Nice try, Gary Parrish. Very nice try.
But if I were to say you were wrong, it would very well diminish the meaning of “wrong” for future generations, and I don’t feel comfortable doing that.
You are past wrong, beyond wrong if you will. You are located somewhere between fool and foolish, probably closer to the previous than the latter.
I promised myself last summer that I was not going to write about Brett Favre. I did.
It’s not that I thought I’d want to write about Brett Favre. The only other time I even sort-of wrote about him wasn’t really about him; it was about ESPN’s media stalk-gala into his every inaction after he asked Roger Goodell for reinstatement papers but did not sign them last summer. And I was happy that I did not care.
But now? Now I care. Because now it’s personal.
I understand the rules are there for a reason, but sometimes the rules should be broken.
Like, for instance, when breaking the rules gives us what everyone wants to see.
Alright, Y.E. Yang probably doesn’t want the rules changed, and nothing against him, but there’s probably only a few dozen people outside of South Korea who does not want to see Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington paired together Sunday. And I’d bet that most of those other people are fellow golfers who would rather Tiger was home so that they could possibly win this tournament.
We discuss Rick Pitino, the Eagles signing Mike Vick and unrequited rivalries. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 90 mins) or subscribe to the feed. If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest. This week’s topics include:
Trivia Question of the week: Tom Glavine had 682 games in career without ever coming out of the bullpen. Who holds the record for most starts before his first career relief appearance.
By Diane M. Grassi
At a time when rumor and innuendo in sports journalism has arguably never been more pervasive, one would hope that the current active senior statesmen of their craft would still have an interest in maintaining their once high standards.
Let me level with you: I don’t know how to start this article. I don’t. I’ve thought about it all week, and you know, I just could not figure it out. Maybe I’m just not good enough at what I do, or maybe I’m just not good enough yet, either way, I couldn’t figure it out.
How do you capsule in 1,000 words a life that has reached out beyond words and touched lives totaling 1,000 times that many words? How do you do that without risking understating his impact or, even worse, offending? It’s not something we as journalists want to do, but have to do. But enough about me. Onto you.
We discuss the stupidity that is Vince Young, the MLB pennant race and top 50 coaches of all time. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 90 mins) or subscribe to the feed. If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest. This week’s topics include:
Trivia Question of the week: Of the venues used in the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, three have been demolished. Two of them are Fulton County Stadium and the Omni. What is the third? (Answer after the jump.)
It ain’t easy being a Philly fan these days. I’m a 5 for 5 guy (Eagles, Phillies, Sixers, Flyers, FC Cheesesteaks) but lately, it’s getting harder and harder to root for all the Philadelphia pro teams.
The Flyers continue to tease but disappoint. The Sixers trot out the albatross that is Samuel Dalembert and expect us to keep paying attention. The Eagles have the most arrogant management group in the area, a maddening head coach, and a quarterback that gags harder the bigger the game.
Meanwhile, the Phillies, fresh off a World Series Championship and looking like a sure bet to meet the Red Sox or Yankees in the Fall Classic, have fans that are killing each other in parking lots.
We discuss the decline of Phillies fandom, Michael Vick, and not a single mention of the new names on the steroid list. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 90 mins) or subscribe to the feed. If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest. This week’s topics include:
Trivia Question of the week: Whic player had the most hits in the 1990s? (Answer after the jump.)
By Ryan McGowan
Some quick hitters as we roll into August, even though by my internal weather-clock it should be late June here in the Northeast…
Ortiz, Manny on steroids
We didn’t get around to discussing this on the podcast yesterday. This topic lost out to Cliff Lee/Roy Halladay trade discussion, Michael Vick and Connecticut Puerto Rican cockfighting, Erin Andrews’ 911 call, and freaking YouTube stupid wedding entrances. That should tell you something about the strength of this story—it has none.