Apparently there is this ridiculous game that some bloggers play that is called, 'Tag'. The Redhead tagged me in her tag post, so now I have to write one for myself. Actually, I don't HAVE to write it, but in... Continue Reading
This is the question I posed to Buck Rampage as we sat eating lunch and watching 'The Price Is Right' in our lunchroom. Normally I read the paper when I'm eating (sorry Mom), so when I was checking out the... Continue Reading
Here you go, mark them down in the archives...talk about going out on a limb....These predictions posts are so....blah. So many things happen during the course of a season....Whatever, here you goThere are about 1,000,000 reasons for the Nuggets to... Continue Reading
I'll come back later today with my predictions (kind of) for the NBA Season, but they tipped off last night and there were two pretty good games. Kobe Bryant put aside all the trade talk for a night and poured... Continue Reading
I kinda look at this as my week. Baseball is over and basketball is yet to really heat up. There is only one game that people want to talk about and it so happens that my buddy asked me... Continue Reading
Here is the last of the NBA Previews with the season kicking off tonight. I hope you guys enjoyed these and checked out some of the other sites.Golden St. WarriorsGolden State of Mind Los Angeles ClippersClipsNation.com Los Angeles LakersForum Blue... Continue Reading
Someone had to get the axe when the Kelvin Sampson telephone-gate saga began. Turns out that recruiting guru Rob Senderoff is now a former employee of Indiana University.....of course, he's resigning. (read that link!) Direct quotage from the Indiana Daily... Continue Reading
I took last week off because I was in meetings, but I'm back this week with a vengeance...Week 8 was....pretty much like the other seven weeks of the NFL season except there was a game played in London, another played... Continue Reading
I remember when Joe Girardi and Damon Berryhill platooned as catchers for the Cubs back in the day. Girardi would play mostly against lefties and Berryhill against righties. At the time I thought Berryhill was the better of the two,... Continue Reading
Why is everyone acting like Brett Favre is dead?Should I have cried when his wife did that thing? Jaws and Kornheiser seemed to think so, but even as a Favre fan I wasn't sure what was going on.... Continue Reading
I'm going to jump into this argument about whether or not the Patriots scoring all of these points is bad for the NFL. It seems everyone has an opinion on it, so I might as well throw mine out there.I... Continue Reading
For those of you who missed it, last night during the 8th inning of Game 4 of the World Series, Fox 'sideline reporter' Ken Rosenthal reported that super-agent Scott Boras had confirmed that Alex Rodriguez was going to opt out... Continue Reading
I'll come back later to talk about the A-Rod shenanigans and the Patriots need to run up the score on everyone. Until then, enjoy this little video about the Red Sox sweeping the Rockies last night and wrapping up the... Continue Reading
The post-bye week war of attrition is heating up for the Colts as they travel to their second consecutive road game, this time on a short week, to Carolina. The Colts played a physical game in Jacksonville on Monday night... Continue Reading
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(Here is an actual sports related post)As we all know from the Alex Rodriguez situation, teams can not talk to pending free agents until they are actually free agents. Has Dusty Baker decided to not pay attention to that rule... Continue Reading
(Who knows if this will become a recurring post. Probably not)There are about four things in life that I do really well and while writing a blog isn't one of them....I'm an awesome public speaker/speech giver/etc. In a situation where... Continue Reading
After reading all the recaps from the game last night it sounds like it was a pretty tight affair. Of course, I fell asleep before anything exciting happened, so here are some videos from ESPN.com so we can both catch... Continue Reading
I had a really difficult time coming up with a title for this post, so bear with me. As some of you may know, if you send me a link or a column....I'm going to write about it. It's called... Continue Reading
I recently purchased a beautiful 46" LCD Samsung television. This TV is amazing, it generally makes everything look like you are experiencing it personally. I also got the Direct TV package, with the NFL Ticket. This basically gives me... Continue Reading
For all of you that are following the ongoing 'who will start for the Bulls' saga this pre-season, it looks like Tyrus Thomas is going to get the nod.If Scott Skiles is serious about wanting to start his season-opening lineup... Continue Reading
The Rockies looked rusty and the Red Sox looked pretty good as Josh Beckett proved once again that he's the best pitcher in MLB when money is on the line. I'm still in all day meetings, so below is some... Continue Reading
