Archive for March, 2008

This article has been submitted by Erik Arnold and is a regular Tuesday feature. My eyes are tired and my work unfinished. I have been up since 6AM watching Boston and Oakland kick off the 2008 season live in Tokyo. It was a fantastic game handed on a silver player to Boston on account of [...]

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This article has been submitted by Big Ten tournament attendee Trevor Smith. TOURNEY SPECIAL HANGOVER HEADACHES: HEADLINES There Are No Cinderellas? Tell that to Davidson: Something tells me the spectacular Stephen Curry is a Clipse fan: his performances did their best Pharrell impression this weekend by shouting, “Hello new world, here we come, On them [...]

Curry, Man! Video of the Day

Posted: 24th March 2008 by Blake Murphy in Extra Content, NCAA Hoops
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Yes, the world is in love with Stephen Curry this morning. But I get a nice warm feeling from knowing that a) I was high on Davidson going in (see: Podcast) and b) I’ve been following him long enough to know he can also do this: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPyOGAzS9bk&hl=en]

NCAA First Weekend Review

Posted: 24th March 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NCAA Hoops

I’m a little bit Madness’d out, as much as it pains me to admit that. I watched 42 hours of basketball over the past four days, and those are 42 pure hours when you consider that there is very little commercial time when you are streaming and flipping channels to maximize ball intake (make your [...]

The curse of the Billy Goat Goatee continues. I’m going to have to publicize this theory soon. On Sunday morning, the Toronto Blue Jays erased the largest looming question mark at spring training in Dunedin by cutting left fielder Reed Johnson. The move comes just one day after John Gibbons said the roster would be [...]

WAGs – Wives and Girlfriends of Footballers

Posted: 21st March 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, Other Topics

This article has been submitted by the clearly lonely Alex Jackson. I just returned from Dublin for some St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Aside from the actual St. Patrick’s day, the weather was quite disappointing, which resulted in a whole lot of tele-watching. Did I watched football(soccer), the England-Ireland Six Nations Rugby match, or hurling (a [...]

Duke Fans! Video of the Day

Posted: 21st March 2008 by Blake Murphy in Extra Content, NCAA Hoops
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Given Duke’s close call last night, I felt this was appropriate. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mkwpAKUxv0&hl=en]

Farber's Featured Fighters – Lucian Bute

Posted: 21st March 2008 by guest-writer in Guest Writers, Other Topics

This article has been submitted by Brandon “The Hebrew Hammer” Farber, and is part one in a multi-part Canadian boxing spotlight. So you might be wondering how good these Quebec fighters I speak of actually are? Well, Lucian “Le Tombeur” Bute is the current IBF super-middleweight champion, holding a 22-0 record with 18 coming by [...]

TWIMMA – Main Event Let-Downs, TV Deals, and More

Posted: 20th March 2008 by kyle-norton in Kyle Norton, MMA

This Week in MMA is a weekly feature submitted by Kyle “Nortron” Norton. • The first round of Dream’s Lightweight Grand Prix was contested this week at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan in front of a sell-out crowd of 19,000. The night showcased the exciting nature of Japanese mixed martial arts in Dream’s [...]

Rise and Fire! Video of the Day

Posted: 20th March 2008 by Blake Murphy in Extra Content, NCAA Hoops
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There is nothing that will get you more excited for March Madness than the sweet sound of my voice on this week’s podcast Gus Johnson. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcglOItcKoM&hl=en]