Archive for October, 2009

27 Oct

NBA Season Opener Tonight!

It feels like the ‘09 playoffs just ended just a few days ago, but when the ‘09/’10 season begins tonight it will have been over 4 months since the Lakers won the title. With the excitment of last years playoffs still fresh in my mind (see the numerous articles in May/June where I get WAY [...]

21 Oct

Hey! Baseball Is Interesting Again!

The same thing happens to me every baseball season: I get extremely excited as the preseason approaches, I watch the first 20-30 games religiously, I get really into first half MVP projections and All Star ballots, and then in mid summer completely tune out the baseball season. It happens every season, almost without thinking about [...]

21 Oct

Who Would’ve Guessed It?

Who Would’ve Guessed It? Fucking me that’s who. More examples of beleaguered athletes that I like (and a few that I don’t) who have a fan-fucking-tastic coming out performance or have finally gotten their shit together after a drought of decency.
In the past two weeks we got to see an amazing comeback by the Bengals [...]

16 Oct

Week Six NFL Preview – Late Games

I didn’t get a chance to mention this yesterday, so let’s take a moment to discuss the plight of 2nd year Jags wideout Mike Sims-Walker.  Sims-Walker, as you undoubtedly know if you play fantasy football, was scratched from last weekend’s total and complete shitkicking at the hands of Seattle.  He was scratched late in the [...]

15 Oct

Week Six NFL Preview – Early Games

Let’s cut right to the chase.  It’s been a week since our last post and three weeks since my last post.  That’s lazy blogging.  Fucking lazy blogging.  And believe me, it’s not easy to be considered lazy by blogger standards.  That’s like being considered an alcoholic by Kyle Orton standards.  Once you get to that [...]