Archive for March, 2009

Lance Armstrong took a tumble over his handlebars during a bike race in Spain Monday and fractured his collarbone.  The famed cyclist and poster boy for coming back from cancer said he was flying to the U.S. to get checked out and may not be able to compete in the upcoming Tour de France.  It has since been reported that the break was clean and Armstrong should recover quickly.  Sadly, the nut is still never coming back.

First it was Bill Belichick and Charlie Weis singing with Bon Jovi…now it’s Peyton Manning singing with Kenny Chesney.  The NFL off-season is nothing but one long opportunity for embarrassment, if you ask me.

On the painful awkwardness scale, this Chicago Tribune Live interview with Tommy Lasorda scores a 10.  It has everything:  Technical difficulties, dumb questions (“Were you ever not a baseball ambassador?”) and a guest who is clearly neither interested in nor capable of carrying on a conversation.  Gosh, poor Tommy.  I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt and believe he was just sleepy or trying to do his Harry Caray impression for the guys back in Chicago…but no, he’s wasted on something.  Or perhaps just distracted by lingering memories of when Jordin Sparks sat on his lap?

Everyone knows the Wonderlic is utterly meaningless.  I mean, Dan Marino scored a 16 and Alex Smith a 41…but which would you rather have at quarterback?  Exactly.  You don’t take the guy who can ace a culturally-biased IQ test but can’t hit the out-route to save his life…you take the dude who’s dumb as a bag of hammers but can nail a receiver between the eyes from forty yards.  Clearly, football player ability, especially the mental side, can’t be that easily quantified.  And yet, every year we make a big deal out of the meaningless Wonderlic, the same way we [...]

There was a time when John 3:16 signs at sporting events were a cherished part of our sports-viewing experience, as familiar and welcome as cheerleader rack-shots, beer ads and shockingly racist Howard Cosell monkey references.  Never mind that no one actually knew what the hell “John 3:16″ meant – we liked it because it was just there and we were used to it (like a dog or a wife).  Now, however, the old ways are being cast aside, individuality stamped out, personal expression exiled from our arenas and stadiums.  If you hold up a John 3:16 sign today – even [...]

Not quite Tyus Edney but good enough.

Morgan State’s Ameer Ali is likely not going to make it as a pro basketball player, but that’s no sweat…he has a great career hauling flour sacks ahead of him.  He can pick up and drop with the best of them.  Shame to waste all that ability.

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