Archive for June, 2009

It’s Katrina Bowden Thursday!

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

I'm linking this because it's reminded me how good a decision it was to not play fantasy baseball this year - Midwest Sports Fans What the fuck? That's gotta be edited - Epic Carnival What's downhill bike racing? - With Leather Some douche on Sunderland gets a chick like this? You gotta be ...

You Have Two Choices: Superman Or The Crap On Superman’s Boot

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

As an Indiana University graduate and fan, I frequently visit Peegs.com, rivals.com's IU affiliate. The site goes hand-in-hand with Inside Indiana, a magazine devoted to Hoosier sports. While Rivals' sites serve a purpose for providing all sorts of recruiting information and daily content on your favorite university, I've learned over the ...

Pooh Dumps On The Criminal Justice System

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

In his 10-year NBA career, Pooh Richardson amassed 4,180 assists (84th most in league history). However, Pooh's biggest assist seems to have come after his playing days. In 2005, when a police officer buddy told Pooh there was going to be a raid on the home of his half-sister and her ...

Paul Konerko Should Probably Stop Talking For A While

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

So we all know Sammy Sosa has (finally) been outed as a steroid user. We've all known he used ever since he forgot how to speak English during that famous congressional hearing in 2005. No one was shocked by the revelation that Sosa tested positive in 2003, and reaction to ...

The 1998 San Diego Padres (Revisited)

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Readers of this site will know that I'm (more or less) taking the year off from rooting for my beloved San Diego Padres because of a recent team decision to cut ties with a Hall-of-Fame player for no good reason and generally try to suck as much as possible. It's ...

Link Dump! Brought To You By The Ultimate Warrior

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

I remember Matt Millen as an analyst in his pre-Detroit days. He didn't suck. But since then, can anyone really hire the guy to analyze NFL football and keep their credibility? Oh right, it's NFL broadcasts. They don't have any credibility to begin with - With Leather It's an even 50 ...

Yes We Can!

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

OK, so on Monday the U.S. lost to Italy in its opening game of the Confederations Cup, a tuneup for next year’s World Cup in South Africa. The Americans hung with the defending world champions - much like they did in the 2006 World Cup - and took a lead into ...

Link Dump Brought To You By Olivia Wilde

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Bryce Harper is doing what now? - Big League Stew Since Joe Buck has already sold out multiple times, what do we call this fake controversy involving the premiere of his HBO show and Artie Lange's appearance on it? - Deadspin Your grades after the 1-3 US loss to Italy at the ...

Tony Romo Has Got It All Figured Out

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

We may have said a lot about Tony Romo over the past few years on this blog (we also may not have, but to tell you the truth I'm way too lazy to check) but one thing is for sure, you can't say he's not perceptive. According to the San Antonio ...

Blogs With Balls 1.0: The Hangover

Monday, June 15th, 2009

I just got back in town from a great weekend at Blogs With Balls 1.0. For a recap of all the happenings at the largest gathering of sports bloggers in the history of bloggerdom, check out the write up Sarah Spain of Mouthpiece Sports put together today. The organizers of ...