Yeah, dude, I’m totally on that field. Continue reading
Daily Archives: December 7, 2011
19 posts
Sporty things! They happen! And they’re exciting! And sporty! They often involve balls, and people, and people doing things to balls. How can anything be better than that?
And so, in honor of the Crasstalk Day of Sporty Things, the Question of the Day: In Your Opinion, What was the Greatest Sporty Moment of 2011? Continue reading
Do you have a soccer fan who already has every jersey, scarf and Official Team Wine of his or her favorite club? Are you racking your brain trying to figure out what to get him or her, be it a birthday or holiday? Here’s a list of more, er, unique gift items for your favorite ultra:
(1) Auto valve cap: For the extremely detail-oriented car owning fan (offered by Borussia Dortmund). Continue reading
Injuries happen every year, yet this year the bug has seemed to bite the quarterback position particularly hard. The Houston Texans are starting TJ Yates, who I swear played eight collegiate seasons at North Carolina. The Chiefs are starting Tyler Palko, a guy who was cut from the United Football League’s California Redwoods in 2009. If you looked at the Week 13 starters in the NFL Rex Grossman wouldn’t even be in the bottom five, and that’s quite a thing. Continue reading
When I was sixteen years old I was a member of the Junior Varsity Cheerleading Team for Claremont High School in Southern California. I was your typical cheerleader in that I had a ready smile, some athletic and dance skills, and above all team spirit.
My family is the average “football family;” games are always playing during family gatherings, my uncle was the assistant coach for Grambling State University (an HBCU in Louisiana) for several years, plus my cousin played for the Seattle Seahawks in the early 1980’s and now his sons play for their high school and junior high teams. As for other sports, my Dad has been a fan of the Lakers since they were in Minnesota (hence why they’re called the Lakers…as in “Land of 10,000 Lakes”) and a cousin of mine had season tickets for the Kings. We’re quite the sporty sorts. Continue reading
There are lots of motorcycle races held around the world every year but there’s only one Isle of Man TT. The TT (which stands for Tourist Trophy) is a race held annually on the Isle of Man since 1907 and is so dangerous that many people think its future existence is in jeopardy. Continue reading
We are big ESPN/SportsCenter fans in my house. Honestly, the only reason we keep cable is for ESPN. We’ve been watching SportsCenter with breakfast every day for many years, and get a good chuckle out of their witty “This is SportsCenter” ad series. Continue reading
In baseball, there are the teams that can afford to pay any price for talent and then there are the teams not called “Yankees.” Michael Lewis spent part of the 2002 MLB season with the Oakland Athletics to see this practice in action. Lewis used the material from the time he spent with the team to write Moneyball. In 2011, a film based on the book was released.
Instead of looking for one player with a dream stat lines, Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane looks for players that in the aggregate would have the same stat line as a team that a superior team would. It’s a great way to save money, or just stay within budget. Despite having a payroll of $41 million, which was about one-third of the Yankees payroll, the A’s were playoff contenders Continue reading
Sports are exhilarating,