Archive for the ‘ESPN’ Category
Monday, September 21st, 2009
The Detroit Lions blow. I know, shocking. On Sunday, the Lions lost for the 19th consecutive time. The streak is the second-longest in NFL history behind only the Buccaneers' historic futility in the late 1970s.
ESPN's "NFL Live," put up the above nifty little graphic illustrating the Lions' continued failures. Chopin's "Funeral ...
Posted in Charles Rogers, Detroit Lions, ESPN, NFL, NFL Live | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 11th, 2009
While flipping between channels last night I came upon the Georgia Tech - Clemson game on ESPN. Chris Fowler, Craig James and Jesse Palmer were in the booth bestowing their infinite wisdom on the viewing audience.
During the third quarter (if I remember correctly) ESPN came back from a commercial and ...
Posted in Chris Fowler, College Football, ESPN | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
It’s about dinner time on Tuesday. I’m watching “NFL Live.” Trey Wingo, Mark Schlereth and Marcellus Wiley are chatting it up about my favorite quarterback Kyle Orton. Orton, the formerly bearded Bear, suffered an “open dislocation” of his index finger against his former team Sunday night.
The ESPN studio trio were ...
Posted in Brian Baldinger's Pinky, ESPN, Marcellus Wiley, NFL | 6 Comments »
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
On Thursday night’s “SportsCenter” tease, I heard a sound byte from Brett Favre when he was asked what he thought about the reports there is a “schism” in the Vikings locker room.
Favre’s response: “I don’t even know what that means.”
In Folksy QB Talk that translates to “Fuck you.”
Favre knew what ...
Posted in Brett Favre, ESPN, Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, NFL, Peyton Manning, TheBaker's Glory Days | 4 Comments »
Monday, August 17th, 2009
A few months ago, Bill Simmons had ESPN soccer announcer Rob Stone as a guest on his radio show to talk soccer - a rarity on the Sports Guy's show. Listening to Simmons trip over soccer concepts and names made ardent soccer supporters cringe. But he admitted during the segment, ...
Posted in 2010 World Cup, Bill Simmons, ESPN, International Soccer, Mexico, US Soccer | No Comments »
