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Video: Weird and Whacky Moments in Sports [J. Mark English]
2009-11-20 21:36:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Video , Sports , Weird , English , Moments
Video: Top 10 Signs Your NFL Team Owner is Nuts [J. Mark English]
2009-11-20 21:31:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Video , English , Signs , Team , Owner
A Few Tidbits [J. Mark English]
2009-11-20 21:00:00 Recently someone suggested the idea that the new "Giants" Stadium should be called JetBlue Stadium. If, that is, both the Jets and the Giants plan on allowing a company to purchase the name of the stadium, would that not be a perfect name to cover both teams? Of course as someone pointed out to me, JetBlue may not be able to afford the lofty cost of buying the rights to the stadium. We shall see.Another fun bit of information that was tossed around the other day is that the New York Yankees have just as many wins in November as do the New York Jets, New York Giants, New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, and the New York Rangers combined. That is pathetic. But I'm sure Yankee fans would prefer to have the championship instead of a few more wins from the local teams.http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?i mage=amerlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: English , Tidbits
Video: Sesame Street Turns 40; Vince Carter & Grover; Harlem Globetrott
2009-11-18 21:58:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Video , Sesame , Street , Vince Carter
Topps Ticket to Stardom Case Rip [J. Mark English]
2009-11-14 03:24:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: English , Case
West Pointers - ESPN Video [J. Mark English]
2009-11-11 21:31:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Video , English , West , Pointers
Some College Fooball Thoughts [J. Mark English]
2009-11-11 21:07:00 On Notre Dame Fighting Irish - - Neil Hayes of the Chicago Sun Times:Evidently, being honest and forthright while answering questions is not something Notre Dame captains should do. If they puppet whatever coach Charlie Weis says, even if it's less than the full truth, they are leaders. If they say what really happened, what the opposing coach admits happened, they're not leadership material. Notre Dame may be one of the prestigious private universities in the country, but football players are not allowed to express original thoughts -- or at least that was the message sent after another loss that ranks among the most embarrassing in school history. More disturbing than Notre Dame falling 23-21 to Navy were comments that followed. More telling than the second loss to Navy in three years, a defeat that could end up costing Weis his job, was how the Notre Dame coach responded to mild criticism of the coaching staff by a player who dared tell the unvarnished truth. This is... More About: College , English , Thoughts
Andre Agassi on CBS 60 Minutes [J. Mark English]
2009-11-11 20:55:00 Watch CBS News Videos OnlineWatch CBS News Videos Onlinehttp://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?i mage=amerlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: English , Andre
Video: Girls Gone Wild? [J. Mark English]
2009-11-11 20:45:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Video , Girls , English , Wild
Video and Photos: New York Yankees Win 27th Championship [J. Mark English]
2009-11-05 08:11:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Video , Championship , Photos , New York , English
NFL Fanhouse: America's Team? It's the Saints Now [Terence Moore]
2009-11-03 21:41:00 From Terence Moore of NFL Fanhouse:Go ahead, because this is the right thing to do: You should spend the rest of the NFL season hugging whatever team you traditionally love, but you should kiss the New Orleans Saints in the shadows.If you prefer to do so in the sunshine, that's fine, too.The Saints have replaced the folks with stars on their helmets as America's Team . In case you weren't paying attention, Hurricane Katrina blew this franchise into the hearts of all those who had them. That unofficially happened on Sept. 25, 2006, the team's first home game back in New Orleans -- a Monday night when, just like this Monday night, the roof of the Superdome threatened to explode because of the noise generated by inside, as opposed to the wind outside it.A game that was also against the Falcons. And that, too, was a victory for the Saints, along the way to their first and only NFC championship game.Get the picture in black, old gold and white? When you cheer for the Saints, you're s...
