I wanted it to be said from the start: Lance Armstrong is an American hero. The man beat cancer. He rode his bike like Barry Bonds hits fastballs, although other than that, he has nothing at all in common with Bonds. We should all continue snapping up those snazzy yellow wristbands and not think there’s [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Lance Armstong Could Not Possibly Have Cheated
Posted in Cheaters, Cycling, Lance Armstrong, Sports on July 29, 2007 | 43 Comments »
Everybody should be reading “Fire Joe Morgan”
Posted in Baseball, Journalism on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today he lit up Mike Lupica.
“ARod’s fault. 100%. Fuck that guy. All he did was single-handedly keep the Yankees from being in last place and hit like 14 walk-off HR and probably win the MVP and average an RBI per game and have the best offensive year of any major league baseball player. Dump his [...]
Who cares about Bud Selig?
Posted in Baseball, ESPN, Journalism on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So I was checking the World Wide Leader’s web-page this morning and there was yet another reference to Bud Selig not showing up to watch Barry Bonds and his pursuit of the all-time HR record.
I hate when the media does this. This is a 100% media-created, media-driven issue that somehow all the writers and talking [...]
Considering “Friday Night Lights”
Posted in Books, Football on July 21, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I just finished reading “Friday Night Lights” by H.G. Bissinger. It’s been nearly twenty years since it was first published so you can’t say any of these thoughts are timely, but I pretty much don’t buy books unless they’re on the bargain rack at the local Books-a-Million or Barnes and Noble, so that’s just how [...]
