This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. When you think of legendary baseball pitchers, you don’t think of Mike Mussina. You actually probably think of The Moose when you think of old and overpaid pitchers that could retire and nobody would blink an eye. Yes, Mike Mussina is in the company of greats like [...]
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Gary Roberts Wednesday – Mike Mussina
Posted: 9th July 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in Baseball, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
Gary Roberts Wednesday – Josh McRoberts
Posted: 2nd July 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in NBA Ball, NCAA Hoops, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. Duke basketball is, in a word, detestable. In some more words, it’s a heinous violation of everything I like about college basketball. Coach K brings in a bunch of McDonald’s All-Americans, but instead of setting them loose on the NCAA like my boy Roy Williams at UNC, [...]
Point, Counter-Point: Pennycook v. Wilkinson V, NBA Draft Edition
Posted: 26th June 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in Alex P-Cook, NBA Ball, NCAA Hoops, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson and Alex Pennycook. Y’all know the drill by now, so let’s just get right into it: Who Is the Biggest Sleeper in the Draft? Alex: Chris Douglas-Roberts – Sleepers are hard to predict at this stage because so much of a players success depends on the situation [...]
Gary Roberts Wedneday – Brandon Rush
Posted: 25th June 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in NCAA Hoops, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. A few years ago, the North Carolina Tar Heels won an NCAA National Championship in Men’s Basketball. Four of the Tar Heels – Marvin Williams, Sean May, Ray Felton, and Rashad McCants – left school early after winning a championship. All four of them were drafted in [...]
Jumper – NBA Draft Edition
Posted: 23rd June 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in NBA Ball, NCAA Hoops, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. This past Monday dozens of NCAA student-athletes made life-altering decisions. Decisions so big that millions of people that these young adults don’t even know could be dramatically affected by them. That’s right, Girls Gone Wild finally started filming the long-awaited “Softball Skanks of the SEC” edition of [...]
Gary Roberts Wednesday – John Tortorella
Posted: 18th June 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in Hockey, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. There’s been a rash of coaching hires in the NHL recently. The notoriously strict Ron Wilson has moved from San Jose to Toronto, Peter DeBoer has taken over for Jacques Martin in Florida, and some unlucky schmuck has become Brian Murray’s new puppet in Ottawa. Despite the [...]
Fantasy Jersey Draft
Posted: 16th June 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, Other Topics, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article is a collaboration from Blake Murphy and Stu Wilkinson. Jerseys are a way of life for a lot of major sports fans. While it is unfortunate that jerseys are sometimes viewed as a dirty or lesser form of clothing, the real sports fan (and classy dresser) knows that a strong jersey collection can [...]
What I've Learned Watching Euro Cup 2008
Posted: 12th June 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in Soccer, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. Soccer Players Dive Slightly More Than The Detroit Red Wings Sorry to beat on Barbaro here, but as a non-soccer fan writing about soccer I’m required to talk about how much diving there is in the beautiful game. Also, I love complaining about things for which I [...]
Gary Roberts Wednesday – Ken Griffey Jr.
Posted: 11th June 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in Baseball, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. Kids these days. They like their hair flopping all over their eyes, they’re always using this newfangled Facebook gizmo, and they have no love for the most electrifying baseball player of all time, Ken Griffey Junior. When I was a youngster Junior Griffey was my favorite athlete [...]
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This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. A couple days ago I moved out of the United States. Not in a ‘going on exchange to Europe’ or ‘teaching English in Japan’ way, but in a ‘getting a job at a Canadian insurance company and selling out to the man’ kind of way. Obviously this [...]