random-thoughts
Sirius now has carriage contracts with the NFL, the NHL (when it comes back), the NBA, NCAA mens football and basketball and English Premier League soccer.
CSTV (College Sports TV), in connection with Sirius satellite radio will be presenting March Madness tournament coverage from start to finish for the next few years.
You recollect a lot when standing in line to go through security after a holiday at a major international airport. In the seemingly endless hours in line, I came up with my first (and last) serious article.
900 words to conclude my series.
I hope you enjoyed 2004 as much as I detested it.
Part I of this classic (alright, classless) II part series about the end of 2004 and the beginning of 2005.
This part is a review of my 2004 predictions. A few of them were actually right!
So here is Part II of my 3-part series reviewing 2004 and previewing 2005.
I will tell you what will happen in 2005.
I will be right.
I guarantee it.
By Ryan McGowan
I’ve been humming the same bars of music for weeks now. If I knew anything about notes and melodies, I could easily play it on a piano. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, mindlessly flubbing unintelligible lyrics, but the song is always the same.
I am going completely off topic today but that’s what happens when training camp is a month away. You know what kills me? Shitty “products”. If you think about it, television is exactly like the four major sports. The constant expansion (800 channels anyone?) has eroded the talent pool and we’re left with programming like “Cooking with Adonal Foyle on $8M a year” or “Animal Rage: Sharks vs Kangaroos!” Which is why I can’t rave enough about Arrested Development. Aside from sports, I watch only a handful of television and Arrested Development is currently tops on my list.
It seems that there is currently nothing in the world more egregious than being disrespected. I have two random stories today on being dissed…er..yo. First comes Larry Bird who, in an interview with Jim “Bait” Gray, admitted that he hated getting defended by white guys. He felt it was disrespectful to him because the white guy had no chance. (The suggestion of “disrespect” was contributed by Magic Johnson, who still thought he was doing a talk show.) Apparently, even Basketball Jesus felt white guys couldn’t play defense.
Remember when Iverson caught flak for whispering in Stockton’s ear, “no f’ing white boy can guard me!” Malone went nuts. I wonder what the mailman will have to say about Larry Legend. I wonder if anyone will have anything to say.
I was reading through the Sportscolumn archives when I stumbled upon this short column about the Top 22 MCs of all time. This was originally posted a year ago right around this time. (The Dead Zone – when nothing is going on in sports.) Top X lists are always good for a debate. Here’s the list and my opinion:
(originally posted February 05, 2004)
I was hoping for some positive Philly sports news after the Super Bowl but it just ain’t happening. The Sixers are showing “no heart”, the Flyers don’t have a goalie (one is out with a knee injury, the other is hanging out with David Duval.) and the Phillies haven’t even reported yet. It’s a desperate day in my life when I’m anxiously awaiting a baseball season.