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Durant and Cousins don’t even play and you still win by 20 points? That’s a team that’s going to win a championship. And when the Sharks make it a Bay Area double… you heard it here first.
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I am told there were two Game Sevens yesterday in the NBA playoffs to determine who would fill the last two spots in the Conference Finals. In other news my local Safeway has now added self-check aisles to its checkout … Continue reading
What do you call a day where the answer to every question is yes? Yes Day. That’s tomorrow at the O’Connell household. Based on the children’s book of the same name, I’m putting my son in charge of the show … Continue reading
Every once in a while Jeopardy! jumps on to mainstream headlines and the general blogosphere, usually following someone who’s on a winning streak of note. Enter James Holzhauer, the one-man wrecking crew who’s not only winning every night on Jeopardy! but just … Continue reading
Among other things this weekend I got to know a lot more about horse racing rules than I had before. You mean you can’t just plow the other horses out of the way? That’s called jockeying for position, no? More like … Continue reading
In the midst of the NBA playoffs, the Kentucky Derby, the Bloom (look it up), May the Fourth, and Cinco de Mayo, we have this: Stephen Strasburg of my hometown Washington Nationals recorded his 1,500th career strikeout (in a victory … Continue reading
Back in more temperate climes (the thermometer will be near 90 tomorrow in Northern Virginia) we are rooting for one thing, now that the Capitals are out of the playoffs, the Wizards drifted away weeks ago, and the Nats can’t … Continue reading
Snow. Yeah. Legit snowstorms at the end of April. This is why I don’t live in Binghamton anymore, despite the draw of minor league baseball. I’m happy to say the grounds crew at NYSEG Stadium was able to clear away … Continue reading
I’m spending the next couple days back in the home country. Or, as it is commonly known… Ice Planet Binghamton. Yup, get out the snowpants and the winter coats, it’s late April in upstate New York. Assuming I don’t freeze … Continue reading
There’s a newish program available on Netflix from American Masters, subject one Theodore Samuel Williams. You know him as Ted. The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived. Basically the hour-long show is a Ken Burns documentary minus everything that isn’t about Ted … Continue reading