My old alma mater hosted the Quidditch World Cup last weekend. Seriously.
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Cause, you know, we need more people talking ’bout sports.
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Oct 30
Your Handy Guide to Interpreting Baseball Free Agency Reports
LoHud Yankees blog has a pretty good rundown on how to interpret free agency-related news items.
Oct 29
Buyers Remorse
I really didn’t WANNA buy the Phillies, and now that I have - and now that they’ve won the WS - can I give them back?? I hate the Phillies! I hate Philly fans! Philadelphia itself is OK, but, the Phillies? World Series?? Ugh.
That said, an upstart, worst-to-first, AL team would be worse. SUCK IT [...]
Oct 29
Duke: #1 in Creating NBA Players
Another Duke myth debuked: “Duke is a great colleage team, but it/Coach K doesn’t develop players for careers in pro ball/the NBA.” Not so:
Most Players in the NBA - 2008-09 Opening Day
DUKE: 14
Connecticut: 12
UCLA: 12
Kansas: 11
North Carolina: 11
Kentucky: 9
Arizona: 9
Florida: 9
Georgia Tech: 9
Michigan State: 8
Texas: 8
2008-09 Highest-Paid College Alumni Groups in the NBA
DUKE: $74,307,096
Arizona: $73,621,905
North [...]
Oct 28
How much longer for Mangini?
Mid-afternoon Sunday, as the Jets were busy trying to hand a stunning victory to the Kansas City Chiefs, I sat at this keyboard contemplating a “time to fire Mangini” article.
It seems to me that Coach Mangini’s career hangs on every Brett Favre pass — each TD prolongs the Mangini coaching tenure, while more importantly each [...]
Oct 28
ZimSpotting
Wanna find a good place to have a few drinks, a watering-hole to watch some sports, or a good restaurant in DC - and perhaps even catch a glimpse of National’s FoF* Ryan Zimmerman? Well, as Zimmy himself sez: head here! [--chuckle--]
*Face of the Franchise
Oct 26
Taking a bat in the pool = “baseball activities”?
I’ve always hated the phrase “has resumed baseball activities”, becuase it the phrase is typically followed by no other details, and only used by GMs trying make themselves look less bad when a key player is injured.
Well, the Nats have stretched this to a whole new level with Nick Johnson:
…Tuesday marked the first time [Nick] [...]
Oct 26
Week Nine College Football Roundup
Okay, it’s official. The Division I college football playoffs, so to speak, have begun. There are now only NINE schools that have a chance of playing for this year’s National Championship: Texas, USC, Alabama, Penn State, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech. If your favorite school is not on that list, you are SOL. [...]
Oct 24
What went wrong with Lute?
As ridiculous as it sounds, I am starting to think that maybe there was something mentally wrong with Lute. Look at the facts:
- after the loss to Purdue in the 2007 NCAA tournament, he didn’t realize that the press conference was over and sat in the empty room until he was told that it [...]
Oct 24
Syracuse ready to fire Robinson
From the New York TImes:
Syracuse University has taken a tangible step toward firing its football coach, Greg Robinson, enlisting a search firm to help find his replacement. A person with knowledge of the plan said the university was using Chuck Neinas, a veteran consultant and former commissioner of the Big Eight Conference, for assistance in [...]