Nobody in sports telecasting is quite as dispensible as the breathlessly inane Jeanne Zelasko. There are others we despise because of their verbosity or overexposure or the sound of their voice. Like Vitale. Or McCarver. Or that fric and frac and toupee trio they trot out for NBA games. But none matches Zelasko for universally [...]
Category Archives: Personalities
Starbury in Green????
January 2, 2009 – 1:46 pm
Word is that Stephon Marbury, last seen in Knicks blue and orange and/or flying about in his new personal jet, will become a Boston Celtic. If he and NY can negotiate an amicable settlement agreement. That’s a big IF. That breakup is making Brad and Jennifer’s look like a walk in the park.
Which begs the [...]
More Heads Shall Roll
January 1, 2009 – 12:02 pm
Don’t throw away that phone number of Theodoric of Yorick. There’s more bloodletting on the horizon. My sources tell me there are still other NFL coaches who shall find themselves in the unemployment line by the end of the month. Jerry Jones will get back to us as soon as he has just one more [...]
Free At Last
December 31, 2008 – 10:28 am
Well, despite the reality that I correctly prognosticated 6 of the last 7 bowl games, I’m still a few places behind the leader in Joey The Vig’s Bowl Pool. So, thankfully, Joey’s cousin, the inimitable Slice, has moved on. It wasn’t too bad having him around for a couple of days. He mostly sat on [...]
House Guest For The Holidays
December 27, 2008 – 11:41 pm
It is the yin and yang of life. The Schnell’s FAU Fighting Owls snag the Motown Bowl. I’m the only player that gets it right with Joey The Vig. So, being a skeptical sort, not to mention a fellow who likes to keep all the lettuce, Joey The Vig wonders what I knew that nobody [...]
Cats & Cards: A Week Till Tipoff
December 27, 2008 – 9:47 pm
Didn’t see much of the Cats squeaker over Florida Atlantic. Apparently UK was down in the first half, but held steady and took care of business in the second. I did see the name Landon Slone for a moment on the screen and it didn’t immediately ring a bell. Then I remembered the kid’s a [...]
In Case You Haven’t Heard . . .
December 19, 2008 – 9:33 am
. . . Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy was arrested early Thursday morning after an altercation with a cab driver in Cincy.
Okay, I’m being facetious. Of course, you’ve heard because you’re a sports fan and ESPN felt compelled to tell the story every five minutes throughout its basketball coverage Thursday night. I think Dan Shulman [...]
Playing For Pay
December 18, 2008 – 10:07 am
The college hoops-addicted belief system around here prevents most folks from acknowledging that pro basketball, even during the regular season, even during December, can be compelling. If you didn’t see the Celtics/ Hawks game Wednesday night, you missed a good one. Intense play at both ends. Back and forth in the fourth.
It wasn’t like that [...]
Sports Asshole of the Year
December 16, 2008 – 10:38 am
You’d think a guy whose claim to fame — such as it is — is that he’s lucky enough to carry the golf bag of Tiger Woods would be smart enough to keep his mouth shut, keep Tiger’s shoes shined, hand his boss the right club when asked, get out of the way and count [...]
Joey the Vig Comes a Callin’
December 15, 2008 – 11:12 am
Okay it wasn’t really Joey the Vig himself. Frankly the fellow isn’t seen much in public. But I did get a knock on my door over the weekend from his main man Bruno. Who advised in the gentlest terms possible that Joey the Vig was expecting my “charitable contribution” for his little bowl game jackpot. [...]