Weekly thread to let the jocks talk about sports without fear of ridicule
Baseball season nears its end and the playoffs are nearly upon us! Can the Astros’ one two combination of Verlander and Cole tame the Yankees’ bats? Will the Yankees continue hitting all those homers? Will the Twins finally break their … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 25, 2019
Five QBs who took snaps in 2004 are still playing. And three will not be starting this Sunday. The questionable Ben Roethlisberger is out for the year with a poorly defined elbow injury. 40 year old Drew Brees is down … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 18, 2019
Congrats to Rafa Nadal, who held off a furious comeback effort by rising star (and occasional grump) Daniel Mevedev to win his 19th Grand Slam. Congrats also to Bianca Andreescu. The future of tennis is arriving rather quickly. Even if … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 11, 2019
Welcome to a special NFL Kickoff Week edition of Sports Corner. (Boy, that is a bland anniversary logo.) Today. I will make a few predictions. With the arrival of reviewable pass interference calls, no one will have any idea what … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 4, 2019
On the cusp of the NCAA and NFL football seasons, all anyone is talking about is the sudden retirement of Andrew Luck. I have to say, I didn’t really find it that surprising, given his long and painful injury history. … Continue reading Sports Corner – August 28, 2019
Next Monday marks the start of the US Open tennis tournament at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Practically my backyard. But before 1978, the event was held at Forest Hills Stadium in (where else) … Continue reading Sports Corner – August 21, 2019
Attend the tale of Antonio Brown’s helmet. If nothing else, it’s certainly enlivened the pre-season. Even if I can’t say it makes much sense that a player wants to use worn-out equipment to protect his noggin. Or that anyone would … Continue reading Sports Corner – August 14, 2019
Feeling under the weather today, so not much of a preamble. Also, there still isn’t much going on. Unless you are looking forward to a full slate of preseason football games, or unless like me you are revelling in the … Continue reading Sports Corner – August 7, 2019
Yes, at long last, it’s NFL preseason! Games that not only mean nothing, but feature a lot of players we’ll never see again! And yet these games will sell out, and get better ratings than most regular season baseball games. … Continue reading Sports Corner – July 31, 2019
Not a lot going on in actual games right now. Just baseball, and it continues to be a bit on the dull side. There is a lot happening off the field, but much of it – Tyrek Hill, Rolando, Dwight … Continue reading Sports Corner – July 24, 2019
Heartwarming stories don’t usually do much for me. But I find it easy to be moved by the way the Angels came back home after the All Star break and after the untimely death of Tyler Skaggs. Paying tribute to … Continue reading Sports Corner – July 17, 2019
In the grand scheme of things, even within the sports world, the winner of the Home Run Derby is not very important. But forgive me if I feel like celebrating Pete “Polar Bear” Alonso’s win on Monday night. It has been and will continue to be a long, frustrating season for Mets fans. Alonso’s victory, the first solo win ever for a Met in the Derby, is a bright spot amidst the despair and gloom at Citi Field. So allow me to indulge myself, and to hope that Alonso’s rookie season continues to be one for the books. And that … Continue reading Sports Corner – July 10, 2019
On Sunday, June 30 at 6 pm Eastern time, every player in the NBA changed teams. Or at least it felt like that. But even with many players staying in place, it’s been a madhouse and it’s hard not to … Continue reading Sports Corner – July 3, 2019
Soccer is clearly taking center stage across the globe, with the Women’s World Cup and two major men’s tournaments. Even if it’s absurd that both of those tourneys are ending the same day as the WWC final. The USWNT looks … Continue reading Sports Corner – June 26, 2019
And so the NBA and NHL seasons end, and the Raptors and Blues can enjoy a few weeks of quiet time before we start thinking about next season. Did I say weeks? I meant seconds, since the insanely busy “off-season” … Continue reading Sports Corner – June 19, 2019
So much going on. Stanley Cup Game Seven in Boston tonight. Raptors still one win away, but did they open the door too much for the Warriors? Durant’s achilles, and questions about playing through the pain. Women’s World Cup off … Continue reading Sports Corner – June 12, 2019
The NBA finals are tied 1-1, and the Warriors seem to running out of healthy players, with KD still recovering, Klay hurting, and rising star Looney out. As is often the case, the title might simply go to the team that has the most healthy players. Of course, if Dray and Steph still healthy, that could be enough for GSW. Game three, in this glacially paced series, is tonight. And over in the NHL, it’s 2-2, and anyone’s guess how it comes out. I fully expect a game seven. There is also French Open tennis, the run-up to the women’s … Continue reading Sports Corner – June 5, 2019
A sad week in the sports world with the passings of Packers legend Bart Starr, slugger Bill Buckner, and Auburn radio voice Rod Bramblett. Starr was before my time, but he’s long defined the epic success of the 60s Packers. Bramblett was not someone I listened to, but the bond between the fans of college teams and the men who bring the games is deep and widely known. And Buckner…well, as a Mets fan his one bad moment is part of our lore, but no man should ever be judged by that one bad moment. He was a great player, … Continue reading Sports Corner – May 29, 2019
Let’s here it for Bodexpress, who fulfilled the dream of horses everywhere and ran free, unburdened with his jockey, at The Preakness. Between Bodexpress throwing his jockey (who is thankfully okay) and Maximum Security bumping other horse at the Derby, … Continue reading Sports Corner – May 22, 2019
Bounce. Bounce. Bounce. Bounce. SWISH. Really not much more that anyone needs to say at this point. Even as the draft lottery has been and gone (and probably really messed with the AD Trade Saga), as well as the first … Continue reading Sports Corner – May 15, 2019
Amidst the big events of this month, there were two stories that didn’t get a ton of coverage but that I feel deserve more notice: – The decision by over 200 professional women’s hockey players to skip the upcoming season … Continue reading Sports Corner – May 8, 2019
