http://sportscurmudgeon.com/blog Don't Get Me Wrong, I Love Sports... Fri, 09 May 2008 14:23:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Unless and until Matt Walsh tells Roger Goodell that there are other people out there who also have illicit videotapes made by the New England Patriots of opponents’ signals, Walsh’s fifteen minutes of fame is up. We already knew that the Pats taped opponents’ signals in the past. ... http://sportscurmudgeon.com/blog/2008/05/09/times-up/ The Orlando Magic crushed the Detroit Pistons last night throwing kerosene on the embers of yet another NBA controversy regarding an error by a timekeeper. Game 2 of this series witnessed the third demonstrable scoring table error of this season. This one happened in the playoffs. I ... http://sportscurmudgeon.com/blog/2008/05/08/memo-to-david-stern/ Long-term readers of these rants know that I have a longstanding fondness for betting on horse races. They also know that I am anything but enamored by the goofs that run horseracing and the politicians who legislate about it. Now, in the aftermath of Eight Belles horrible demise ... http://sportscurmudgeon.com/blog/2008/05/07/aftermath-of-the-derby-tragedy/ Here is some more information on the new college football bowl games that have received blessing by the NCAA. The Congressional Bowl will be played in Washington DC in December and Navy will be one of the teams - - no matter how mediocre Navy may be in any ... http://sportscurmudgeon.com/blog/2008/05/06/heres-a-plus-one-scenario-that-stinks/ When NBC acquired the television rights to the Kentucky Derby, one of the positive parts of its bid was that it wanted to do a one-hour show leading up to the race itself. That show caught on and developed good ratings and was expanded to two hours either last ... http://sportscurmudgeon.com/blog/2008/05/05/derby-stuff-and-more/ Often, I use a line from Scott Ostler's column in the SF Chronicle to make a point or provide a chuckle. Here is a link to one of his recent columns that you ought to read in its entirety. Enjoy. http://sportscurmudgeon.com/blog/2008/05/02/recommended-reading-3/ There’s lots of NBA “stuff” to deal with today. Larry Brown has a new job as the head coach in Charlotte. I’m not so sure he didn’t jump too quickly to take that job. In NY, Larry Brown coached under the “supervision” of a former great NBA ... http://sportscurmudgeon.com/blog/2008/05/02/nba-doings/ I am really surprised that those mighty protectors of all things noble and good - - and inoffensive to anyone and everyone – in the NCAA have missed out on this one. Those are the folks who forced schools to change their nicknames because they might have been offensive ... http://sportscurmudgeon.com/blog/2008/05/01/377/ There were a lot of rumblings about the story in the NY Daily News that Roger Clemens had a longstanding “relationship with a country music singer. If/when the entirety of this story becomes known, I will be happy to take a position on its importance. For the moment, ... http://sportscurmudgeon.com/blog/2008/04/30/the-latest-roger-clemens-story/ The Lakers swept the Nuggets out of the playoffs. That the Lakers advanced is hardly unanticipated; that they swept is not all that stunning. Nevertheless, this does provide a glimpse at the potential for another NBA chronic underachiever. I have talked about how Tracy McGrady has never ... http://sportscurmudgeon.com/blog/2008/04/29/another-model-of-nba-underachievment/