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Futile No More

by Matt Wells

There was a time, not too long ago, where we were laughing at the futile efforts that sports teams (of the four major sports) were putting forth on a yearly or even daily basis. We still laugh at some of those teams: the Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay Devils Rays, Atlanta Hawks, and Houston Texans are just some of the futile teams that come to mind.

In the past decade, we’ve seen some previously futile teams become championship contenders, even if it has been for just a few seasons. The New England Patriots, St. Louis Rams, and Indianapolis Colts (among others) have reached football respectability (the Rams have since fallen off). Baseball has had the turnarounds of the Minnesota Twins (after a poor mid-1990s) and the Chicago White Sox. Hockey has seen teams like the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Calgary Flames, and Tampa Bay Lightning rise to higher ranks. Finally, basketball has seen the Denver Nuggets and New Jersey Nets climb out of the cellar.

Random Thoughts

The ESPY’s: A Show Not About Sports

Post author By wtt02005
Post date July 17, 2006
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Before my religious viewing of Fox’s Sunday night programming, I flipped the channel to watch the ESPY awards. In days of yore, it would be a no-brainer whether or not to watch the show. I watched Kobe effortlessly climb up the Laker ladder of history, and I watched Vince Young single-handedly run his team to victory. Reliving those moments is simply a Youtube search away. However, being a college kid, I left home and had something of a long distance relationship with the boob tube (too much homework). As a result, I made a vehement effort to catch the sports highlights I missed this year while not sacrificing an extravagant amount of Simpsons, Family Guy, and (dare I say it) American Dad content.

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Soccer

A Different Look At The Headbutt Heard Round The World

Post author By Trevor
Post date July 16, 2006
3 Comments on A Different Look At The Headbutt Heard Round The World

by Trevor Freeman

It was a Thursday night affair against a nationally ranked Princeton squad. While unranked, we had hung tough and were down only two midway through the third quarter. Beating Princeton at Princeton would have been a huge feather in the cap of Fordham water polo. A win there and perhaps our name starts getting mentioned as a top twenty caliber ballclub.

Tags world cup, zidane

General Sports

Lost in Translation

Tomorrow, I’m going to Best Buy and picking up a microphone. I’ve got to start practicing five minutes ago.

Tags 720 dunk, aaron rowand, andy reid, jay mariotti, NFL, ozzie guillen, rick reilly, scoop jackson

Soccer

Why America Hates Soccer

The World Cup is set to finish soon which means it will be another four years before America starts slightly caring about soccer. Why is this so? I think the following breakdown outlines the reasons:

Soccer

World Cup Fan of the Week

It’s summertime. I’m American. Baseball is my nation’s pastime, gearing up for the 77th installment of its midsummer classic and my hometown heroes, the Chicago White Sox, appear fit to defend their title.

But soccer is the world’s game. And I’m finally beginning to understand why.

Tags all star game, Chicago White Sox, MLB, Soccer, world cup, zidane

General Sports

Motown Madness

The end of an era in Detroit.

Tags ben wallace, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, joe dumars

General Sports

Raptors and Bucks make swap

Post author By S Smith
Post date July 4, 2006
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The Raptors and Bucks make interesting post-draft swap.

Tags charlie villanueva, Milwaukee Bucks, t.j. ford, Toronto Raptors

Satire

Have a Neat Summer!

Remember your high school yearbook? Me neither, but I do remember signing them for friends (stay cool, dude!), non-friends (trying to cleverly mix the word “fart” in there somewhere) and wish-they-were-girlfriends (my phone number) like I was some sought-after athlete whose scrawl would be cherished for generations, if not days. Mine of course, would get the standard: Have a Neat Summer! (or was that Kevin Arnold?)

So, living in this fantasy land I call life (or maybe it’s the other way around), I got to dreaming what it would be like if today’s greatest athletes stopped me in some heaven-like high school hallway and asked me to sign their yearbook/media guide.

Here’s what I think I might write:

All Other Sports

Ultimate Fight Night Preview

Post author By Lakers0411
Post date June 29, 2006
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Ultimate Fight Night is a free, scaled down version of the UFC pay-per-views. The show may be scaled down but that doesn’t mean the action will be.