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Category Archives: On Sport
Geography and Sports
I saw this mentioned on Reddit earlier last week, and it’s interesting to think about. It’s pretty obvious that geography plays a strong role in sports: how games and events are scheduled depends on where they are taking place and … Continue reading
“YOU OVER-OFFICIOUS JERK!” (or, Happy 100th Birthday, Marv Levy)
Marv Levy, the great football coach who guided the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowls from 1990-1993 during his Hall-of-Fame career, is 100 years old this day. Those Bills teams hold a strong place on my emotional life, even … Continue reading
Posted in On Buffalo and The 716, On Sport
Tagged Buffalo, Sport, WNY Love Letter
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From the Books: John Feinstein’s WHERE NOBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME
Sports writer John Feinstein has died. I have only read a few of his books, but that is hardly damning as Feinstein was very prolific, and he wrote about just about every sport that’s out there. Not only was he … Continue reading
Super Bowl Trivia!
Here we go again! No, I’m not watching. I haven’t actually watched a Super Bowl since Seahawks-Broncos, and that was eleven years ago. (And I doubt I’d have watched had the Bills made it, in all honesty. That would be … Continue reading
Messrs. Brightside
I don’t blog about football much at all anymore, obviously. I used to be the kind of obsessive football fan who watched every down of every game the Buffalo Bills played, and then I’d write an extensive blog post about … Continue reading
“Peanuts and Cracker Jack” (a repost)
There’s been some debate lately after last week’s NFL games, regarding whether or not it’s right, or good, for teams that have secured their playoff positions and who are thus facing a game that is essentially meaningless to not play … Continue reading
Posted in On Books, On Sport
Tagged books, From the Books, Sport
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The “Greatest” Comeback? (a repost)
(Every year now, social media around the 716 lights up on the anniversary of the Bills-Oilers wildcard playoff game in January 1993, almost always simply called “The Comeback Game”. I wrote these thoughts a couple years ago when that record … Continue reading
What is “value”?
I rarely write about sport on this site anymore, but I’m going to broach the topic here just for a few minutes because there’s an interesting debate raging across social media right now regarding the NFL MVP award, and which … Continue reading
Go Bills…kinda
So, public opinion seems to be coalescing to a degree around the idea that the best Super Bowl matchup to conclude the season that is currently winding its way toward a conclusion would pit the Buffalo Bills against the Detroit … Continue reading
In which I mine recent sporting events to make a gratuitous MAGNUM, PI reference
“Ivan? Did you see the sunrise this morning?”
Posted in On Sport, On Things I Find Funny
Tagged funny stuff, Sport
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