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: 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 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 Over the weekend Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy “Doc” Halladay threw just the 20th complete game in MLB history. It would be much more amazing if Dallas Braden of the Oakland A’s didn’t throw the 19th just 3 weeks ago. Could it be that we are finally back to balancing out the game, and returning to the roots of baseball? Or is this just a statistical blip?
Written by: Mike Typically we see politics spilling over into sports; lawmakers looking to make a name for themselves by investigating a league or owners playing the politics game to get a new stadium. Very rarely do we see sports spill over into politics. But with the new immigration law in Arizona, a few groups are taking the chance to make a statement. The Governor of Arizona took the time recently to discuss why she passed the law she did, but in terms even Joe the Plumber can understand.
Written by: Patrick Galvin Tiger Woods hit his much-anticipated first tee shot yesterday at the 2010 Masters, amidst surprisingly warm fan-fare, some controversy, and a couple planes flying through the air with banners that read insults.
