NFL Week 2 Livethread
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Sports Corner Catches Its Breath
Name a sport, and it’s probably going on right now. On Sunday you could have watched the tennis US Open, an NBA playoff, an NHL playoff, a full slate of MLB games, WNBA games, the first weekend of a new … Continue reading Sports Corner Catches Its Breath
All Things Cricket: September 15th
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Sports Corner Remembers Tom Seaver and Lou Brock
I have lived within three miles of Shea Stadium/Citi Field most of my life, so it’s not a surprise I became a Mets fan. I didn’t choose the Mets because Tom Seaver was still on the team when I discovered … Continue reading Sports Corner Remembers Tom Seaver and Lou Brock
All Things Cricket: September 8th
We’ll start internationally again. England purloined the first of three T20Is from Australia in Southampton by two measly runs. Australia won the toss and elected to bowl, restricting England to a total of 162/7 with Kane Richardson and Glenn Maxwell … Continue reading All Things Cricket: September 8th
Are We Ready For Some Football? 2020 NFL Season Kickoff Extravaganza!
It’s the 2020 NFL Kickoff the week! With no preseason, I’m expecting the first few weeks to be glorious and sloppy and … let’s hope we get more, I guess? Hooray! Here’s your schedule for week 1: Continue reading Are We Ready For Some Football? 2020 NFL Season Kickoff Extravaganza!
AEW All Out 2020 Live Thread
Match Card: Jon Moxley (c) vs MJF—AEW World Championship Match (Paradigm Shift Banned) Kenny Omega and Adam “Hangman” Page (c) vs FTR—AEW Tag Team Championship Match Hikaru Shida (c) vs Thunder Rosa—AEW Women’s Championship Match Chris Jericho vs Orange Cassidy—Mimosa Mayhem … Continue reading AEW All Out 2020 Live Thread
Sports Corner Ponders Itself
During the last week, I found myself remembering something Howard Cosell purportedly said about sports. Essentially, it’s only just a game AND it’s more than just a game. The protests by athletes across the sports world spoke to the power … Continue reading Sports Corner Ponders Itself
All Things Cricket: September 1st
This is the time of TOO. MUCH. CRICKET. Which is a good problem. Let’s start internationally, at Emirates Old Trafford, where England won the only T20I game against Pakistan so far that had a result and is playing the third … Continue reading All Things Cricket: September 1st
Avocado Fantasy Football 2020
I’ve been promising this for about two weeks, so I’m lazy and gonna copy a lot of last year. Welcome back to a season that may or may not happen in a fantasy football world! I am still your commissioner, … Continue reading Avocado Fantasy Football 2020
All Things Cricket: August 25th
England and Pakistan are in the 5th day of their third Test, with England way ahead and praying for the rain to go away. Pakistan is hanging in for a draw thanks to said rain and also to Captain Azhar … Continue reading All Things Cricket: August 25th
The UEFA Champions League Final Spectacular 2020
The day has come, the final is here: Bayern Munich v Paris Saint-Germain. And what a ride this tournament was. When I last posted about this we still had a lot of the powerhouses and each of them failed in … Continue reading The UEFA Champions League Final Spectacular 2020
Sports Corner Flaunts the Unwritten Rules
As you might have heard, rising Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. swung at a very juicy 3-0 pitch on Monday night. With the bases loaded. While his team had a large lead. One grand slam later, the Rangers decided this … Continue reading Sports Corner Flaunts the Unwritten Rules
All Things Cricket: August 18th
The second Test between England and Pakistan was won by…rain. Officially, it was a draw. Pakistan needs a win in the third test starting Friday to even the series. The CPL is back! After it rained, of course. Trinbago Knight … Continue reading All Things Cricket: August 18th
All Things Cricket: August 11th
England defeated Pakistan with a stunning 277 fourth-innings chase at Emirates Old Trafford. Pakistan squandered any number of chances to win the match, including a third-innings collapse from 120/6 to 169 all out when just 20 or so extra runs … Continue reading All Things Cricket: August 11th
UEFA Champions League 2020: knockout stages
Ce sont les meilleures équipes Sie sind die allerbesten Mannschaften The main event Die Meister Die Besten Les Grandes Équipes The Champions Little by little the European Football leagues resumed and somehow they finished their seasons. There was something … Continue reading UEFA Champions League 2020: knockout stages
Sports Corner Commiserates with Golic and Calcaterra
For a long time, my morning routine included listening to Mike and Mike in the Morning/Golic and Wingo, and seeing what was going on in the baseball world through NBC’s Hardball Talk blog. Last week, Mike Golic’s two decades as … Continue reading Sports Corner Commiserates with Golic and Calcaterra
All Things Cricket: August 4th
England smoked Ireland in two ODIs with another today. The IPL got the go-ahead from the Indian government to play in UAE. England and Pakistan start up with three tests, the first one in Manchester starting Wednesday. I’m pretty busy … Continue reading All Things Cricket: August 4th
All Things Cricket: July 28th
England won back the Wisden Trophy for all eternity (it is being replaced by the Richards- Botham Trophy in the future) by beating the Windies in the third Test in the series, in Manchester. The Windies once again chose to … Continue reading All Things Cricket: July 28th
Sports Corner Throws Out the First Pitch
For good or for ill, major league baseball returns for a 60 game season tomorrow. I am not as excited as I could be, in part because I don’t really expect the season not to be interrupted by an outbreak … Continue reading Sports Corner Throws Out the First Pitch
All Things Cricket: July 21st
Another cracking good Test, this time in Manchester. England opened the batting after being put in by the West Indies, which would end up being a crucial mistake by WI Captain Jason Holder. They put up a magnificent 469, led … Continue reading All Things Cricket: July 21st
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