Archive for the ‘Tale Of The Tape’ Category
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
The Mavericks are out of the playoffs, the Avery Johnson era is over and just a year removed from winning the MVP, Dirk Nowitzki's world has been turned upside-down. I'm not a Mavs fan, but I do sort of feel bad for the guy. And last night I was thinking ...
Posted in Dirk Nowitzki, NBA, Tale Of The Tape | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
The NFL Draft is coming up next weekend and, though we've had a moment of levity, we're pretty obsessed at the moment. The two main Gods in our heretical-NFL Pantheon are Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay. And since The World-Wide Leader is parading these two around the various arms ...
Posted in Mel Kiper, NFL, NFL Draft, Tale Of The Tape, Todd McShay | 5 Comments »
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
On March 2, 1982, two awesome individuals entered this world: Ben Roethlisberger and myself. Certainly, we've taken divergent paths since that time, and it makes sense that we celebrated our birthdays in wildly different manners. I sat in the 300 level of the United Center watching a Blackhawks game; Ben ...
Posted in Ben Roethlisberger, Hick Flick's ramblings, Tale Of The Tape | 6 Comments »
Friday, February 15th, 2008
Kelvin Sampson is in hot water. Rumors are swirling that the Indiana University basketball coach won't make it past the weekend. The school announced today it will investigate the NCAA's claim that Sampson intentionally misled both IU and NCAA officials and will determine whether or not to terminate his contract.Basically, ...
Posted in College Basketball, Indiana University, Kelvin Sampson, Tale Of The Tape | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Now that he's won a Super Bowl, Eli Manning is big time. And hey, no one rips the kid more than us, but congrats to him. Even if he did give San Diego a gigantic shit-sandwich that I'll never quite get over, he sacked up and beat a previously unbeaten ...
Posted in Chicks Man, Eli Manning, Tale Of The Tape | 4 Comments »
Monday, January 14th, 2008
The recent Writers Guild of America strike has actually been good for me. I had been missing a lot of quality television shows over these last few months, what with a semi-busy day job (that mostly sees me working at night) and maintaining this fantastic sportsblog. OK, to be ...
Posted in Adrianne Palicki, Chicks Man, Friday Night Lights, Minka Kelly, Tale Of The Tape | 15 Comments »
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
I'm sure most of the loyal readers to Rumors and Rants are aware of our heavy Indiana University slant (not quite as bad as the San Diego slant, blame McD and Phillips). But there's a good reason for that. All four of us graduated from the esteemed university.And while things ...
Posted in Cam Cameron, Indiana University, Isiah Thomas, Tale Of The Tape | 10 Comments »
