Month: August 2009
Why’d it have to be Snakes?
I don’t really have any problem with the Diamondbacks, but hey, if we’re continuing our nerd-romp through literature and comic…
Read more »Todman, Dixon On Preseason Doak Walker List
Donald Brown put the UConn Huskies football team on the map last season by leading the nation in rushing while…
Read more »Day Two links
Instead of doing 10 different links pages, I’ll put all the day two stuff together. There are links, plus the…
Read more »Tonight’s Red Sox Lineup 8/4 vs the Rays
Ellsbury, CFPedroia, 2BMartinez, 1BYoukilis, 3BOrtiz, DHDrew, RFVaritek, CReddick, LFGreen, SS Lester, SP Fenway West- The Western Home to Red Sox…
Read more »Reminder: Call-In Show Tomorrow Night
Lots going on. We got the Shelden Williams signing, the Big Baby saga, the never-ending Marquis Daniels sign-and-trade speculation, the…
Read more »Los Angeles Angels Prospect Report 8/4/09
Hank Conger pushes his average up over .300 with a solid week of play Wood: 3-7, triple, 2 double, 3…
Read more »The Immortalized Spurs, Part IV
Avery Johnson 1990-1993 & 1994-2001 Avery Johnson went undrafted in 1988 and through hard-work and determination, earned his place in…
Read more »There’s Stuff To Do In Latrobe
In both 2007 and 2008, I posted a list of cool stuff in and around Latrobe for those of you…
Read more »Mitchell sounds off on Twitter
Gotta love Twitter! Forget the fact that Twitter is becoming a huge media tool for the future, it’s all about…
Read more »Position in the Spotlight: Twin Cities
In 1960, the Lakers left Minneapolis for Los Angeles. The cities only professional sports franchise was gone. Minnesota was left…
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Bask in Delonte West’s freestyle glory
I wish I could write up something better than the description on the YouTube page: "This is what happens when…
Read more »Interview with John Frascella, author of the Theo Epstein biography THEOLOGY
Fenway West conducted an interview with John Frascella, the author of the new book Theology: How a Boy Wonder Led…
Read more »Spurs release 09-10 schedule, open against Hornets
The San Antonio Spurs released their 2009-2010 schedule today. They’ll tip off the season with a home opener on Wednesday,…
Read more »Wolves release schedule
Click here for the schedule From the Timberwolves site: The Minnesota Timberwolves will tip off their 21st regular season in…
Read more »Report: UConn-Notre Dame Football Series “Dead”
According to Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant, the proposed series between the UConn Huskies and Notre Dame Fighting Irish…
Read more »McKinnie Switches Agents; Move Money Related, not Contractual so it’s Cool
His presence is unmistakable. When smarmy superstar agent and Entourage inspirer Drew Rosenhaus stepped from his car in the Mankato…
Read more »Top 10 Spurs nicknames: Part 1
Normally with a team like the Spurs, whom other NBA fans call boring, you think you’d really have to dig…
Read more »Halo Headlines – 8/4/09
The Story: Kendry Morales was named AL Player of the Week. The Monkey Says: Teixeira who? This is Kendry’s first…
Read more »Insert Clever Commitment Title For “Royal” Names Here
Updated:Yes. The Prince is coming. Four star outside linebacker / defensive end, Prince Shembo is committed to Notre Dame for…
Read more »Pittsburgh Pirates Announcers Add A Little Racism To The Games
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-A0XqjruUE&w=425&h=344] Last night, the Buccos lost to the Washington Nationals, 8-4. In the first inning, team savior Andrew McCutchen homered…
Read more »Elect Lou Holtz to Congress
Oh the world of politics and sports….gotta love it as their is always something to talk about. Seems the former…
Read more »More comedy from Michigan fans
Folks, this is what the Michigan fans are getting excited about these days; Yes, that’s right. They’re fired up that…
Read more »Q & A with Rays Beat Writer Joe Smith
Fenway West interviewed Joe Smith of the St. Petersburg Times to get ready for the series with the Tampa Bay…
Read more »Report: Teppo is retiring
It looks like the oldest member of the Sabres is hanging up his skates. A Finnish newspaper is reporting that…
Read more »A Closer Look at the Schedule
Via Celtics.com: Boston will play 10 of its first 16 games on their home parquet this season, with their longest…
Read more »Links of the Day 8/4/09
How did that whole Manny/Papi roids thing really go down? Depends on who you ask. Spectacular work, Indiana golfers. Now…
Read more »MMA Manifesto: Big Fedor, Small Pond
It is with a heavy heart that I report the demise of the Fedor Emelianenko in the UFC dream. And…
Read more »UConn Football Picked To Finish 6th In Big East
Coming off an 8-5 (3-4 Big East) season in 2008, the UConn Huskies football team has been once again picked…
Read more »Pedro Martinez: Most entertaining player in baseball?
I wrote a piece for the Faster Times about the wit of Pedro Martinez. The pitcher recently declared that if…
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