Feeding the Football Fix
My calendar tells me it's mid-July, the dog days of summer. In the sports world, that means baseball's trade deadline is right around the corner, NFL training camps will be popping up any day now, and the Olympics begin in only a few weeks. We just finished watching a historic NBA Finals, a classic Wimbledon final, and a never-ending MLB [read more...]
Candace Parker is totally badass … but you already knew that
The other day, Saturday I think it was, I caught a good piece of the WNBA game between the LA Sparks and the Phoenix Mercury, which had the notable distinction of being Candace Parker's first game ever in the WNBA, and she lived up to the hype. I am not really interested in the WNBA. I think it's a little bit [read more...]
Looking Forward
If there was any question to why, last weekend provided an answer to the question about the nickname March Madness. Madness took place all across the NCAA Tournament bracket in a variety of ways, including: -Two 12 seeds advanced to the Sweet 16, the same number of two seeds that are still alive. -All four three seeds are still around but only [read more...]
Welcome To The Big Leagues
ESPN's Bob Ley, in Sunday's excellent Outside the Lines segment on women's college basketball, illuminated the "feud" between University of Tennessee Women's basketball head coach, Pat Summit, and the University of Connecticut's head coach, Geno Auriemma. The rivalry that was reached nasty status this summer when UConn extended a contract to continue the annual regular season meeting between the two [read more...]
The Best Time of the Year
It's the best time of the year, March Madness. 65 teams, 64 games, six rounds, four regions, three weekends, and eventually, one champion. The only problem with it is that there's so much pressure to fill out that bracket and win your office/school pool (no gambling of course), it makes it tough to actually figure out where to start. Thankfully [read more...]
Burned Out
ESPN has been notorious for inflating the importance of trivial games and news, but lately the trend of over-emphasizing the expected or mundane has gotten worse for the media monolith.Take, for instance, college hoops. The build up to the Tennessee vs. Memphis match was similar to a Democratic Primary debate, as ESPN disputed, dramatized, and advertised the game to the [read more...]
Peaking At The Right Time
The calendar says that February is the shortest month of the year, as it ends two or three days before each of the other 11 months. But in college basketball, February is a long and winding road beating up teams on their march to March. Conference play is in full swing, injuries and suspensions are common and the unexpected upset [read more...]
Hart Surgery: You Da Man(ning)
Sports fans love labels. Golf fans love to figure out which guy is the Best Player Never To Win A Major. Boxing fans argue who is the best Pound-For-Pound Fighter in The World. Badminton fans talk about…actually badminton fans don't have time to label anything, they are too busy trying to keep people from laughing at them for playing a sport featuring the term [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...]
Hart Surgery: Insomnia
I have no will power. It is bad enough I have trouble sleeping, but the fact I cannot keep myself from watching late night television is no help either. If I didn't have a TV in my room, I might sleep an average of an hour or two more per night. Every night I find myself glued to the only [read more...]
Hart Surgery: No Big Deal
Monday Miami President Donna Shalala ended months of posturing, bickering, and speculation by accepting the ACC's invitation to join their conference. With Miami in the fold, and Virginia Tech having said yes as well, the ACC will now have an eleven- team conference, starting this fall. Pardon me while I stifle a yawn. Maybe it is just me, but this change [read more...]
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