During the second half of the Lions-Browns game, the press-box PA announcer informed us that “Joey Stafford” had just set a Lions rookie passing record.
I think it is fair to say that will be the last time that anyone connected with the Lions confuses Matt Stafford with Joey Harrington.
Joey had physical skills, but he struggled [...]
This is a blog post I wrote five years ago tonight, shortly after getting home from the Palace after watching Ron Artest turn the NBA upside down.
I don’t know what to say.
First, the important thing. I’m basically OK. I got knocked over a table, which set off a minor bout of back spasms. My laptop [...]
Remember when the Red Wings almost traded Steve Yzerman? It was just before the 1995-96 season, and Scotty Bowman was ready to pull the trigger on a deal that would have sent The Captain to Ottawa for a package built around Alexei Yashin. Obviously, the trade never happened, but on Opening Night, the rumors were [...]
Well, I was right about the Bobcats scoring 75 points. I just didn’t expect the Pistons to get 98.
The game was just played just as slowly as expected, but Charlotte’s defense collapsed. The Pistons got the ball to Charlie Villanueva early and often – he scored 30 points without playing in the fourth quarter – [...]
The NBA has seen a large number of high-scoring games this year, with three games on one night going over 250 combined points.
Tonight’s Pistons-Bobcats matchup promises to not be one of those. As a matter of fact, with the league’s two slowest teams playing, this game probably won’t break 150 until the final few moments. [...]
Ben Gordon had another good game Sunday afternoon – scoring 23 points to help the Pistons beat the 76ers 88-81.
Once again, though, he wasn’t even Detroit’s Most Valuable Ben.
It’s harder to detect Ben Wallace’s contributions from a quick look at the scoreboard. While there was a “23″ next to Gordon’s #7, there was a “2″ [...]
She didn’t like getting into the starting gate, and she had to do it twice. She got off to a terrible start, even by her own slow standards.
And going through the final turn, she was in 11th place.
Zenyatta has a lot … a lot of ground to make up. Zenyatta, if she wins this, she’ll [...]
Well, the system didn’t do too well with the Fake Dirt Mile. It did have Furthest Land as its fourth highest-ranked horse, but it really thought it was a two-horse race. Mastercraftsman looked sure to win with 200 yards to go – he was flying up along the rail – but he just stopped and [...]
Yeah. Goldikova got pushed back early, had to go way wide in the final stretch, got bumped by Courageous Cat and still won going away.
Now comes the (fake) Dirt Mile. My system has this as a two-horse race – Midshipman and Bullsbay are miles ahead of the field. Between them, they’ve probably got at least [...]
So far, my system has identified California Flag, Dancing in Silks and Vale of York has good value bets. A $2 bet on each of them would have returned a total of over $120 for a $6 investment. That’s pretty impressive.
So now the Turf Mile. Golidkova is the defending champ and she (yes, she) is [...]