Archive for February, 2008
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Monday, February 25th, 2008I’ve often wondered where Maryland’s Bambale Osby got his football player’s mentality. Thanks to 1985 Topps Mike Merriweather, now we know.
New Oriole Luke Scott Is a Heat-Packer
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Luke Scott is the only guy I’d heard of that Baltimore got in return for Miguel Tejada as he racked up an .885 OPS in 663 at-bats over the past three seasons. Not bad, especially in light of Tejada’s lifetime .821 OPS and declining defense.
What I didn’t know about Scott (no relation to Mike or [...]
UCLA Gives Ducks ‘Major League Facial’
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Brent Musburger really has a way with words (very end of the clip):
And did Steve Lavin make a Vida Blue reference there? Well played, you grease ball.
Also, this officially ends the first and last time Mr. I will ever have back-to-back Oregon Ducks posts. It’s Sunday, give me a break.
Oregon’s Uniforms Are From the Future
Sunday, February 24th, 2008In exchange for free uniforms and a locker room that would make Dan Snyder’s panties wet, Oregon gets to be Nike’s guinea pigs. Every acid-induced thought that comes across their minds ends up on the backs of Oregon football players. But I didn’t realize that the fashion forward unis applied to the basketball team as [...]
Some Drake Player Jumps Extremely High
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008I’m not going to pretend to know who the hell Drake’s Leonard Houston is (kinda like how I’m not gonna pretend that I knew Drake had a basketball team prior to this year), but my man has some serious ups:
That came off of a three-point attempt, so it wasn’t intended to be an alley-oop. So [...]
Please Excuse the Wizards for Sucking
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008From the AP to FanHouse, LeBron and the Cavs are being lauded for beating the Wizards with just eight players, two of whom were D-Leaguers filling in until the arrival of Ben Wallace, Joe Smith, Wally Sczcerbiak and Delonte West. What goes unmentioned is that Washington played with just nine men, none of whom are [...]
Rod Strickland Is Puking His Heart Out
Friday, February 22nd, 2008The big story in college ball this week is that a Va. Tech player puked on the floor during the Hokies win at Maryland (video), which brings to mind the original player with the sickness. From an old Washington Post chat:
Al – D.C.: We’d all be remiss if we didn’t remember Rod Strickland puking up [...]
The Times Is Way Wrong About Deadspin
Thursday, February 21st, 2008I love Deadspin as much the next guy. I’ve read it nearly every day for over two years. And I’m not alone. According to The Washington Times’ profile on Will Leitch, I’m really not alone:
With more than 120 million unique visitors and the backing of Gawker Media, the site is the most popular blog on [...]
Elijah Dukes Makes Nats People Nervous
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Dave “Ride Around” Sheinin was at Elijah Dukes press conference down at Nats Spring Training and shares a few things about the troubled, fourth outfielder’s arrival that are worth blockquoting:
“Along a wall in the interview room, Nationals GM Jim Bowden, Manager Manny Acta, President Stan Kasten and two public relations officials looked on anxiously as [...]
Airballing Free Throws Is Embarrassing
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Duke lost yet again tonight, this time to Miami. Although Duke made it close in the end (only losing by one, which I’d imagine makes it more painful), at one point in the second-half Miami was up by 20 points.
But being down by 20 wasn’t the low point for Duke in the game. No, [...]