I got the term from Bill Simmons, of whose writing I am a big fan. Basically he uses the term to refer to those who follow and love pro sports without declaring allegiance to a specific team. I’m splitting hairs a little bit, but a more accurate term would probably be sports pluralist. The sports [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘sports’
February 3, 2008
super bowl picks
By the way, Patriots over Giants:35 - 21
I think it will be close for a half, but a perfect season might not be enough to hold off the return of Spygate
January 29, 2008
Redneck past revisited
Okay, apparently you can only pick eight drivers, which is actually easier.
Jeff Gordon $2,000,000
Dale Earnhardt Jr $1,280,000
Clint Bowyer [...]
January 28, 2008
If you’re afraid that they’ll discover your redneck past…
Don’t join a NASCAR pool. We have a family pool and this is my first year joining. You get to pick ten drivers and have a salary cap of 10, 000, 000.
Jimmie Johnson $2,100,000 Dave Blaney $590,000
Jeff Gordon [...]
January 21, 2008
Playoff picks
What we have learned so far this NFL offseason is that Dan should not quit his day job to make a living betting on football. That is, were gambling legal.
So with the Good vs. Evil subplot gone without the Packers, we still have a fairly interesting Superbowl. The Giants played the Patriots through to the [...]
January 14, 2008
Playoff picks revisited
Okay, I was two for four this past weekend. I was wrong about both Sunday games. I never dreamed that the Colts defense would play as badly as it did or that the Cowboys would crap the bed at home. Anyway here are my championship week picks
Green Bay over the NY Giants
New England over SD [...]
January 8, 2008
Playoff picks
I am a football junkie and have been since my days as an undersized offensive lineman for the Charlottetown Timberwolves. Just so I can brag should I happen to be right, here are my picks for this weekends divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
Green Bay over Seattle - 28-24
New England over Jacksonville - 31 - [...]
