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Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 10:59:04
Stacy Lewis Storms the LPGA
Frick some scoliosis.
You might have heard by now, but the former Hog is currently whooping that ass in her debut:
The world will awake Sunday morning to news that Lewis is the 54-hole leader at the 63rd U.S. Women's Open, and that may surprise many. It doesn't surprise Dale Lewis, nor does it astound his 23-year-old daughter in the least.
Friday, June 27, 2008 - 18:12:17
Addendum: McFadden Clearly a Badass
To add a little umph to this week's column, in which I purposefully tried to give as much space to the other draftees, here's a short report by two fantasy analysts about D-Mac's prospects. Someone once said that if you want to get the real news that you should read the business papers, because those guys have cash money riding on events. Well, if you want straight talk about rookie prospects, check into fantasy predictions. They may not have (much) money riding on their analysis, but I can guarantee there's an awful lot of stat-monkey ego involved.
The first guy is just nuts, but the usually trustworthy Andy Behrens is hot for D-Mac, quoting Raiders blogger Jerry McDonald to poo-poo the folks who think McFadden will be overtaken by his fellow backs:
[McFadden] has lined up as an I-formation tailback, lined up as a single back, been split out as a wide receiver, lined up in the slot, and gone in motion. He's also taken shotgun snaps... It will be Fargas and Bush that fit in around McFadden.
Sonny's Rocky Mountain High
Congrats to Sonny Weems, who was drafted to the guard-happy Bulls and subsequently traded to Denver for a 2009 second-round draft pick. Both Sonny and the Nuggets seem thrilled with the transaction. Nobody wants to share a locker room with Joakim Noah, better known in Eternia as Skeletor.
Led Castle Grayskull to two galactic championships in a row.
Where's Darian headed? Ervin packed his bags for Europe yet? Surely somebody will pick up Hill for some spare peanuts?
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 15:32:37
Sooie (6-26-08)
Coming to an arrested adolescent near you.
I'm actually fairly bored by the NFL. Professional sports in general, besides Major League Baseball, rank just a few rungs above pro wrestling with me. All that pageantry and money puts me off. See the NBA's ridiculously long, confoundingly organized playoff system, calculated to build the most fake excitement possible into games where even the athletes look bored. And the NFL's endzone antics and videotaping controversies fare no better in my head. Sure, the MLB has performance-enhancing drugs, but would you believe football players get by on fairy dust? You don't think Junior Seau —all 39 hulking years of him — has been injecting anything fishy of late? The man's gotta be held together by duct tape.
I manage to get excited about professional football and basketball exactly twice in each season:
1.) The playoffs (in the case of the NBA, the last hundred days or so).
2.) When a former Razorback takes the field or court. [more]
Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 11:58:00
Sooie (6-13-08)
Coaches don't betray people. Sixteen-year-old girls betray people.
Listen: I don't care how Petrino got to Arkansas. People can preach loyalty all they want, but with millions of dollars on the line, all loyalty lands you is a career that's beholden to the whims of others. Good coaches don't wait to get fired from dead-end positions. They jump ship while they have some semblance of credit left for leverage. Nobody wants to have to work their way back up the ladder in this business.
Derek Braunecker has everyone in a tizzy with his account of the Petrino hire, as related to “The Sports Animals,” Shawn Arnell and the DemGaz editor Wally Hall. Braunecker's story paints the new Razorback coach's hire in a much more sympathetic light than we've seen from the media thus far. Braunecker claims that Petrino and his agent, Russ Campbell, had the green light from Arthur Blank and the Falcons management prior to the sentencing of Michael Vick on dogfighting charges. Blank withdrew his blessing based on the advice of his public relations department. [more]
Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 15:23:39
Clearing the Benches, Japanese-Style
I despise Coco Crisp, not only for his childish antics, but also for stealing two starts from Jimmy Shields and my fantasy team. However, the surfacing of the above video almost makes up for it all. That is the funniest shit I've seen since the dramatic hamster and Boom Goes the Dynamite.
Via The Big Lead.
R E L A T E D: The NBA would be having a conniption fit right about now. Why is baseball different? Couldn't possibly be a race thing... Right?
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Friday, June 06, 2008 - 09:55:02
McFadden Gets an Upgrade
No longer flashy enough.
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