2009 World Series: Various Perspectives Following Game Five [J. Mark Englis
2009-11-03 21:24:00 Bob Ford, Philadelphia Inquirer: Now comes the hard part....Monday night's World Series win over the New York Yankees was hardly a sure thing, but it was the surest card the Phillies had in their hand as they attempt to play their way out of the deep hole they dug in the first four games of the series....Cliff Lee settled down after a shaky first inning, got some run support and was able to pitch aggressively against the Yankees. The only reliable starter left in the makeshift rotation wasn't as sharp as he was in the opener, but he didn't have to be. New York hasn't been able to hit him consistently, but, in all likelihood, won't get a chance to prove that again....Whatever carryover momentum they hope to take with them will become moot at approximately 8 p.m. tomorrow night when Game 6 begins. After that, it's all up to the starting pitchers to provide the advantages and disadvantages. The Phillies will feel a little better about their chances (having awakened still having ...
Video: NY vs. Philly - - Clash of the Cretins [J. Mark English]
2009-11-03 21:07:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Video , English
Video: WS Game Five - Phillies Bring it Back to the Bronx [J. Mark English]
2009-11-03 21:03:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Video , English , Game , Back , The Bronx
NBA: Some Wild Predictions [David Stefanini]
2009-11-01 19:59:00 After a very long off season, basketball is finally back. Does anyone other than me care? Probably not, but I'm still going to throw out a few predictions: Dwayne Wade is going to win the MVP. Blake Griffin is not good. Just like Greg Oden he will be a complete bust. The Oklahoma City Thunder will make the playoffs this year. The Chicago Bulls will win more games than the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Knicks will win less than 25 games. The Knicks will not get LeBron this upcoming off season. The Boston Celtics will win the Eastern Conference Finals, beating the Miami Heat in 6 games. The Los Angeles Lakers will win the Western Conference Finals, beating the Dallas Mavericks in 5 games. The Lakers will win the NBA Finals after beating the Celtics in 7 games.http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?i mage=amerlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Wild , Predictions , David
Baseball Defies Predictions of Doom [Art Spander]
2009-10-30 20:26:00 Art Spander of Real Clear Sports: The game died years ago. Isn't that what we were told? Baseball was the echo of another time, men in baggy flannel standing around while the world sped past.It didn't work on television, trying to cram that huge expanse onto a small screen. And kids who weren't playing video games supposedly were playing soccer, on baseball fields.But here are the Yankees and Phillies going at it in this World Series in October 2009 as they did in the World Series in October 1950, and Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Howard are being given space in the sports pages equal that of Brett Favre journeying back to Green Bay.Sure it's because of the Yankees, the most famous sporting franchise in North America, a team of wealth, pinstripes and history. The Yanks cannot be ignored. Nor, with this World Series, can baseball.They had a 13.8 overnight Nielsen rating for Game 1, NFL type numbers, and presumably the figures will be about the same for Game 2, when the Yankees, ha... More About: Predictions , Doom
Video: World Series, Game 2 Highlights [J. Mark English]
2009-10-30 20:02:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Video , World , Series , English , Game
Are the Phillies Blowing It By Starting Pedro Tonight? [Tim Joyce]
2009-10-29 20:01:00 Tim Joyce of Real Clear Sports:Pedro Martinez, tonight's starter in game two of the World Series, played the lead role, with a supporting part from Grady Little, in the third most disastrous moment in Red Sox history when he blew a 5-2 lead late in the seventh game of the 2003 American League Championship at Yankee Stadium before Aaron Boone's infamous upper deck shot (the top two most crushing Red Sox moments were the loss in game six against the Mets in the 1986 World Series and the Bucky F'ing Dent homerun in 1978). One has to wonder whether the memory of that moment is still all too close for the formerly brilliant pitcher. More to the point, are the Phillies blowing any chance of taking a commanding two-games-to-none lead against the Yankees by starting Pedro against the team he admittedly had epic problems pitching against? A team he famously declared was "his Daddy." The diminutive pitcher is 1-2 with a 4.72 ERA in six postseason appearances against his hated rivals.This m... More About: Tonight
