Imagine you are attending an institute of higher learning. Imagine that while at this institute you stray into a party. Now imagine that you are sexually harassed by football players. Finally, imagine bargaining the amount of money you pay the school for sexually harassing you down to $70,000.
As most of you know, the Kentucky Derby was no wire to wire race. It was neck and neck coming down the backstretch and one of the most exciting Kentucky Derbies I have seen in the past five years or maybe even more. This year at Pimilico I expect it to be close like the Kentucky Derby seeing as how there is really no horse that stands out to me.
Sometimes the smallest events in life can have the most unexpected consequences. I had to take my car into the shop today, which meant I had to take BART into San Francisco for work. After racing to catch my train, I took the first available seat I could find, which happened to be behind two baseball fans seated across from one another. As I passed them to get to my seat, I saw that one fan was wearing a Giants hat, and the other was wearing an A’s hat. They began to converse shortly after I sat down on the train, and by the time they finished, I couldn’t get them out of my head. They were quick, witty, and ruthless when it came to the other’s baseball allegiance. Here’s what little I remember of their exchange:
Despite all the controversy and bad blood that has been spilled throughout the season between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons, both teams came together as one to say goodbye to an old friend Thursday night.
By Sean Quinn
After Michael Jordan retired in 1998, the Chicago Bulls fell apart faster than Michael Jackson’s latest nose. More recently, after Shaquille O’Neal’s departure from Hollywood, the Los Angeles Lakers crumbled like a cupcake in the mammoth claws of Rosie O’Donnell.
Sports teams, professional and collegiate, aren’t built to dominate for long periods of time. When they do, though, it’s often due to one player, and fans relish these dynasties for as long as they can because, like a Jennifer Lopez marriage, they don’t last. That’s why the Yankees are so special. That’s why the run by the UCLA men’s basketball team in the 60s and 70s is so spectacular. Perhaps the most impressive, but unheralded streak is buried beneath the wintry weather and smothering snowfall in upstate New York, where Syracuse’s 22-year run of consecutive lacrosse Final Fours, came to an end earlier this week.
Jets Fans: Don’t Worry, Be Happy
by Gail Carelli
When asked if he saw the reaction of Jets fans on television after his second round pick in the NFL draft, Mike Nugent replied, "[I]t was like one of those jokes that take a minute for everyone to get. And then they go, ‘Okay, I get it.’ For a minute they looked confused and they didn’t know whether to cheer or boo."
This past week saw a sudden resurgence by the Yankees and a growth in the wins column for the Padres, among other things. Here are the power rankings from the MLB after last week, all comments are appreciated.
Almost every good story needs an antagonist, someone you’re always hoping fails, even if you don’t necessarily root for the “good guy” to succeed. The same is probably even truer when it comes to sports. When two teams you don’t particularly care for face off in a championship game, don’t you generally root for the team you hate less, as opposed to the team you like more?
The team that is the measuring stick for all detested teams is, and will probably always be, the New York Yankees. Only Yankee fans want that team to win. You’ll never find a time when someone from Texas, or Colorado or LA or Cincinnati or really anywhere outside of the tri-state area says “yeah, if my team can’t make it, I’m pushing for the Yanks.” It just doesn’t happen.
What is this world coming to? Would you actually believe it if someone told you that a number one lottery pick in the 2006 NBA Draft is not considering the money, but an education? Well, so far, that is what Greg Oden is considering, for now, yet this almost sounds too good to be true. Who knows, maybe there are people in the world actually like this?
Imagine you are playing a game of poker with your buddies. You have no good cards. Even the cards you have that are usually good seem to not help you out in any way, shape, or form. What do you do? What if you rearranged the cards in your hand? Doesn’t work, does it? Even when you switch cards with the dealer, the cards you get in return seem even worse than what you had before. And surely enough those cards will later help one of your buddies take the pot.