The Brain Leak

The Brain Leak (Week of 6/16/08 - 6/22/08) Another week, another seven days worth of sports-related drivel. With not much more than the yearly push towards the Mid-Summer Classic to bide my time, you'll notice I have instituted some fresh (some might say seedy) perspectives to the already multi-faceted Leak. In addition to serving up heaping servings of the usual BS, TBL [read more...]

The Leak 3.0: A Belmont shocker, Jones goes abstinent, Becker (hearts) Nadal, Ozzie’s F-bombs and a one-legged Tiger on the prowl

The Brain Leak (Week of 6/2/08 - 6/8/08) The Leak has seemingly grabbed a solid foothold in the fickle landscape of sports commentary and thus pushes on with an unforeseen third edition. No longer worthy of some wordy, nagging and self-depricating rant of an introduction, TBL slowly matures to the point where it can afford to allow its content to [read more...]

The Sports Guy is not a Happy Guy

I'm not sure about you, but Bill Simmons has never been my favorite writer. I think he tends to wear that Boston love a little too tightly. However, on occasions, his blogs/articles have provided me with some chuckles and entertainment, particularly when I'm bored at work. Simmons is sort of the original sports blogger, at least the first one to [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Pour Some Out

For those who are regular readers of my column (Hi Nana!), you probably know I have a slight attachment to the University of Texas at Austin. I own several items that illustrate that fact, including shirts, shorts, hats, and a bumper sticker. Until recently, I also owned a small charm that I wore on my necklace, a miniature hand flashing the [read more...]