Month: August 2008
NBC Is Really Crowing About the Opening Ceremonies
The final ratings for the Olympics Opening Ceremonies are in and NBC still has a reason to beat its proverbial…
Read more »Titans 34 Rams 13: Thoughts and observations
Smash mouth football reigned supreme for the Titans tonight, as they pasted the Rams 34-13 in their preseason debut. The…
Read more »No Blog Tonight…
I just got home in time to see the end of the first quarter. I’ve been traveling since 10 PM…
Read more »7/9: Dice-K tries to go perfect on road
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (66-50) @ Chicago White Sox (64-50) Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-2, 3.04) @ Jose Contreras (7-6, 4.60)…
Read more »Sheets keeps pace with CC
Ben Sheets pitched a gem for the Brewers on Saturday night. In fact, he finally kept pace with teammate CC…
Read more »Eyewitness Report: Longball Observes a Sudden Outbreak of Violence on the Palouse!
Autumn is my favorite season on the Palouse and no matter what the calendar says I can tell you it…
Read more »Tonight’s Lineup 8/9 in Chicago
J.D. Drew, RF Dustin Pedroia, 2B David Ortiz, DH Kevin Youkilis, 1B Mike Lowell, 3B Jason Bay, LF Jed Lowrie,…
Read more »I Don’t Care If Manny Goes To The Yanks
In the NY Post today they cited several of Manny’s friends saying he wanted to play for the Yankees next…
Read more »Saturday Hello’s
I’ll give you some links, but before I get into the linkage, I wanted give you my thoughts on the…
Read more »Links of the Day 8/9/08
Tragic news from Beijing as Todd Bachman, CEO of Minneapolis institution Bachman’s was murdered in Beijing. In other sad news,…
Read more »NBC Off to a Red Hot Start for the 2008 Olympics
It may have been tape delayed. It may have run on the West Coast while some Olympic events were already…
Read more »Players of note, Chad signs with Bill, and more Plax
Shocking… Pennington signs with the Dolphins. Well, thank goodness the Giants couldn’t be their own worst enemy here. I hope…
Read more »‘Man, I really love this team’
In 2004, Bart Steele made waves with a country ditty called “Man, I Really Love This Team” in honor of…
Read more »Ozzie Being Ozzie
Could you imagine Ozzie managing in Boston? The media would have a field day because he would create a firestorm…
Read more »Weekend Viewing Picks
Saturday, August 9 GolfPGA Championship, 3rd Round – TNT, 11 a.m./CBS, 2 p.m./PGA.comIndy Racing LeagueMeijer 300 – ESPN2, 6:30 p.m….
Read more »2009 Gamecock Commitments
2009 Carolina Commits as of 8/9/08 Corey Addison – Saftey – 5-11, 190 Nick Allison- OL – 6-4, 295 DeMario…
Read more »Gameday: Cowboys @ Chargers
The Cowboys are in San Diego for their first preseason game of the year. By this time of the year,…
Read more »Another kid enlists with the gamecocks…
Well, it seems recruiting is going well thus far with the 14th pickup just the other day. Chaun Gresham switched…
Read more »Seat Fee Chart for Gamecock fans
Updated:We read yesterday were the Gamecock Athletic Dept moved forward with the “seat fees” and here is a chart to…
Read more »The Garnet Way
Updated:The Garnet Way is USC’s commitment to building a championship athletics program. The Gamecock Club has updated their site and…
Read more »Preview of Titans v. Rams preseason opener-Titans to watch
Our long local nightmare is finally over! Yes, it’s actual live football action, for the first time in just over…
Read more »In case anyone is interested…..(yawn)
#99 for the LA Dodgers went 0-5 tonight and still hasn’t cut his hair. Fenway West- The Western Home to…
Read more »Pedroia’s Blast Is Not Enough For Red Sox
Jon Lester and Mark Buehrle were locked in a pitcher’s duel for the early innings but Chicago had a 1…
Read more »U.S. vs China
With outfits like that, how can the U.S. lose? Seriously, I was digging the Ralph Lauren white hat, blue blazer,…
Read more »CWS 5, BOS 3: Hot streak meet Mark Buehrle
White Sox starter blanked the Red Sox into the eighth inning as Chicago beat Boston 5-3. Boston was down in…
Read more »Steelers win the battle for Penn’s Woods
1610 Coach Tomlin is now 2-0 against Philadelphia. Hopefully the streak translates when it actually matters when we face them…
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