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Monday, April 28, 2008

Roger Clemens Had A Relationship With Mindy McCreedy When She Was 15?

Ugh… NEW YORK - Roger Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was a 15-year-old aspiring singer and the pitcher was a Boston…...

Saturday, April 26, 2008

So When Is The NFL Going To Get Sued For Some Affirmative Action?

Because there sure seems to be some out-of-racial-proportion hiring going on during draft day. ...

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

New York Times To Hillary: Give Up And Let Us Crown Obama Already

The editorial board at the New York Times is clearly tired of the Democrat primary race and all the in-fighting it is creating.  Clearly, they’re anxious to get back to…...

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Red Sox Jersey Unearthed At New Yankee Stadium

And suddenly all is right with the world again. NEW YORK - So much for the curse. The New York Yankees have ended a construction worker’s attempt to jinx their…...

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Bryant Gumble Will No Longer Be Doing Play-By-Play For The NFL

Great news. The NFL Network said Friday it was looking for a new play-by-play announcer to work with Cris Collinsworth on the network’s Thursday and Saturday night games. “I thoroughly…...

Friday, April 11, 2008

Red Sox Fans Bury Team Shirt Under New Yankee Stadium Home Locker Room

Bastards. A devilish Boston fan working on a concrete crew at the $1.3 billion stadium covertly buried a Red Sox T-shirt under what will become the visiting team’s locker room…...

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Mets Get “RickRolled”

There are times when I’m not so sure the internet is a good thing. ...

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Bush Booed At Washington National’s Home Opener

Really, though, what’s more surprising?  That Bush was booed at a public event in one of the most liberal cities in America, Washington DC, or that there were enough…...

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Public Service Announcement: No Streaking In Australia

Not if this is what happens (nudity warning). ...

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Atheletes Being Forced To Give Up Their Free Speech In Advance Of Beijing Olympics

Pathetic... British athletes who want to compete in the summer Olympics will be required to sign a contract promising not to make statements critical of the communist regime’s human rights…...

Sunday, February 03, 2008

The Giant Behind The Giants

Touching... May 7, 2007, Baghdad: Lt. Col. Gregory Gadson is driving back from a memorial service honoring two American soldiers killed by a roadside bomb. Shortly after 9:30 p.m., he…...

On Giants And Underdogs

From a comment in the Super Bowl open thread: On another blog, someone said that the Giants’ win reminded them that McCain isn’t our candidate yet, and that Hillary isn’t…...

Super Bowl XLII Open Thread

So, who’s gonna win?  Patriots?  Giants?  Will Brady’s ankle owie play a factor in the game, or was it all just a Belichick mind game? And perhaps more importantly, who…...

Performance Enhancing Drugs For Politicians?

A reader sends this in about Major League Baseball’s steroids scandal and the political hoopla surrounding it. ...how come no one’s talking about botox as a performance-enhancing drug for politicians,…...

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Fighting Sioux 2 Gophers 1

In case you missed it on ESPN (#1 play of the day) here’s the winning goal by Evan Trupp in last nights Sioux-Gofer game. ...

NFL Goes After Public Superbowl Parties

Including those at churches. I can understand the NFL wanting to protect its content, but it seems to me that the cost of going after parties like this - both…...

Saturday, January 12, 2008

WCHA Officiating

The one sport I follow anymore is college hockey.  I watch the NHL just to see former UND (and other college players) playing.  The weakest link by far in the…...

Monday, December 24, 2007

John Kerry Threatens The NFL

He says he’ll be holding Senate hearings if the NFL doesn’t put the Patriots-Giants game on national television instead of the NFL network. With the New England Patriots now one…...

Thursday, December 13, 2007

The Baseball Steroids List

You can read the whole thing here.  Sosa and McGuire are on it, as well as Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens. As a Yankees fan Clemens I sort of expected,…...

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Who’s Idea Was It To Have Bryant Gumble Do Play-By-Play?

A reader emailed me tonight to complain about Bryant Gumble doing the play-by-play for tonights only-seen-on-the-NFL-channel matchup between the Cowboys and the Packers.  I was skeptical when he told me…...

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Lakers Coach Phil Jackson In Trouble For “Brokeback Mountain’ Remark

Stupid… NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has spoken with the Los Angeles Lakers about a comment coach Phil Jackson made following Tuesday night’s game in San Antonio. The Spurs…...

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Bonds Indicted For Perjury, Obstruction For Lying About Use Of Steroids

Good. Though, to be fair, I’m not sure steroid use should be illegal.  Or that the use of it in professional the business of the US Senate.  As far as…...

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Fighting Sioux Hockey 25 Years Ago

Old Time Hockey, Eddie Shore. I’ve been waiting for years and years to get a video of this.  Last night they showed this clip during the Sioux Badger game.  A…...

Friday, November 09, 2007

University Of Iowa Decides That UND’s “Fighting Sioux” Nickname Isn’t Offensive Anymore

Because the NCAA said it was so. GRAND FORKS, N.D.—The University of Iowa says it will resume scheduling the University of North Dakota in athletics, after a settlement in UND’s…...

UND Decides To Change “Fighting Sioux” Nickname

They’re going with something much more socially acceptable and offensive. I, personally, never thought the name would change.  But things happen, I guess. The University of North Dakota, in an…...

Sunday, November 04, 2007

NBC Goes Green During Sunday Night Football

Did anyone else catch this during half-time of the Eagles/Cowboys game tonight? Basically, NBC decided to show us what responsible, earth-friendly (and, ahem, liberal) organization they are by...shutting off the…...

Saturday, November 03, 2007

TJ Oshie’s Great Hit

Of the Fighting Sioux last night. ...

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Fighting Sioux Hockey:  Sometimes Losing a Game Isn’t a Bad Thing

Last week the Sioux ran into a buzz saw on their way to their pre-ordained national championship.  Monday, Michigan Tech coach Jamie Russell sent out an e-mail detailing the trials…...

Saturday, October 27, 2007

University Of North Dakota “Fighting Sioux” Nickname The Result Of Journalist Sleight-Of-Hand

Fargo Forum reporter Teri Finneman has an interesting article about the origin of UND’s “Fighting Sioux” nickname.  Prior to the 1930’s, UND teams were known as either the Flickertails or…...

Where Are Byron Dorgan And Kent Conrad On The UND Fighting Sioux Nickname?

By now you are all aware of the settlement between UND and the NCAA over the “Fighting Sioux” nickname.  Basically, UND now has three years to get some sort of…...

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