Category: Sports

When all the wheels fall off

It’s happened to us all, I’m sure, at one point or another. Several personal instances come to mind: Two weeks before a show, one of my leads comes down with a serious illness. Blizzard-like weather cancels important rehearsals. Both of our cars die in the same week. Last night’s NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals game. And [...]

Yabbut

What about 2008? The Chinese women’s gymnastics team from the 2000 Olympic Games was stripped of their bronze medal yesterday, after the IOC confirmed that Dong Fangxiao, pictured here, was not the minimum age of 16 when she competed (she was only 14). The bronze instead went to the USA team. Yabbut…what about 2008? I [...]

Carp.

It was beautiful to watch — the comeback, I mean. Twenty-some points down, and they end up losing by only two. Still painful. As fantastic as LeBron is, and as many times as he’s saved the day in the past, it wasn’t enough. But I have to admit, although I’m not a hardcore basketball fan, [...]

BTTH X

Warren "It Wunt My Fault I Swear" Sapp “I was trying to help her up and she fell on her leg.” ~ Of course she did, dear. And so it goes: another pro athlete arrested for stupid behavior that threatens an otherwise entitled and charmed life. Some people can’t see how fortunate they are. The [...]

B. Zar

After I got home at 7:00 last night, I did not feel like working. The Thriller and I watched some TV instead — I think it was the NFL Network. We watched a special on Jim “King” Corcoran. One word describes my reaction: speechless. It was one of the more bizarre (yet completely entertaining) bio [...]