Congressman Steve King Grills NFL Commish over Rush Limbaugh [J. Mark Engli
2009-10-29 19:58:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Steve , King , Rush , Rush Limbaugh
WS Game 1: Cliff Lee Dazzles; Rollins Spot On [J. Mark English]
2009-10-29 18:35:00 Following last nights dazzling performance by Cliff Lee of the Philadelphia Phillies, I offer up a reactions from journalists of both cities:Phil Sheridan of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Cliff Lee is the coolest man in baseball.There he was, pitching in the first World Series game of his life, and the first ever at the new Yankee Stadium. Derek Jeter, a future Hall of Famer who has played nearly a full season's worth of October games, slapped a base hit up the middle in the bottom of the sixth, the Phillies ahead by two runs. Fifty thousand New York fans leaned forward, eager for the Yankees rally that was sure to follow.How many times had it started this way, with Jeter finding his way on base and his teammates taking some poor pitcher apart? So here was Johnny Damon, as capable of tying the game with a home run as hitting behind Jeter and getting the rally going. Ball one. Ball two. A hitter's count. Damon fouled off a pitch, took a called strike. Another foul, then another. Lee,... More About: English , Spot , Game
Some Final Thoughts on the World Series [J. Mark English]
2009-10-28 20:19:00 Here are what some of the writers are saying around the internet before the 'wild rumpus starts':Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post: When the World Series starts Wednesday, the proud, confident defending world champion Philadelphia Phillies will face the New York Yankees, baseball's biggest chokers for the last eight years. What happened? Did these two cities, after a century, decide to swap identities? Live long enough, you really will see everything....Go to Philadelphia this month and you'll see stories about how the Phillies have reversed the town's ancient inferiority complex about its pro sports teams. You are no longer a sucker if you dare to believe in a Philly team's chance for a positively ridiculous comeback win. It's now the Phillies' trademark, especially in the playoffs. Ask the Rockies and Dodgers. Both are still numb. Go to New York this month and you are met by the opposite mood. Before Game 6 of the ALCS against the Angels, a Page 1 tabloid headline on ... More About: English , Thoughts , Final
Photos: Warming up Before Game One [J. Mark English]
2009-10-28 20:18:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Photos , English , Game
Fantasy Baseball: The Hot Dog League [A.J. Cordi]
2008-03-12 23:18:00 My fantasy baseball league this year will be titled "The Hot Dog League ." If you're interested in joining, information is as follows:URL:http://baseball.fantasysports .yahoo.com/league/thehotdogleagueLeague Number:207204Password:Baseball There is a 10-team max. If the league fills fast, I will allow a couple more teams to join.Unlike my previous leagues, there will be a LIVE draft on Tuesday, April 1st at 10 pm EDT. Scoring will begin on April 7th so that everyone can get a better look at who the hot players will be this season!If you have any questions, e-mail me at ajcordi@yahoo.com. Hope to see you there!http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?i mage=amerlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Fantasy , Fantasy Baseball
Pigskin Pick'em Playoffs - Final Results [EdMcGon]
2008-02-04 15:02:00 And the winner of the Pigskin Pick'em Playoffs is (drumroll please):Bill Barker - 9Audio Dave - 8Robert A. George - 8EdMcGon - 6David Stefanini - 6J. Mark English - 2Congrats Bill! Sometimes, playing the "homer" works!http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?i mage=amerlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Results , Final
SUPER BOWL XLII CHAMPIONS [A.J Cordi]
2008-02-04 05:32:00 http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Super Bowl , Super , Champions , Bowl , Cord
Santana Saga Ends
