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“When it gets that loud, it’s hard to ignore. I thought, especially the last three innings, it seemed liked it got louder every inning. It’s obviously one of the most electric atmospheres I’ve ever been in. It was pretty neat. It was something you obviously can’t ignore.” via The700Level.com – Philly Sports & Minutiae: Quotable:...
Read more →Looks like everyone in the US except Arizona and most southern of Southern Cali will have Redskins at Eagles on Fox as their featured 4pm game. (via 2010 week 4 – Everything you need to know about sports on television – the506.com).
Read more →And clinch homefield advantage through the playoffs.
Read more →It feels good to read this: A few words from Braves catcher Brian McCann: “We knew what we were getting into coming in here. We knew who they were pitching. We’ve all faced them before and they’ve all got great stuff. They executed every pitch and when they got themselves in trouble, they got out...
Read more →The big NFL news is from my Philadelphia Eagles as they pick Vick over Kolb to start this Sunday. I guess Andy Reid looked at the game tape and saw a Vick the NFL hasn’t seen before. One QB who was able to pass (not just throw) and still had enough of that jaw dropping...
Read more →The NY Jets players and staff heckling/harassing Inez Sainz leads me to ask: why the hell do any reporters need to broadcast or record reports in the locker room? I think everyone at home will be just fine waiting for the players to get fully dressed after athletic competition before they answer questions from the...
Read more →Apparently, Michael Oher doesn’t care for the movie based on the Michael Lewis book about his transition from impoverished teen to DI football phenom: Baltimore tackle Michael Oher has been invited to appear on Oprah twice. He’s been invited to the Academy Awards. He’s been asked to be in the audience at the ESPYs....
Read more →Soccer. Boxing. Football. Players of these sports are affected by ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) at much higher rates than the general population. Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel correspondent Bernie Goldberg profiles researchers who may have found a link between concussions and ALS.
Read more →My friend Jonathan Carroll over at Class is in Session is an educator, swim coach, tri-athlete, father and husband. The preventable and tragic drowning deaths of the 6 Louisiana teens in the Red River has everyone thinking about water safety and Jon, posting from press row at the 2010 USA Swimming National Championships, is...
Read more →The network will broadcast 14 CFL games from July through November this season. It starts with Thursday night’s league opener matching the Montreal Alouettes against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. via Canadian Football League games to be broadcast on NFL Network – ESPN. Football is football. I’m a sports junkie. I’m in.
Read more →Ron Artest, the crowd storming monster celebrates after the game, but he refers to his doctor who helped him through mental issues. Like Ricky Williams, instead of just being vilified…maybe a championship makes him seem less like a monster….
Read more →It explains why my posting has been erratic. Vuzuzela your website with Vuvuzela Time! ESPN 3 (formerly ESPN 360) has live webcasts and replays of all the matches with highlights marked throughout the matches. ESPN.com also has great world cup coverage with highlights summarized into Speed Games Sky Sports has it’s own match live-blogging/commentary for the...
Read more →Michael Wilbon on LeBron James’ disposition. A former league executive, a former coach and a current general manager all told me LeBron is one of the most spoiled and coddled players of this generation and as a result isn’t particularly accountable, as evidenced by his refusal to shake hands with the Orlando players after...
Read more →So I will just post this instead.
Read more →Saturday, 8PM. Are Philadelphia’s fortunes changing? Phillies, then the Flyers? We’ll see…but a Philly sports fan has to be all in now. Ahh, sports playoffs: a desperate path to an off season of elation or misery.
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