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Tag Archives: Sport
Wham! A homah! Wham! Anuddah homah!
Jim Caple selects the top ten fictional home runs of all time. Here’s one of them: 3. Charlie Brown finally homers (“Peanuts,” March 30, 1993). After 43 years of futility, Charlie Brown finally tastes success when he hits the first … Continue reading
The point left a contrail above his head
Matthew Yglesias has been one of my favorite bloggers for years, but in commenting today on Lebron James, he misses the point about as badly as a point can be missed. I’m all for rooting against the new look Heat, … Continue reading
A news headline I’d like to see
TONYA HARDING WHACKS LEBRON JAMES ON THE KNEE JAMES OUT FOR SEASON, CAREER IN JEOPARDY CLEVELAND GIVES HARDING KEY TO CITY You know, I’ve seen a lot of athletes do asshole things. I’ve seen Barry Bonds and Rafael Palmeiro stonewall … Continue reading
Yeah, we can close the ballparks now.
UPDATED below. Well, it’s official: as of today, June 3, 2010, I am finished with baseball. For good. Now, I haven’t been much of a baseball fan for a number of years, owing to a number of circumstances: my team … Continue reading
Actually, we’re Quantum Presbyterians
Via Cal, I see that the organizers of the 2012 Summer Olypmics in London have unveiled their mascots for the Games. And here they are. Well, aren’t those interesting? I think that it’s now official, folks. We are now living … Continue reading
Poor Evgeni
It seems that Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko was not entirely happy about his Silver medal at the Vancouver Olympics, mainly because Plushenko landed a quadruple jump while Gold medalist Evan Lycasek (from the United States) did not. Plushenko made … Continue reading
Flo-Jo
I always liked Florence Griffith-Joyner, the great US track athlete from the late 80s and early 90s, and I was shocked when she suddenly died. Here’s a pretty amazing article about Al Joyner and his incandescent love for Florence. Dreams … Continue reading
Your daily dose of AIEEE!!!
I mentioned “Extreme Kayaking” just last week, and now I see an actual example. These photos stunned me on a number of levels. A kayaker successfully ran a 186-foot high waterfall in eastern Washington. That waterfall is higher than Niagara … Continue reading
Sunday Burst of Weirdness Linkage
I don’t have much by way of weirdness for this week, but I do have some linkage to offload at clearance prices, so here we go! :: The “Cultural Anniversary” thing is gearing up for the 40th Anniversary of the … Continue reading
Let’s go Bucs!
Once I was a baseball fan, but my enthusiasm for the game has taken a number of hits over the years. The game itself has become slower and slower; World Series games are allowed to start at 8:30 pm and … Continue reading