Caseys Clipboard-Wallys WorldCaseys Clipboard-Wallys WorldIn the age-old tradition of sports comes Casey's Clipboard. A site dedicated to the discussion of the games we play and, more importantly, those we watch. Welcome to the Clipboard where sports meets philosophy, psychology, economics, and maybe a li Articles
Friday Flick 1.5
2008-05-09 22:21:00 Worth listening to even if your first language is not French. More About: Friday , Casey , Clipboard , Flick
Give it up for Buck O?Neil
2008-05-09 00:09:00 Blogger over on Sporting News has started a petition to get Buck O’Neil into the Hall of Fame. Go here and follow the prompts to sign your name. More About: Give , Casey , Clipboard
Open Thread Thursday (5/8)
2008-05-08 15:11:00 The NBA-MVP discussion has been great. What other topics do we want to discuss? Post it here. Get us started. More About: Open , Thursday , Casey , Thread , Clipboard
Rebounds & Put backs (5/7)
2008-05-08 00:33:00 Sit back and let Casey be your guide. Find yourself an article or two of your fancy. Don’t forget to tell ‘em who sent ya. dougvantyle: Negro League Heroes-A Tribute To Buck O’Neil Boston Sports Rants: How the Yankees Became the Red Sox Babes Love Baseball: The Barry Bonds Conspiracy Home Run Derby: The Reds ... More About: Clipboard
Tuesdays with Smitty: Winning the MVP award and other ramblings
2008-05-06 23:56:00 All weekend, I have been listening to probably one of the worst kept secrets ? Kobe Bryant is the 2008 NBA?s Most Valuable Player. While I don?t discount Kobe as one the top, if not the best player in the NBA right now - I have a hard time making myself believe that he is ... More About: Award , Winning
Queston Du Jour
2008-05-06 15:04:00 How many seconds does it take to advance a basketball 70′ while taking three dribbles, then making a pass, having a teammate dribble the ball, and making another pass before shooting? More About: Casey , Clipboard
The West is a Point Guard Lovers Paradise
2008-05-05 19:50:00 NBA fans have to enjoy the point guard match ups playing out in the West ern Conference. Chris Paul and his Hornets vs. Tony Parker and the Spurs, Deron Williams and the Jazz vs. Derek Fisher and the Lakers ? does it make me Captain Obvious to suggest these guys are the top four at ... More About: Paradise , Lovers , Point , Guard
Performance of the Week (POTW) 4/28-5/4
2008-05-05 02:41:00 This week’s POTW comes from college softball. Central Washington’s Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace earned POTW by helping an opponent to victory. Huh? Did you read that right? Yes, Holtman and Wallace get this week’s honor by assisting the opposition. When Western Oregon University’s Sara Tucholsky tore her ACL celebrating her first career home run, Holtman and Wallace ... More About: Performance , Week , Casey , Clipboard
The Horses Are Out Of The Barn
2008-05-03 22:10:00 Wish I could write a poignant piece about today?s 134th ?Run for the Roses?. Any such attempt would serve as nothing more than folly. I have paid marginal (at best) attention to the thoroughbreds. Secretariat?s record-breaking runs in?73 and Affirmed fighting off Alydar to win the Triple Crown in ?78 made for great entertainment. ... More About: Champions League , Horses , Kentucky Derby , Barn
Friday Flick 1.4
2008-05-02 22:52:00 40 years ago today the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup. Significant for two reasons: for the Leafs it marked the last time they won the Cup. Props to Toronto fans who four decades later sell out each and every game. The game also marked the end of the ... More About: Friday , Casey , Clipboard , Flick
Open Thread Thursday - 5/1
2008-05-01 13:41:00 Got a topic? Post it here. Get us started. More About: Open , Thursday , Casey , Thread , Clipboard
Rebounds & Put backs with the bloggers
2008-04-30 20:52:00 Sit back and let Casey be your guide. Find yourself an article or two of your fancy. Don’t forget to tell ‘em who sent ya. Boston Sports Rants: NFL Draft Recap: Chiefs Draft’s Biggest Winners; Rams Biggest Losers The Cub Reporter: NL Central Smackdown: Shortstops BrewersNation: Round ‘Em Up Wednesday Home Run Derby: Home Run of ... More About: Bloggers , Clipboard
Tuesdays with Smitty: Draft Weekend Thoughts and other Rumblings
2008-04-29 20:07:00 After trying to absorb as much of the NFL Draft this weekend, I came away with thoughts about teams, as well as some of the other action occurring in sports over the weekend. ? The draft really needs to go back to being in the morning and not the 3:00 pm start that it had this ... More About: Thoughts , Weekend , Barry Zito
For Rangers and Sixers weekend is an exercise of opportunities lost
2008-04-28 22:33:00 Pittsburgh Penguin fans greeted the New York Rangers with a sea of white Friday night. The energy in the four-decade old Mellon Center was palpable. The ?Broadway Blue? responded with the game?s first three goals ? the last of which came just a little over three minutes into the game?s second stanza. The veteran ... More About: Lost , Montreal Canadiens , Exercise , Pittsburgh Penguins
Cover letter to Donnie Walsh
2008-04-28 20:54:00 Dear Mr. Walsh: Please accept this letter as application for the position as head coach of the New York Knickerbockers. Enclosed you will find my resume, but I would like to emphasize a few important points. I have spent the last fourteen years working as an English teacher. While this experience may not seem directly related to ... More About: Letter , Cover , New York Knicks , Casey , Clipboard
