Headlines for December, 2004

New Years, Effectively Resolved

It was a good year when I was 29. Another year has come and gone, and to say the least, 2004 will be remembered as one of the most tumultuous in the history of sports. It's very difficult to be a sports fan and not be swimming in a pool of cynicism these days, especially when there is a [read more...]

12 Sports Days of Christmas

ADVERTISEMENT <a href="http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=16506&m=3&pageid=1" target="_top"><img width=120 height= 600 src="http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=16506&m=3&tp=3&d=s&v=1.0c&pageid=1" border=0 align=right></a> In the spirit of the season, I'd like to borrow a merry holiday tune to discuss a few current events you've been seeing in the sports section lately. Twelve drummers drumming To the San Francisco 49ers. I can't remember any one franchise in professional sports suffering a more dubious freefall, and they have been [read more...]

Patriots and Eagles and Steelers, Oh My!

ADVERTISEMENT <a href="http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=16506&m=3&pageid=1" target="_top"><img width=120 height= 600 src="http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=16506&m=3&tp=3&d=s&v=1.0c&pageid=1" border=0 align=right></a> For the first time in the storied history of the National Football League, three teams have accumulated a 12-1 record after 13 games. Just like whiskey, bourbon, and scotch, they have certain similarities and distinct differences. New England seems to be even better than their championship squad from last year thanks to a [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Insomnia

For those that didn't see it when it first ran on HBO, the mini-series Band of Brothers is about the finest piece of filmmaking these eyes have ever seen. It is an eye-opening and incredibly realistic (I imagine) account of what it was like training for and participating in WWII, and every time I see it I appreciate my grandparents' generation more and more. Why [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Three Things That Make Me Mad About College Football

For those of you who read this column regularly (Hi Nana!), you may be getting tired of me complaining about the state of college football. But honestly, there is so much going on, it's hard not to do so. Thank god for instant messenger, where I am able to vent many of my frustrations to some of my like-minded friends. But since they have [read more...]

Money Matters

ADVERTISEMENT <a href="http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=16506&m=3&pageid=1" target="_top"><img width=120 height= 600 src="http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=16506&m=3&tp=3&d=s&v=1.0c&pageid=1" border=0 align=right></a> From the Magazine - December 2004 According to George Bernard Shaw, England and America are two countries divided by a common language. According to my American friends, these divisions can be extended to culinary standards, as well as the quality of dentistry. They are also apparent historically when it comes to the player [read more...]

For Giambi, Bonds and All of the MLB: Let the Records Stand

Like Casablanca's Captain Renault, I am shocked, shocked to discover that baseball players are using steroids. And I'm equally "shocked" by the knee-jerk reaction of many fans to these revelations. "Ban the players, strip them of their awards, erase their records!" Fine - let's erase the baseball records. But if we do that, let's be consistent and erase all NFL records [read more...]

Guide to Christmas Shopping

For Carlos Beltran - Seeing as he's set to make about $60 billion over the next few years, I would say that your best bet would be making something instead of buying something. Maybe a personally created mix CD, or a self-edited compilation of your personal home movies, complete with excessive slow motion, many star wipes and a soundtrack courtesy [read more...]

BCS Set to Forge Failure

ADVERTISEMENT <a href="http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=16506&m=3&pageid=1" target="_top"><img width=120 height= 600 src="http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=16506&m=3&tp=3&d=s&v=1.0c&pageid=1" border=0 align=right></a> The Bowl Championship Series was created with the sole purpose of finally producing a true national championship game in college football. This is the only sport on the planet that refuses to settle all of its battles on the field, and the puzzling system of fuzzy math and computer nonsense has frustrated [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Pour Me Another

Oooooooooh boy. You know, I used to think my premature baldness was caused by genetics or perhaps sticking my tongue in an electric socket repeatedly as a boy. Now I am convinced it is because of college football. Being a college football fan these days is like going out for a night of binge drinking. Every time you do it you [read more...]

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