Yeah, turns out they even play games on Saturday and Sunday, when my tube was transfixed on college football and the NFL, respectively. Who knew?
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Monthly Archives: September 2007
When is a rivalry not a rivalry?
My years at UCLA came plop in the middle of its seven-year football losing streak to USC and, up until last year, that was no rivalry. Trust me.
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Cheating: An update.
AP: Belichick gets $500k fine, Patriots lose $250k, and a first-round draft pick if they make the playoffs. I am curious.
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On cheating, cheating, and more cheating.
Everyone seems to be cheating these days. Even I feel like I’m cheating my boss somewhat when I surf the Internet for blog material in the middle of a lazy Thursday.
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What happens when you and I try to imitate professional motorcycle riders.
The cool thing about motor sports, when compared to other professional sports, is that most of us drive a motorized vehicle. We might not get to face a 90-mph fastball every day, put on a helmet and pads and tackle someone, or check some poor sap into a plexiglass wall, but we can regularly get behind the wheel of a car, truck or motorcycle.
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The Darrell Jackson helmet controversy.
Notice anything a little off about 49ers wide receiver Darrell Jackson in this photo?
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My Motocross cherry is broken.
I don’t like parking my hybrid in dirt parking lots, but I do enjoy a damn good motorcycle race. Could some kind of compromise have been reached before I was dispatched to Glen Helen Raceway this weekend?
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Who are you, and what are you doing here?
“This is my first blog entry.”
Scary words, huh? Talk about a drop in an overflowing bucket. Here’s a few that might be worse …
“From the creators of ‘Survivor’ comes a groundbreaking new reality show…”
“Universal Pictures presents Adam Sandler in …”
“Our lead story tonight: Paris Hilton…”
In short, I don’t believe The World needs another sports blog. But I hear MTV was ready to call it quits after “The Real World 3”, too.
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