by Dominic Lombardi
Jason Ellison’s crucial error in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the LA Dodgers a win in their home opener might be bigger than it seems.
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Whatever Happened to …. Lem Barney
Lem Barney may be most remembered as the Hall of Fame defensive back for the Detroit Lions but he has also been involved in a number of ministries and has sung on church choirs and college glee clubs as well as background for Marvin Gaye on the album “What’s Going On.” He played for his high school’s marching band wearing his football uniform during halftime of the football games because he also played for the school’s football team as a quarterback and safety.
[Ed note: From our friends at Sports Pickle comes a sad tale of mistaken identity.]
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick spoke out to the press today, disclosing that his close friend Ron Mexico not only has genital herpes, but gonorrhea, too, and asked that if anyone has any penicillin or other antibiotics, to please make them available so he can pass them along to Mexico.
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The Boys Are Back in Town…
“Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.” -Dante, on the baseball off-season
“What you have to remember is that a baseball isn’t a week or a month, but a season. And a season is a long time.” -Chuck Tanner
Last year on January 1, I ignored a garden-variety New Year’s Eve hangover in favor of enjoying all-day college football, Bloody Mary’s, and cheese fries with my then-boyfriend and company. He and his buddy started out ordering Irish Car Bombs. Right before downing this asinine drink I still can’t get my head around, Ex says to Idiot Friend: “This drink is arguably the most important drink of the day. How this goes down dictates the rest of the afternoon. Maybe the rest of the year.”
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NBA Power Rankings April 12th 2005
Here are the new NBA Power Rankings. All comments, concerns, beefs and gripes are welcomed. Enjoy
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MLB Power Rankings April 11th 2005
From Braden Looper’s infinity ERA after the Met’s opener to John Smoltz coming back from a terrible first outing to strike out 15, yet lose to an equal Pedro to the Red Sox World Series ring ceremony Monday, you couldn’t have hoped for much more out of the opening week of the MLB. Here are the power rankings after that first week.
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Proving his stripes- again
Tiger is back. And not the grumpy, distracted Tiger with the loopy swing. Not the Tiger with the Swedish supermodel wife or the Buick commercials or Nike deals. Not the Tiger that fired his coach Butch Harmon or couldn’t buy a straight drive. But the kid Tiger, with the eyes, and the fist-pump, and the roar. And the question is, did you miss him?
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It’s Never Just Three Games
The Yankees and Red Sox untangled themselves Wednesday like familiar heavy weight fighters finishing the first round of their latest title bout.
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An Old Clich
When someone gets what he or she wants, they are usually satisfied. In the case of Kobe Bryant, this theory may not be so true. People for three things best know Bryant. He was first known for being Shaq’s sidekick for seven years, and producing three championships. Second, people who aren’t avid basketball fans know him for his incident in the infamous Colorado hotel room. Lastly, people know Kobe Bryant for his decision to run two of the biggest names in the history of basketball out of Los Angeles. All of things Kobe have brought on himself, and two of these Kobe probably wishes he could take back.
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T.O.- Same As He Ever Was
That didn’t take long did it? Wasn’t it about a year ago that fans all over the Delaware County were basically out of their minds ecstatic about the arrival of the savior in cleats, God’s gift to Eagles fans everywhere, aka Terrell Owens? He was the answer to their prayers. The man who was going to deliver them to the promised land; finally help them get over that seemingly mile high wall that was the NFC Championship game. And, best of all, he actually wanted to be here. He was all over the television, on any sports show he could find, trumpeting his case. He argued passionately about his love for D5, and how he just knew he was the missing link. He shot down any worry about whether he could co-exist with Andy Reid. And for once, the reality matched the promise. He flat out performed. 77 catches for 1200 yards and 14 td’s in only 14 games. He was one score shy of forcing big red to done those tights. Sure, he broke that leg, keeping him out of the playoffs, but he came back like the superhero all of Philly hoped he would be and shredded the Pats in J’ville, albeit in a loss. So after that amazing 1st act, you couldn’t blame Eagles fans everywhere for being amped up thinking about what he had in store for the encore. Well, now we know. T.O. is back to acting like T.O.