I was just reading a wire story recapping this year's tour with a focus on other riders anxiously hoping for Lance Armstrong to retire. The story mentioned a banner posted on the most arduous climb of the tour by an American fan. A roadside banner on the mythical L'Alpe d'Huez featured a map of France […]
Lance Armstrong wins a record sixth straight Tour de France. I can't tell you how much I hope this bugs the H-E-Double Hockeysticks out of the frogs.
Just got back from my first game at Petco Park, the Padres brand new ballpark. I must say that it's quite an impressive structure. And a Padres victory made it all the better. One interesting thing to note: Between the 3rd and 4th innings, the Marine Corps Hymn was played over the loudspeakers to honor […]
Today is the 50th anniversary of Roger Bannister's feat as the first to run a mile in less than four minutes. For the record: My best mile time was 7 minutes 48 seconds -- good enough for a D- in high school.
Well, they were pretty easy for me, but former Georgia Bulldogs assistant coach Jim Harrick Jr. makes j-school exams look like particle physics. Here's Harrick Jr.'s Final Exam for his "Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball" course in the fall of 2001: 1. How many goals are on a basketball court? a. 1 b. 2 […]
I saw Kurt Russell's latest flick, "Miracle" yesterday. Let me get the minor nitpick out of the way to start. The opening credits are a montage of images from the 1970s to help give the viewer the sense of what former President Jimmy Carter referred to as our "national malaise." The voiceovers on the credits […]
I must confess that I'm not that good at accepting compliments. They make me feel uncomfortable and I try to dismiss them. But, I'm a whole lot better than Texas Tech coach Bobby Knight. One eyewitness told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that Knight raised his voice to (Texas Tech Chancellor David) Smith after the chancellor approached […]
Caught this on the wire, but the article containing them by The Denver Post's John Henderson should make an appearance on the Web soon. The quotes, both courtesy of Blake Elliott of St. John's (Minn.): Best In-Your-Face-Trash-Talk comeback: Blake Elliott, St. John's (Minn.) wide receiver. After catching a pass and being told by a defensive […]
I'm hoping the worst happens. With Kansas State's trouncing of No. 1-ranked Oklahoma, the BCS is in trouble. And the ultimate disaster scenario for the BCS still looms. If Oklahoma falls to No. 3 in both polls, and USC moves to No. 1, the Trojans will still fall to No. 3 in the BCS Standings. […]
When I first saw this come over the wire, that's what I thought. Arkansas 71, Kentucky 63.