This article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. “You know what your problem is? You’re too modest. Hey, I give good quotes. You can print that on the front page.” – Little Penny When we last saw Little Penny in 1997, he was begging Anfernee Hardaway to say “what up” to his high school chum [...]
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Confessions of a Tortured Sports Fan
Posted: 1st April 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, Other TopicsComments Off
This article has been submitted by Alex “No Joke Today” Jackson. “Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot” -Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi What do all sports fans have in common? No, not a love for the [...]
WAGs – Wives and Girlfriends of Footballers
Posted: 21st March 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, Other TopicsThis 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 [...]
7 Second Suns – Where Are They Now?
Posted: 18th March 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, NBA BallComments Off
This article has been submitted by A-Jiggy aka Alex Jackson. “Is your game M.V.P. like Steve Nash?” – Nelly Furtado, Promiscuous I recently read Jack McCallum’s light and entertaining book “:07 Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin’ and Gunnin’ Phoenix Suns.” It was a nice read about the Suns’ 2005-06 [...]
This article has been submitted by Fu-Manchu wearer Alex Jackson. “I grew the mustache because a coach in college said I couldn’t grow one.” -Mark Spitz This article was inspired by the Newsradio episode “President” (Season 3- 1). Here we are again, the month of March. The third month in the Gregorian calendar; the anniversary [...]
This article has been submitted by the debuting Alex Jackson. “I think my favorite sport in the Olympics is the one in which you make your way through the snow, you stop, you shoot a gun, and then you continue on. In most of the world, it is known as the biathlon, except in New [...]
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Name: Alex Jackson Role: Roaming European Correspondent E-Mail: alexdjackson@gmail.com Aliases: The Captain, Alejandro OnDeckCircle Debut: March 1, 2008 I intend to write: Once a week School & Program: Queen’s Master of Global Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration Favorite Writer: LZ Granderson, Jack McCallum, SL Price Favorite Teams: Phoenix Suns, CFL Football teams [...]