Archive for April, 2009

There weak fines and week suspensions. And then there's Josh Beckett.
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LeBron. Kobe. D-Wade. When I hear those three names, I think of a great marketing platform for the NBA. They're all in capes, musketeer hats and fencing swords. (Patent pending). For now, just consider it the battle for the MVP award for 2009: "One award for all, but only deserving of one."
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Living out in San Diego, it’s only on rare occasions that one of my favorite sports teams from Philadelphia are on TV. So you can imagine I’m feeling like Kumar today with THREE of my teams — Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers — all on TV in a row! In honor of that, I will be...
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Manchester United vs. Arsenal In this all-England matchup there is truly only one king. Manchester United should make some quick work of Arsenal and move quickly into the Finals with a chance to repeat in Rome as the Champions of Europe.
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The Super Bowl happened ages ago, minicamps don’t start until the summertime, and the 2009 regular season is still five months away. WHAT IS A DIEHARD FOOTBALL FAN TO DO?!
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While Chicago had the comical Harry Caray, St. Louis the poetic Jack Buck, and New York the distinctive Mel Allen; Philadelphia had a best friend in Harry Kalas. In an age when sports figures have had a rough go of things in Philly (to put it lightly), Harry was a man that owned a...
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Words cannot describe the sadness that has overcome the hearts of the Phillies fans and sports fans alike. Whether you heard him through NFL Films or something as silly as the Puppy Bowl, Harry Kalas was special. To us Philly fans, he was not a voice -- he was the voice.
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Like many fans, I like watching golf occasionally on TV, even though I personally am very lousy at the game and always get my money's worth in greens fees, seeing far more of the course and taking more shots than anyone in my playing group. And like many fans these days, I will only...
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The headline said it all. Baseball Writers Brace for the End. Granted, I know a lot of sports fans didn't see it, but that was the main article in Tuesday's sports section of the Wall Street Journal.
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Here's a few of idle sports thoughts from the first half of this week. With March Madness and Opening Day of Major League Baseball in the books, I've been higher than Kumar in Amsterdam!
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