VICTORY SMELLS LIKE BAR-B-Q AND SEX! The results for the Confidence Picks are like this, I will put year to date totals up tomorrow. Oh, and when I was at my brother's wedding in Boston, I discovered that all Bostonian... Continue Reading
We all know how my predictions have gone thus far.....crappy. I have yet to correctly pick any series, although I kind of said I was picking the Indians in the ALCS when I really liked the Red Sox. Nevertheless, the... Continue Reading
At the beginning of the 2004-2005 NBA Season the Bulls had Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon and Chris Duhon on the depth chart in their backcourt. All three players had recently been drafted and all had certain expectations coming into the... Continue Reading
(I'm out of the office participating in a week-long meeting. I hope to get some good responses on this issue)I told you guys before that The Lovely Dentist and I would be running a Halloween 5k and this Friday is... Continue Reading
(This is from Buck Rampage as he is out of the country at this time....)I am writing this entry from my Blackberry so bear with me. Why am I writing this post from my Blackberry? Because I am in Australia... Continue Reading
Bob Sanders dumps Jones-Drew on fourth down for a big stop. First half defensive MVP right there.It was perfect end to a nearly perfect day. I left work early, my insomnia has been back the last week, and I had... Continue Reading
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Dah Dah Da DUUUHHHHHHHH!Monday night takes us to Jacksonville for a brawl of a divisional game. The best division in football puts its two big teams head to head on Monday night in week 7. Are you ready? Not by... Continue Reading
A contest, be it combat or competition, is decided upon by hewho is most prepared. Preparation is based, not only on the opponents tendencies, but your own ability to perform certain tasks and your ability to adapt to the unpredicted... Continue Reading
I'm out for today but I leave you with this video of Peter Gammons and Tim Kurkjian talking about the Joe Torre fiasco in New York. Personally, I think the deal the Yankees offered Torre was a slap in the... Continue Reading
Some of you may have heard about a troubling situation in southern Indiana on Tuesday, come inside to get thoughts from a donut-eating eyewitness. ... Continue Reading
Victory smells like day old Taco Bell...wait, that's just day old Taco Bell. Fourthmeal is a ridiculous notion made to promote the overeating of an already fatassed culture bent on eating their corn syrupy way to natural selection...sorry about that. ... Continue Reading
*This post has been edited since it's original posting.....Maybe this has been covered extensively, maybe it hasn't....but I was just looking through the rosters of the Cleveland Indians and the Colorado Rockies and noticed a shift in how baseball teams... Continue Reading
I'm stealing from ESPN so much (it's so easy) that I might as well have a 'Video of the Day' for you guys (on days that I remember. Here is Jacksonville Head Coach Jack Del Rio talking about the upcoming... Continue Reading
It was 2003 when I came to realize that Josh Beckett wasn't a normal major leaguer. At the time he was a young, good pitcher who had some issues with blisters. He had a lot of talent and an aggressive... Continue Reading
The Cubs off-season questions post was getting far too long, and then I came up with an idea....Instead of bombarding you with an epic post detailing a slew of issues, I would just give you a post for each issue... Continue Reading
(The Lovely Dentist tried to tell me one time that Eva Mendes was a 'larger or plump girl'. This picture is for her...and for you guys)Remember back in the day when MLBPA kind of forced some fantasy baseball sites to... Continue Reading
Just when you think everything is all packed up and ready to go in the NBA, this happens. There are rumors flying around about whether or not Kobe Bryant cleaned out his locker the other day and whether or not... Continue Reading
If you haven't seen Brad Miller's new 'do' this season, you can check it out in this video. Do you think the cornrows he has are going to lead to more violence towards him in the NBA this season?... Continue Reading
The parents of The Lovely Dentist are in town once again (hi!), so I guess that means it's time to throw up another cheerleader picture. I hear they hate that (they are actually very nice). What are you going to... Continue Reading
The Cubs off-season questions post was getting far too long, and then I came up with an idea....Instead of bombarding you with an epic post detailing a slew of issues, I would just give you a post for each issue... Continue Reading
(from Jeff at CelticsBlog)Lots of funs stuff out of the Central Previews. If this Celtics team is serious about being the best in the East, they'll have to go through at least one of these teams. In particular the... Continue Reading
Well, the Rockies did it....You can read my rundown of it at Epic Carnival. Keep in mind that Todd Helton was nearly traded out of Colorado because he wanted to play on a playoff caliber team.... Continue Reading
