’07 Clipboards and National Chan’ship »

’07 Clipboards and National Chan’ship

Many thanks to all who helped select the Clipboards. The winners are: Individual performance of the year: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=d1Px-jPm_TU]] Upset of the year: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=fumxmR416t4&feature=related]] Comeback of the year: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CKj6-QQIns&feature=related] Jaw-Dropper of the year: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=2wyYgMTbMgM&feature=related] Comment of the year: Reynell’s commentary on ‘Lessons Learned From the ’07 MLB Post-Season’: Satisfaction will be the death of desire for [...]

ND wins again … off the field »

ND wins again … off the field

This just in: Continuing their fine work Sunday through Friday, the ND football team achieved a fifth straight semester with a team average G.P.A of over 3.0. Prior to Charlie’s tenure at ND, the highest team GPA (since such numbers were recorded ’92) was 2.91. Sticking with the academic theme, Notre Dame was awarded the [...]

Basking in the Glow of Big Blue and Calling Out Big D »

Basking in the Glow of Big Blue and Calling Out Big D

7 plays. 71 yards. :46. Now that’s why I watch sports! I’m still shaking my head in disbelief. Possibility exists the Giants have never been that efficient on offense – not in Super Bowl XXI when Simms performed like a surgeon, not when they ran a fourteen play drive over the first 9:29 of the [...]

Packers Journal Entry: Playoff Football at Lambeau »

Packers Journal Entry: Playoff Football at Lambeau

Playoff football at Lambeau means more than football. Hope all enjoyed Favre and the Pack’s performance. 4:05 – Much to my surprise the game started close to the announced time. I leisurely finished watching the UCLA / Washington St. game, stayed tune to find out the next matchup on FSN – Cal / Oregon State, [...]

Do Coaches Ever Find Greener Grass? »

Do Coaches Ever Find Greener Grass?

by Paul Casey Gotham Here I am in Upstate New York finding myself thinking of greener grass. Maybe it’s the recent ‘heat wave’ of sorts – back-to-back 60 degree days in January (hard to argue with Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’) – that’s got me considering the yard work. Of course it’s not the literal grass [...]

Coughlin has earned his due »

Coughlin has earned his due

He might have been born in Waterloo, New York, but Tom Coughlin knows a little what the California fires must feel like. No disrespect meant to the fine people of the Golden State; Tom Coughlin has known nothing but heat since he took his job as head coach of the New York Giants. Now he [...]

Can College Football Be Fixed? »

Can College Football Be Fixed?

By Paul Gotham Monday night college football will crown its champion. In the climate-controlled comfort of the Louisiana Superdome the Ohio State Buckeyes and Louisiana State Tigers will vie for ultimate bragging rights. Of course this ending will continue the discussion of the BCS (Bowl Collusion Syndicate) and its validity. Opponents of the BCS will [...]

Clipboard National Finals »

Clipboard National Finals

7p.m. Louisiana Superdome: USC vs. Florida

Who Gets Your MVP Vote? »

Who Gets Your MVP Vote?

Maybe this is obvious…maybe it’s not. Now that the NFL regular season has concluded, who is your MVP? Why?

Winter Classic ’08 »

Winter Classic ’08

Gas: $25 NYS Thruway Tolls: $3.50 Pit stop prior to arriving at the stadium: 20:00 Parking: $10 Front row obstructed view seat: $10 Being at the center of the hockey universe for an afternoon: PRICELESS

Insight of the week

Rey: "15 seconds left, tie ball game. If Carolina shoots a three on this last possession, I’m throwing my TV out the window."


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