This portrait was hung in the National Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution today. Tomma Lasorda is still the personification of the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he is also something of an ambassador for the whole sport of baseball. His infectious… Continue Reading
Not being a huge follower of the Minnesota Vikings, I had to wait to see this on the sports blogs today. Check out this play from a preseason game between Minneosta and Texas: Now, that’s an illegal block that Favre… Continue Reading
I’ve been frustrated with the Dodgers’ slumping trend for a long time. My annual heartbreak seems to have arrived early, starting with a powerful slump that began a month ago. Thanks to lackluster batting in the clutch, the trends put… Continue Reading
This is about the rarest thing that can happen in a baseball game. In the history of Major League Baseball, it’s only happened fifteen times, and this is only the second time it has ever happened to end a ballgame… Continue Reading
Now, I think there’s no problem with a law that requires you to register your guns. And Plaxico Burress owned a gun that he had not registered. And it went off when he carried it into a club in New… Continue Reading
Preaching to the Choir: What part of no don’t you understand?
At last, our long national nightmare is ended. Three days before training camp opens. UPDATED: Noooooooo! It was so much better the way it was before!
From the writeup of the Brazil-South Africa match in the Confederation Cup today: Spurred on by the deafening buzz of their delighted fans’ vuvuzelas, South Africa unsettled Brazil with a frantic, hustling game of quick challenges and tight defense. Normally,… Continue Reading
Many sports fans in the United States have little idea of just how big it is that the U.S. national team is in the finals of the Confederation Cup. We lost our first two games against powerhouse Brazil and the… Continue Reading
1. Why doesn’t the NHL time its playoff schedule so that they are separated from the NBA playoffs by several weeks? Haven’t they figured out by now that putting the Stanley Cup finals out in head-to-head competition with basketball finals… Continue Reading