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Category Archives: On Sport
“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
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Wake
The Pittsburgh Pirates entered the 1992 season as two-time defending National League East champions. Back then, both the AL and NL had just two divisions, East and West, and the playoffs consisted of a single Championship Series pitting the division … Continue reading
112 wins, here we come!
One-hundred twelve wins! That’s roughly how many games the Pittsburgh Pirates will win this year if they manage to maintain their current winning percentage of .690 for the balance of the season. Of course, they almost certainly won’t, but it’s … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
ALL RIGHT! LET ME HEAR YA! A-ONE! A-TWO! A-THREE! TAKE ME OUT…. Yup, today’s Opening Day for another baseball season! Hope springs eternal…with differing degrees of “hope”, obviously. For fans of, say, the Astros, Dodgers, Mets, and Braves, “hope” is … Continue reading
60 of 23
(via) Michael Jordan turned 60 two days ago. While I’ve slowly come around to the acknowledgement that LeBron James is likely the greatest basketball player of all time, my commitment to MJ as the greatest still holds some sway in … Continue reading
The Greatest!!!
(Buggered link fixed.) LeBron James has now scored more points than any other player in NBA history, surpassing the previous record set over three decades ago by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You know what’s strange about this? I heard nothing about it … Continue reading