My heart and condolences go out to Randy Walker’s family after his tragic passing Thursday night. Obviously, I didn’t know him, but I am definitely a big fan of Big Ten football. Northwestern and Michigan have had some monumental tussles recently and I have nothing but respect for the way Randy Walker ran his program. [...]
Archive for June, 2006
Randy Walker dies of apparent heart attack
Friday, June 30th, 2006Where have you gone Jason Bay?
Thursday, June 29th, 2006For a guy who leads the National League All Star voting for his position, he sure hasn’t helped my fantasy team as of late. JBay powered my week 10 win with 34 pts (9-19, 6 1B, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 5 R, 11 BB, 4 KO). Good stuff. He followed that up with 3 [...]
Dumpster for Dempster
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Let me extend my last post a bit. Ryan Dempster has got to go. I don’t care if they trade him, sell him, option him to Triple A, waive him and eat his salary… he’s a killer. Tonight the Cubs battled back behind some timely hitting (yes, I said the Cubs), and a gutty performance [...]
Time for the white flag
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006So the Cubs have been awful without Derrek Lee. Now they get to be brutal with Derrek Lee. Len and Bob talked a lot tonight about the Richie Sexson trade that brought the Brewers a ton of young talent that they’re building around. Sounds like a great plan right? RIGHT? But the Tribune Company, Andy [...]
There’s a New Sheriff in Town
Sunday, June 18th, 2006Dwayne Wade. He not only hit the shot that took Game 5 of the NBA Finals to overtime, but he also ices the victory with 2 foul shots with 1 second left. This guy is out-of-this world amazing. I remember watching him in the NCAA tournament when he was with Marquette. He was fun to [...]
Ghana v. Czech Republic – World Cup
Saturday, June 17th, 2006I just got done watching the Ghana v. Czech Republic FIFA World Cup game. I haven’t watched soccer since the last World Cup. That’s my bad. It was a wonderful experience. The Czech Republic was expected to win easily but Ghana scored a goal in the second minute that changed everything. From the inital kick-off [...]
Tiger Stadium. Going. Going. Gone.
Friday, June 16th, 2006Image Courtesy of Photofile
R.I.P. Tiger Stadium. Tiger Stadium is the place where I first climbed the stairs, peaked out onto the field, and saw the wide open expanse that was a baseball field. I was hooked. Totally hooked. The blue-grey stadium, with cages for fences and bullpens, could not have been more beautiful. It was [...]
Video Game Leads to Real World Activity
Thursday, June 15th, 2006Today, Jason Kottke drops some funny on us. Apparently Madden 06 has even more influence that originally thought. (thanks kottke)
vigilante sports is now a member of the 9rules blog community
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006For a while now, I’ve kept my eyes on the 9rules blog network. I was introduced to it by John Zeratsky, who has been a 9rules member for a while now. They recently had an open call for entries to be a part of their network. We submitted this site, and I’m proud to annouce [...]
Can You Believe the Things People Ask?
Monday, June 5th, 2006I was hanging out with this guy this weekend and he asks me, in all seriousness, why I’m a Cubs fan. So I start telling him about how I became a fan when I moved to the Chicago area in 1984 and the Cubs were a really hot team, and that my favorite player was [...]