Seriously, this week has been like being stuck between Brian Cashman and Scott Boras at a dinner party.  Next week will be better… and there is hope yet.  Here’s some stuff I had planned for this week, and should get done before Monday:

WSU - Stanford football preview
WSU 2007-08 basketball preview
Something Sharks/ hockey related
Mow the lawn
Maybe […]

[Read more →]

I don’t really want to generalize, and I know the answer is ultimately to get people to read their columns.. because more readers means more advertising revenues… but I really have to say that I think Yahoo!’s Dan Wetzel went way too far in his column, No excuses for Rockies’ bush-league mistake. In it, […]

[Read more →]

Man, this one just reeks of bad parenting, moronic decision making - how you gonna be a one-armed cheerleader? - and red blooded Americanism.

A woman let her teenage daughter lean out of a moving van to take beer from a vehicle that was driving alongside on a southeastern Nebraska highway, authorities said Wednesday.
Terry Kisling, 47, […]

[Read more →]

Okay, well Torre turned down a one-year deal today… but probably because the Yankees treated him like a disposable diaper. They crapped all over him for the past few weeks and then offered him a one-year deal at a significant pay cut. I guess in the end it was a smart move? […]

[Read more →]

You know, there’s a lot of talk about declining rates of African-Americans in baseball and basketball. Many of those conversations discuss the inherent racism that is still deeply ingrained in our country. This is not one of those conversations.
I was pretty shocked to see Jason Whitlock’s article today on Fox Sports, in which […]

[Read more →]

Looks like another good sports weekend, but just in case your cable goes out or your team is getting crushed, it’s always a good time to catch up on a little reading.
“Both the offense and the defense….one’s trying the advantage over the other.” The Pam Ward Chronicles has this weeks best worst quotes of […]

[Read more →]

Really, 150 “suspicious” matches in tennis?
No way man… no freakin’ way. I’m sorry, but I’m calling tennis out for doing what it is: getting PR. Seriously, every sport in America, including track and field and golf, are caught up in issues of cheating, steroids, and gambling; and if your sport isn’t being associated […]

[Read more →]

I bet those two guys stick together like… well,… you get the picture.

[Read more →]

Sweet merciful crap that was a good sports weekend. In college football, six teams in the top 25 lost their games. The Red Sox, Rockies, and Diamondbacks all clinched playoff births, and we are counting the days until the end of Joe Torre’s tenure in New York. And for anyone who’s saying […]

[Read more →]

Hey, no sarcasm here. Jay, currently of Right Down Peachtree fame - although many of you might know his name from Sports Gone South - was crowned the champion of Show and Tell with Sean Salisbury, a fantasy baseball league I set up for sports bloggers. Not only did he win, but he […]

[Read more →]