Performance of the Week (POTW) 4/21-4/27
2008-04-28 03:08:00 Tony Parker must have grown weary of being an after thought in all the conversations regarding the top point guards in the NBA. Friday night Parker looked possessed as he dropped 41, handed out 12 assists, and grabbed 5 boards in Game 3 of the Western Conference quarter-finals. All this came after Parker ... More About: Performance , Week , Casey
Draft Day Open Thread
2008-04-26 14:01:00 Remember when the shrewd Red Auerbach chose Larry Bird before the ‘Hick From French Lick’ declared for the draft. You don’t suppose that Al Davis, with his penchant for acquiring Heisman winners, would choose Tim Tebow? More About: Open , Draft , Casey , Thread , Clipboard
Friday Flick 1.3
2008-04-25 23:16:00 Not just one flick for y’all this week. Rather - a sample of some of Casey ’s favorite action scenes: More About: Friday , Clipboard , Flick
Open Thread Thursday (4/24)
2008-04-24 11:37:00 Who has a topic? Get us started. More About: Open , Thursday , Thread
Over the hump with blog nation (4/23)
2008-04-23 21:02:00 Boston Sports Rants: Sean MC Must Win Every Contest Sox and Pinstripes: Most top prospects like Craig Hansen benefit from time and patience Braves Blast: Congrats Smoltzie on 3,000 Strike Outs! The Cub Reporter: Recipe for a 7-1 Homestand Babes Love Baseball: Thome Heats Up The Self-Cleaning Oven Sports Daddy: How To Watch Euro 2008 Online Anywhere ... More About: Blog , Nation , Casey , Clipboard , Hump
Tuesdays with Smitty: How to save the NHL
2008-04-22 07:00:00 Like most, Spring is my favorite time of year. Snow melts, leaves bud on trees, flowers bloom and golf courses dry (yes, I got my first round of 18 in over the weekend). For me, Sports viewing is at its best. March Madness, The Masters, Opening Day and the NBA playoffs bring almost ... More About: Stanley Cup , Save
Eleven Degrees of LaTroy Hawkins
2008-04-21 20:13:00 Yankee reliever, LaTroy Hawkins, recently learned a little about the value of a number. Wanting to honor his hero, Roberto Clemente, Hawkins chose to don the #21. Little did the 13-year veteran know how possessive the denizens of the Bronx can be. After hearing some boos and feeling some pressure from Derek ... More About: Casey , Clipboard , Degrees
Performance of the Week (POTW) 4/14-4/20
2008-04-21 03:52:00 May seem like one of the more obvious decisions in the history of sports, but Donny Walsh’s choice to take the New York Knicks in a new coaching direction merits my POTW. Maybe now those eighty some Knick games that I can watch won’t be mistaken for Comedy Central. Who’s your POTW? ... More About: Performance , Week , Casey , Clipboard
Danny Federici
2008-04-20 05:16:00 A pause from our usual sports banter to remember the life of E Street keyboardist, Danny Federici who earlier this week lost his battle to melanoma. While Federici never grabbed the spotlight like Bruce or the other endearing personalities of the E Street Band (Miami Steve or Clarence Clemons), his contributions never went unnoticed. ... More About: Casey , Clipboard
Over the hump with blog nation (4/16)
2008-04-17 02:03:00 Sean MC - Boston Sports Rants: Boston Celtics Complete Greatest Single-Season Turnaround in NBA History Sox and Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight Babes Love Baseball: The Oldest Mullett in Baseball Returns Home Run Derby: Hawk Harrelson is Exciting. Darrin Jackson…Not So Much Sox and Pinstripes: Pinstripe Problems Center Field: Loud Noises NCAA Hoops Today: The final Blog Poll Top 25 Poll of the 2007-2008 Season Yellow Chair Sports: Who’s your MVP of the over-40 crowd? The Big Lead: Basketballs can cause concussions? Medialoper: Why the Replacements saved my life aajoe7: Breaking News: Schultz steps to the plate More About: Nation , Hump
Casey at the wonder wall
2008-04-16 01:50:00 Starbucks owner, Howard Schultz, made headlines today by bringing forth a lawsuit to stop the move of the Sonics from Seattle to Oklahoma City. Schultz’s lawyer, Richard Yarmuth, contends that the former Sonic owner had an agreement with the current ownership that they would make a good-faith effort to keep the franchise in Seattle. Casey ... More About: Wall , Clipboard
Athleticism vs. Skill: Surveying the Basketball Landscape
2008-04-14 21:51:00 Imagine, if you would, a race. Let?s say the 100m dash. Our contestants include the following: Darren Collison, Derrick Rose, Allen Iverson, TJ Ford, Maurice Cheeks, and Dennis Johnson. Johnson has been brought back from the after-life, and he and Cheeks have completed some sort of time travel in order to compete ... More About: Basketball , Landscape , Skill , Casey , Clipboard
Performance of the Week (POTW) 4/7 - 4/13
2008-04-14 12:53:00 So much to choose from this week. I’m going with Michael Thompson. Friday afternoon on the 15th at Augusta the senior from Alabama lined up what would have been a birdie. Chances looked good for Thompson to make the cut. His ball moved so slightly that the announcers needed two replays ... More About: Performance , Week
Amen (Corner)!
More articles from this author:2008-04-13 11:22:00 Hey … you don’t even have to go to church Sunday morning … it’s the 4th round of the Masters … they’ve got “Amen Corner ” on the course there at Augusta … so you’re good if you watch!!! Okay … here’s the Leaderboard after 3 rounds: -11 Immelmann -9 Snedeker -8 Flesch -7 ... More About: World , Wally 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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