September 9, 2012 – 5:18 pm
If Cards’ fans are pumped about Teddy B, as well they should be and are, Cats’ fans should be equally as pleased with their signal caller Maxwell Smith. 30/39 in the air. Hmmm, that looks familiar. Where did I see that number this morning? Oh yes, U of L’s QB stats. For 354 Big Blue [...]
August 26, 2012 – 10:29 am
Yes, friends, we are but days away from that time of year that SEC commish Mike Slive likes to call Moneyball. College football, and soon thereafter the game played by the play for more pay guys, are bout to kickoff. Not soon enough if you ask me. (Though my Tigers are neck and neck with [...]
There are sports I watch where my allegiances are firm and of long standing. I don’t root against my Louisville Cardinals. Or the Detroit Tigers, Lions, Red Wings or Pistons. Or Barcelona. Or the Hotspur. Or Kobayashi. Or Miss Madison. Then there are those competitions when none of the above are involved and I pick [...]
FYI. I was going to use the portmanteau “splogging” instead of the “slogging” you see in the header. Then a quick google check — Yes, I actually research from time to time — taught me that the term “splog” refers to a spam blog, an internet site set up just to direct you to commercial [...]
Okay, I survived 11 days in New Orleans, including way too much talk about Bountrygate on the sports pages. And you, if you’re reading this, survived Derby and have enough faculties left to remember how to surf over here to Score. So, like, you know, what’s been happenin? Well, Luke Hancock proved himself worthy of [...]
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April 24, 2012 – 12:48 pm
A little of this and a little of that: I don’t care that Terrence Jones had a flotilla of media types following along. I thought it kinda neat that he kept his promise and brought flowers to the U of L cheerleader he pummeled while chasing a loose ball in the NCAA semis. Maybe it [...]
Yes, my loyal readers, I’m still around. Just kind of hit the wall after the Final Four. Misplaced my muse. Had an early season slump, to use baseball lingo. (Though nothing like the BoSox sputtering start. Beantowners aren’t jumping off Fanueil Hall’s tower . . . yet . . . reports my on the scene [...]
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Before I move on to matters that matter, I must work to lift a Cease & Desist Order (CDO) imposed on me by the Assimilation & Enforcement Committee (AEC) of the United States United Sports Writers of America Association (USUSWAA). Apparently I’ve violated association policy in that I haven’t mentioned Peyton Manning enough to meet [...]
February 6, 2012 – 10:13 am
I knew this year’s version of America’s Great Shared Holiday — Super Bowl Sunday a/k/a Avocados ‘r’ Us Day — was going to be weird from the get go. Based on a suggestion of Doc, another regular attendee, I’d mentioned to annual host Jan that instead of the normal annual choice of chilis, she serve [...]
February 3, 2012 – 9:43 am
Are we tired of hearing about Peyton Manning? I certainly am. The King of Super Bowl Media Week has morphed into Brett Favre before our very eyes. You’d think they guy stopped funding for breast cancer research or something of little consequence like that. * * * * * Sports fans here in Hoopsylvania pride [...]
