Written by: Mike Last night, I was drinking, and went on ESPN.com and saw an article about the World Cup. It got me thinking about things, and I narrowed down all of the thoughts running through my mind to just 5 questions, and then answered them with an advanced mathematical formula (read: alcohol and my incredible sports knowledge). If you’re just jumping on the World Cup bandwagon, this is a perfect guide to get you started!
Written by: Patrick Galvin In the midst of the most notorious oil spill to date, recently relieved CEO Tony Hayward of BP took a flight back to England to watch his sailboat, “Bob,” compete in a race at the Isle of Wight.
Written by: Mike In the past 25 years there have only been 3 NBA finals to go to a winner-take-all Game 7. The importance is so magnified, we even capitalize the g in game! Maybe that was a bad example but for even the casual fan, the words Game 7 mean something. It’s the ultimate conclusion, an immediate finality of events, and the culmination of almost 8 months of basketball boiled down into 48 minutes.
Written by: Mike We often think of professional athletes as a cut above the rest; physically and mentally superior to the average Joe. And if Tiger Woods (notorious womanizer) and Jay Cutler (NFL star playing with Diabetes) can teach us anything, it’s that sports stars are anything but the perfect human specimens. So when I heard that Tim Howard has Tourette’s, why was I so surprised?
Written by: Patrick Galvin Now that Healthcare Reform has already been implemented, a smaller but almost as contentious new Reform is being debated: Education Reform. Today, the state of Colorado made one of the most conspicuous efforts to date to push that reform further by drastically changing its teacher-tenure laws. Among other provisions, it is requiring that pay be more closely tethered to improvements in student performance, as opposed to years of experience.
Written by: Patrick Galvin Stephen Strasburg, the newly-promoted 21-year-old top prospect from Washington had another solid game, going 5 1-3 innings (8K, 5BB, 2 hits allowed) against Cleveland in a 9-4 win.
Written by: Mike Entourage is entering into it’s 7th season on June 27th. Last season I feel it lost a lot of what made the show appealing to a single guy in his 20′s; either that or it’s just become a tired act. I had high hopes that given the winter off, the writers and actors would be able to rekindle the creative juices and come out swinging with this season. Did they succeed? Read more to find out.
