Monthly Archives: April 2010

NFL Draft – - My Annual Analysis

April 11, 2010 – 10:51 am

I realize this is about a week earlier than usual but I will have a hiatus coming up and I want to get this annual piece of business out there before my schedule collapses around me. For new readers, let me set the rules of the road for this piece. I like college football and [...]

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College Basketball Coaching Carousel

April 9, 2010 – 8:42 am

When UConn won the women’s NCAA tournament on Tuesday, they completed a second consecutive undefeated season and took their winning streak to 78 games. People on sports radio have already begun to point to the possibility that UConn can break the UCLA record of 88 consecutive wins back in the John Wooden/Bill Walton era. UConn [...]

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A Second Rant For Today…

April 8, 2010 – 12:49 pm

The following Letter to the Editor appeared in this morning’s Washington Post. The “headline” for the Letter was, ”Phillies fans, where’s your class?”: “I have been a baseball fan for almost 60 years. I started out attending Cardinals and Browns games in St. Louis, where I grew up. Later, I joined the Marines and say [...]

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Nats’ Fans Are Whining Already…

April 8, 2010 – 12:24 am

The Washington Nationals opened their season at home against the Phillies on Monday losing 11-1. The complaints emanating from that game have nothing to do with losing by 10 runs; fans are upset because there were so many Phillies fans in the seats that it sounded like a game in Citizens’ Bank Park in Philly. [...]

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Spring Cleaning

April 7, 2010 – 9:18 am

It is time to do a bit of Spring Cleaning on my clipboard of items for comment in these rants. As John Cameron Swayze used to say, we will go “hop scotching the world for headlines…” In my perambulations around a set of sports sections in the country, I noticed that the Seattle Times has [...]

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What A Great NCAA Final Game…

April 6, 2010 – 10:02 am

Even if you are a graduate of Butler University, even if you are a die-hard Tar Heel fan and are convinced that Mike Krzyzewski is the spawn of Satan, you had to love the NCAA final basketball game last night. There are folks who just do not like basketball; it is OK for those folks [...]

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Putting Jim Nantz On Notice…

April 5, 2010 – 10:46 am

Looking forward to the championship game tonight, if Duke wins, Jim Nantz should be ashamed of himself if he says anything like: “Welcome back to the Dukes of college basketball…” He should be punished severely and corporally if Butler wins and he goes with this: “The Butler did it…” If Butler wins, here is the [...]

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Final Four Weekend…

April 2, 2010 – 9:44 am

This is Final Four Weekend; that is the focus of sports in the US. Yes, I know that MLB starts this weekend; yes, I know there is a prep race for the Kentucky Derby this weekend; yes, I know that Arena Football happens this weekend. Let me repeat; this is Final Four Weekend. So, today’s [...]

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No April Fool’s Stuff Here…

April 1, 2010 – 12:06 pm

Back in the days when Liza Minnelli could still sing, the story goes that she was performing in a club in Vegas and someone in the audience asked her to sing Over The Rainbow. She declined and explained that she never performed that song because, “It’s already been sung – – properly.” She was right; [...]

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