Archive for February, 2010

Padres Slash Beer Prices, Expectations For 2010

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

At some point this season, the San Diego Padres will most likely trade Adrian Gonzalez (2009's team leader in batting average, home runs, RBI, and OPS), and begin their residency in last place, staying there longer than most doctors take to complete their own residencies. It's bargain-basement time in San Diego, ...

EPSN Screws Up

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Thanks to our good friend Thporth for finding the following image: I guess I could understand how people not from the Midwest could confuse UNI and NIU. After all, acronyms can be pretty puzzling. However, for future reference, I'd like to point out the following: Northern Iowa (UNI) is currently ranked 18th ...

Celski Goes From Bleeding Out to Bronze

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Let's start with this: Apolo Anton Ohno's quest to become the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian ever is a pretty fantastic story. Ohno came one step closer late Saturday with a silver medal in the 1500 meter short-track event, which brought him into a tie with Bonnie Blair for six total ...

Bengals Owner Mike Brown Is Insane

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The Cincinnati Bengals started the 2009-10 season on HBO's Hard Knocks and, against all odds, became one of the NFL's most likable teams. From Carson Palmer's subtle humor, Jordan Palmer's runpee.com and Chad Johnson's additions to our vocabulary (child, please) to Marvin Lewis' nice-guy-who's-super-intense persona, everyone was loving them some ...

Pitino Done At Louisville After This Year?

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Rumors have been swirling all day around these here internets that Louisville head coach Rick Pitino has been working hard to get the head coaching job with the New Jersey Nets. Pitino has since shot down those reports but several sources are still insisting that he's eying a move to ...