Monday, February 7th, 2011
The XLVth Super Bowl is in the books, and -- sigh -- the Green Bay Packers are champions. But being the biggest rival of my favorite team, I will spend as little time focusing on their on-field success as possible. Here are the moments that stuck out to me throughout ...
Posted in Green Bay Packers, NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 Comments »
Sunday, November 21st, 2010
Virginia Tech has won their division and earned a berth in the ACC Championship game with their 31-17 win over the Miami Hurricanes. The Hokies have won nine straight games and are 7-0 in the ACC this year. This, of course, after they started 0-2 with losses to Boise State ...
Posted in College Football, General | No Comments »
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
While the United States continues to dominate the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, everyone paused yesterday so the host nation could play a little hockey against its neighbor to the south. It was lovely of the Canadians to allow the Americans on the ice and show us how to play ...
Posted in 2010 Winter Olympics, Hockey, NHL, Vancouver 2010, Vancouver Olympics | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
The recent economic disaster was caused by unbelievable cheating, dishonesty and stupidity by insiders while the appearance of "fairness" was maintained publicly. Most got away with their misdeeds because there was a total lack of oversight by the federal government and a lack of knowledge of their doings by the ...
Posted in College Football, General, University of Florida | 52 Comments »
Friday, March 27th, 2009
Wednesday I did a post about how having the 17-year old Shawn Johnson on Dancing With The Stars was creepy. In the comments the sentiment was largely against my view. It was even insinuated that I was "Puritanical" by one of my fellow writers. Then this was reported yesterday.
You see? ...
Posted in Chicks Man, Go America, Shawn Johnson, Stalkers | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Let me first preface this post by saying that I wouldn't be caught dead watching Dancing With the Stars. Anywhere. Ever. Not even the opportunity to see the painfully hot Julianne Hough in skimpy outfits on a weekly basis could get me into it.
That said, it was brought to my ...
Posted in Go America, Julianne Hough, Olympics, Shawn Johnson | 14 Comments »
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
It's a trying time in America. We're facing economic ruin, have enemies out there who want us to suffer and our standing in the world has diminished precipitously over the past decade. No one really feels that great about themselves right now. Facing those overwhelming obstacles, we all needed an ...
Posted in Go America, Jake Peavy, Japan, MLB, Roy Oswalt, Ted Lilly, World Baseball Classic | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Sure, baseball doesn't have anything to do with statehood, but if Puerto Rico's 6-5 loss to the United States last night proved anything, it's that they'll blow games in the clutch. And right now, we can't afford to have more losers in this country. For now they'll have to just ...
Posted in David Wright, Go America, Puerto Rico, World Baseball Classic | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
I wrote three full-length newspaper articles today, and now I'm writing this blog entry.
Why?
Because I'm a badass. Just like Theodore Roosevelt Lilly.
In case you did not know, America is turning its lonely eyes to Ted Lilly tonight as the US attempts to stave off elimination against Puerto Rico in Round ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs, Go America, Old People, World Baseball Classic | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 9th, 2009
So you've been voting, right? Every 24 hours? Yeah?
Good, because Rumors and Rants needs your help in the voting for Best Sports Blog of 2008. So go vote now and get it out of the way before Emmanuelle Chriqui turns around and you miss something.
Posted in Chicks Man, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Go America, We Rule | No Comments »