2008-01-29 22:50:00 The Johan Santana saga has come to an end. On January 29 the METS have agreed to send Gomez and 3 prospects probably Mulvey, Guerra and Humber. The only thing that is standing in the way is a contract extension which I don't see being a problem and a physical. If you are a Twins fan you got to be frustrated and angry. I think most people thought that the Mets had to trade both Fernando Martinez and Carlos Gomez in order to acquire Santana. Also back at the Winter Meeting the Twins had an offer from the Yanks that included Hughes and Melky but passed. In my opinion I think Bill Smith over played his cards and I guess you can say it's a rookie mistake. Boston was just in it to drive up the price on the Yankees. Cashman was very stubborn and didn't want to trade the youngsters and I agree with him. They have 3 great pitchers who all could be an ace on another team. This is a deal the Mets had to make because of the collapse at the end of last year. Without a doubt in my mind th... More About: Ends , Saga
Pigskin Pick'em Playoffs - The Super Bowl [EdMcGon]
2008-01-29 20:33:00 I was going to do a long post, completely overanalyzing the Super Bowl . Fortunately, the New York Giants have saved me the trouble by shooting off their mouths. For example (the following quotes are from the New York Post's website):As he pulled his car up to the Giants Stadium tunnel to unload his bags, [Plaxico] Burress was asked...a direct question: Are you ready to make history? "You better believe it," the towering Giants receiver said.And then, as he entered the stadium and turned left toward the Giants locker room, Burress was asked for his prediction. Burress never hesitated, flatly stating "23-17." He didn't identify the winning team. He didn't have to.Or even better:Next came Michael Strahan...The same question: Are you ready to make history? "Yes sir," said Strahan, who for 15 years has chased the dream of winning the Super Bowl."History will be ours."How about a quote from Giants chairman Steve Tisch, when asked to predict a winner? (quote from Northjersey.com)"I'm n... More About: Playoffs , The Super
Pigskin Pick'em Playoffs - Championship Results [EdMcGon]
2008-01-23 11:56:00 Audio Dave pulled the "two-fer" last weekend to tie Barker for first place going into the Super Bowl. In addition, Robert George pulled a "two-fer" to move into second place, one game back. The playoff results:Bill Barker - 8Audio Dave - 8Robert A. George - 7EdMcGon - 6David Stefanini - 6J. Mark English - 2Stay tuned for Super Bowl picks next week! http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a merlegendslogo5wj.gif More About: Championship , Results , Playoffs , Champ
Pigskin Pick'em Playoffs - Divisional Results/Championship Preview [EdMcGon
2008-01-16 11:12:00 Time to give Bill Barker some kudos (try to keep your breakfast down people): Barker aced last weekend's games. On the other hand, Mark English swung for the fences and struck out. Here are the playoff results so far:Bill Barker - 7Audio Dave - 6EdMcGon - 5David Stefanini - 5Robert A. George - 5J. Mark English - 1With only three games left, it looks like a Barker vs. Audio Dave horse race, with the rest of us as the "Fred" (as in Thompson) in the race.Here are my picks for this weekend's games (with other pertinent info):San Diego Chargers at New England Patriots (Sunday at 3:00 p.m. EST, game temperature estimated at 22°F): The paradigm of recent times versus possible all-time perfection?The Chargers represent the "paradigm of recent times", where a team follows up an outstanding season where they failed in the playoffs with a good season where they win the Super Bowl. Last year, the 12-4 Colts won the Super Bowl after going 14-2 the previous season and losing in the playoffs to ... More About: Championship , Preview , Results , Playoffs , Champ
Pigskin Pick'em Playoffs - Wild Card Results/Divisional Preview [EdMcGon]
More articles from this author:2008-01-09 10:51:00 Sorry for the delay, but here are the results from last weekend's NFL playoff picks:EdMcGon - 3Bill Barker - 3Audio Dave - 3David Stefanini - 3Robert A. George - 2J. Mark English - 1For this week's picks, remember to get them in before 4:30 pm EST on Saturday. Here are my picks:Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers: I certainly under-rated the Hawks last week, but I cannot see them beating the Pack on the frozen tundra.Jacksonville Jaguars at New England Patriots: The Jags may give the Pats a hard time, but expect the Pats to pull it out in the end. The Pats just seem to have an extra gear they turn on whenever they need it.San Diego Chargers at Indianapolis Colts: This one has upset potential, but I can't pick the inconsistent Chargers over the fairly consistent Colts.New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys: The Giants have the momentum, plus they play better on the road. The Cowboys stumbled at the end of the season, losing two of their last three games. But the Boys are still the be... More About: Card , Preview , Results , Playoffs , Wild 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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