Mike Schilling asks: “What’s wrong with the Dodgers?” Which I’ve been steaming about for a while. There’s only one possible answer at this point. It isn’t lack of talent. The Dodgers have the second-highest payroll in Major League Baseball, given healthy… Continue Reading
An Analogy May Help
Let’s say the New York Yankees lost the World Series at Yankee Stadium to the New York Mets, in the tenth inning, after having led from the second though a tying run scored in the ninth, and after Derek Jeter got… Continue Reading
Fills The Biggest Need This Year
Second round seems about right for a player like him. And he fills a pressing need for his new team, one best filled by a strong, confident, and most of all young man. Welcome to Green Bay, Eddie Lacy; may… Continue Reading
The End of Realignment
The ACC has announced a Grant of Rights deal for conference-members to 2027. What this technically means is that any team that leaves the ACC between now and then does not retain the TV rights to their home games. What… Continue Reading
The American Athletic Conference
The Conference soon-to-be-formerly-known as the Big East Conference has decided on its new name: The American Athletic Conference. Or “The American” for short. They had previously considered The Metro and The United. They made the wrong choice, in my view.… Continue Reading
Serious Baseball Geekery
Now it can be told: the actual Cubs game Ferris Bueller attended on his day off.
Peter King Still Made A Good Pick
Sports fans on the Intertubes are by now all familiar with ESPN’s Peter King having predicted the outcome of the Super Bowl as Steelers 33, Packers 27. What’s eerie about it is he did it on September 6, 2010. Simply… Continue Reading
Today’s NFC Championship Game
My next-door neighbor is a big Bears fan. This brings a fine bit of midwestern rivalry out to sunny, warm California: This was to have been a music video for the popular Wisconsin pub song “The Bears Still Suck” but… Continue Reading