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Golf

A new Tiger reminds us he still wins

Post author By FuzzyOrange19
Post date April 18, 2005
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By Sean Quinn

We can’t fathom what it is like to be Tiger Woods. We can grasp what talent it takes and what ability it takes to be the greatest golfer in history, but we can’t fully understand what it is like to be that mentally focused.

We can’t comprehend his mentality that always strives for perfection. The mentality that tears down a golf swing that propelled him to 200-plus straight weeks as the number one ranked golfer in the world, and builds it up again as if it were a TLC remodeling project. We haven’t seen any athlete who has the mental capacity of Woods and we probably never will.

Random Thoughts

"Fever Pitch" Sucks

By Ryan McGowan

I tried. I really tried to give “Fever Pitch” a fair shake. I tried really hard not to walk into the movie theater with my mind already made up. I rationalized to myself, “It’s about the Red Sox.” “There’s all these great shots of Boston and Fenway and the Sox players.” “It’s made by the Farrelly Brothers; how could they possibly screw it up?” It didn’t matter. At the risk of sounding too blunt, “Fever Pitch” sucks.

Satire

Michael Vick Says His Friend Ron Mexico Has Gonorrhea Too

Post author By Vin
Post date April 14, 2005
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[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.

Golf

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?

General Sports

Get back on that bandwagon!

Post author By sgabekahn
Post date April 2, 2005
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It’s remarkable how far Celtic Nation has come in exactly one week. On Wednesday, March 23rd, it seemed even many grounded fans had visions of grandeur for the Green and White. Seven days later, suddenly everyone is wondering if the C’s will slide into the 7th or 8th spot in the Eastern Conference or even [gasp] out of the playoffs altogether. All you hear anymore about this team is that they stand around too much on offense, can’t play any defense, and that Antoine Walker shoots too much and from too far away. After spending almost a month of predicting that the Celtics were poised to make a run at the Eastern Conference finals and beyond, fans now appear poised to give up with barely even a whimper.

High School Sports

Let’s Go Wolfpack: One Team’s Improbable Championship Run

Post author By SoxFan05
Post date March 23, 2005
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In today’s society, high schools are often deeply divided. Students are so concerned with popularity, that it is a rarity that students from different social classes can come together and even so much as peacefully coexist, let alone actually get along.

This winter, the Boston Latin School Boys’ Hockey team captured the hearts of fans in a way quite similar to that of the Red Sox only a few months earlier. The team transcended cliques and captivated all levels of the social hierarchy. This is their story.

All Other Sports

NASCAR Teams and Drivers Roll Dice in Vegas

Post author By GocubsGo
Post date March 23, 2005
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The Roush Racing Fords have been a dominant force in the past several years at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Jack Roush’s Fords have won five of the past seven races at Vegas coming in to this past weekends race. If you were ever going to bet on a Jack Roush car to win a race the UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 would normally be that race, except this weekend was meant for the John Hendricks Chevrolets.

General Sports

March Madness: why I root for me

Post author By alexferguson60
Post date March 23, 2005
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March Madness is just no fun when you lose out on bragging rights…

Normally I love the underdog. But you didn’t hear me scream “Go Bucknell! Go Vermont! Go West Virginia!” on the first weekend of March Madness. Why? Because I didn’t pick them in my March Madness pool. And as is the case of anything I do, I hate losing.

All Other Sports

Madness? No- The Way Life Should Be!

Post author By BostonMac
Post date March 21, 2005
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By Ryan McGowan

It was like the Perfect Storm of scheduling, a windfall in which a succession of circumstances produced possibly the greatest weekend of hedonism of all time. It was a blur of memories of vague colors, with Kelly green mingling endlessly with Carolina blue, Wolfpack red, and Golden Knights… well, gold. Was that the Vermont Catamounts on TV, or did I just order another Guinness? In moments like this past weekend, it was at times impossible to tell.

General Sports

A Flying Leap Over Jaws: The future of sports?

Post author By YankTank
Post date March 20, 2005
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I honestly thought that movie “Closer” was going to be about Gagne. And after 10 years of watching Bev 9er, what I remember most is that Dylan McKay’s dad used “Eddie Waitkus” as his witness protection program alias. Along the same lines, the most recent episode of Arrested Development also thematically translated into a sports-related concern.

This latest synaptic misfire stemmed from the scene when Henry Winkler literally jumped over a shark, taking one small hop for mankind, one giant leap for entertainment parody. My first thought? That riding Winkler piggyback during the allegorical shark jumping is the 2004 sports season.