Normally I'm a pretty avid fantasy sports participant but with my work blocking all Yahoo! Fantasy Sports sites and less time on my hands because of other endeavors, I am only participating in two fantasy football leagues this year. One... Continue Reading
You may be asking who or what Mozeliak is while reading the title of this post. Well, Mozeliak would be one John Mozeliak, interim GM for the St. Louis Cardinals (on the left in the above pic). Now, the... Continue Reading
(This is my second attempt at writing this post. Thank you Movable Type...)The Extrapolater sent me this of a scouting report on Cubs first round draft pick Josh Vitters, so I figured I would pass it along to you. For... Continue Reading
Some people call it a sport, some a spectale, and some just call it plan crazy. I like to call it pure entertainment. This entertainment that I speak of is known as the Red Bull Soapbox Race. Since showing... Continue Reading
The Cubs off-season questions post was getting far too long, and then I came up with an idea....Instead of bombarding you with an epic post detailing a slew of issues, I would just give you a post for each issue... Continue Reading
Indiana University basketball coach Kelvin Sampson is yet again in trouble for exceeding the permissible amount of phone calls to recruits. However, this time the violations were found internally by the University and are being handled internally as well. There... Continue Reading
Dusty Baker has decided to hang up his lapel mic and swanky suits for a return to the trenches of a MLB dugout. Baker has accepted the Cincinnati Reds managerial position after helming an analyst position for ESPN over the... Continue Reading
That's what MLB Trade Rumors has to say. Could Alex Rodriguez's next contract be a twelve-year pact, running through 2019? Scott Boras won't deny it, as he's talking about taking his superstar through the end of his career. A 12-year,... Continue Reading
We are coming up on the time of year when the triple threat of candy appears.....Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. It would be one thing if you just had to deal with a boatload of tootsie roll pops for Halloween, but... Continue Reading
As our faithful reader Klompus told us yesterday, the tentative schedule is already out for the 2008 Season. Feel free to begin setting up all of your vacations around Cubs games...(entire schedule 'after the jump')... Continue Reading
October is one great month. I love it for so many reasons, some of which are, the playoffs, football season is in full swing, hooded-sweatshirts, anything that is pumpkin (especially pumpkin beer), the playoffs, direct tv nfl ticket, my new... Continue Reading
In 1991, the Braves brought in a baseball magician. They brought in a man that had the crystal ball for players, coaches, and their salaries. John Schuerholz came from Kansas City, where after only being there for 3 short... Continue Reading
For those of you who haven't been able to tell by the number of NBA posts I've done lately....the NBA is nearly back. Here are a couple of videos to get you warmed up........ Continue Reading
I remember when my Sister and I used to watch 'What's Happening!!' and 'What's Happening Now!!' on WFLD-Fox when we were growing up. My Dad would always come home from work and my Sister would be trying to do the... Continue Reading
The Southwest Division boasts the World Champs (Spurs), last season's top regular season team (Mavs), and the other team that got hosed in the lottery (Griz). Not to mention Chris Paul's Hornets and Yao Ming's Rockets. Enjoy the previews by... Continue Reading
The Cubs off-season questions post was getting far too long, and then I came up with an idea....Instead of bombarding you with an epic post detailing a slew of issues, I would just give you a post for each issue... Continue Reading
Chicago BullsLast Year's Record: 49-33, 3rd in Central Division, 5th in Eastern ConferenceKey Losses: P.J. Brown's expiring contract. If you count P.J. Brown as a key player, then you are probably reading the wrong preview. I don't count Mike Sweeney... Continue Reading
The pool results were bitterly contested this week. The are as follows.1. Cpt. Morgan - 951. Jack - 953. Bruce - 934. El Cucaracha - 915. Hot Tub - 84If Dallas had lost Monday night it would have been a... Continue Reading
Originally I had planned on taking today off because this Cubs offseason questions post was getting far too long, and then I came up with an idea. Instead of bombarding you with an epic post detailing a slew of issues,... Continue Reading
Folks....I'm taking a day off from writing today (Tuesday). I'm still trying to figure out the best way to convey my thoughts on the Cubs off-season, along with trying to figure out why the heck I can't pick the winners... Continue Reading
You want to know what's awesome? Waking up at 6am, taking a shower, driving 40 minutes into work only to find out that it's a government holiday so there is no work and then driving 40 minutes back home. Welcome... Continue Reading
I'll have more on Monday after I've settled down a bit, but the season is over for the Cubs. The Diamondbacks did everything the Cubs were supposed to do and that's why they won. They came in, pushed the Cubs... Continue Reading
Some of the best NBA Bloggers in the game (minus SML) have gotten together to write NBA Season Previews for their favorite team(s). My preview of the Bulls comes out on the 11th, but until then, check out these other... Continue Reading
Ugh....I actually became so frustrated with this game that I had to walk away from the TV for awhile. The Cubs are playing so terribly right now that.....it's embarrassing. They aren't playing with any energy, they aren't making any adjustments... Continue Reading
One game down....and one game down in the series. I could go on and on about how the Diamondbacks have home field advantage and are supposed to win the games in Arizona, but the Cubs had every chance to win... Continue Reading
The Confidence Pool went to Hell this week with so many upsets. I want to be funny or something but the scores suck ass and make us all look bad.Buck Rampage - 63El Cucaracha - 55Cpt. Morgan - 49Bruce Paine... Continue Reading
It was officially announced this afternoon at 4PM that Walt Jocketty has been dismissed as the St. Louis Cardinals General Manager. Apparently, the team and Jocketty "cordially and respectfully parted ways" during a Wednesday morning meeting. I would rather imagine... Continue Reading
I've been pondering now for two days about how I'm going to write this preview and I'll be honest with you....I'm still not sure. First of all, there is a ton of information out there about this series. Literally. If... Continue Reading
This preview should be short and sweet since I'll be doing a Cubs preview later....Rockies vs. Phillies - I call this the 'Caffeine Series' as both teams have been playing on a caffeine high after ending the regular season with... Continue Reading
I have to give credit where credit is due....ESPN's Mike Greenberg put together a heckuva segment on the Cubs and their supposed 'curse'. Now, I'm not a curse believer as I just think that the Cubs haven't been good enough,... Continue Reading
Here is a little breakdown for you for the AL Playoffs, along with predictions. I'm not going to go into the statistics and how they fared against each other during the regular season because I'd hate to bore you even... Continue Reading
I was sitting reading this article today, and it really got me thinking about what Alex Rodriguez is about to venture into this fall. For 3 seasons prior to this one, I would go to the Yank's games and... Continue Reading
Normally I'd try to not rip on a team too much since mine hasn't won in 99 years, but this is just too much....This is from MLB Fanhouse, which stole it from the St. Louis Dispatch but didn't bother with... Continue Reading
Please forgive me, all of this is being typed with my left mitt since I got my right (my good one, who I rely on) injured. The Colts won a home game this weekend against the the AFC West leading... Continue Reading
I'm bringing the Paine this week folks...that's right, Bruce Paine is going to throw in his two-cents worth in on this wrap-up. What does that mean for you? Well, less of me and more of him....Onto the wrap-up of Week... Continue Reading
For those of you who don't know why I'm doing this:I usually do a post on cool blogs to read from time to time with links involved. Instead of doing that I'm going to introduce you to new sites that... Continue Reading
(I was going to post this on Epic Carnival, but I can't get on there to post this morning...)Wow, that's a heckuva way to start the playoffs! For those of you who went to bed early...I'm jealous of you, but... Continue Reading
We are only one day away from the start of the Cubs/Diamondbacks series, so here is a video compilation of Cubs highlights from this season to hold you over.... Continue Reading
La Russa, In or Out? - Tony La Russa had what was arguably his toughest season while with the St. Louis Cardinals this past season. Even without the DUI, death of Josh Hancock and myriad of injuries La Russa weathered... Continue Reading
Well, they've done it. The Cubs have made the playoffs. It's been a long season with a lot of ups and downs, but still they need to be graded on how they played and I figure it will be easier... Continue Reading
It's the time of the year when players start retiring and ending their baseball careers. Yesterday, one of the best the National League Central has ever seen hung up his spikes.Craig Biggio has been a thorn in the side of... Continue Reading
For those of you who don't have WGN and weren't able to see this. Rookie hazing has been around since the dawn of time. Luckily, most of this stuff is harmless (except for the mental aspect) and funny....Fontenot was getting... Continue Reading
That felt good to write. National League Central Division Champs. Let that soak in for a minute. Enjoy it for just a bit. Good? You, ok? Great. There is still work to do.First off, hats off to the Cubs for... Continue Reading
2008 Cubs Preview
