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April 3, 1989. This was the day it began. This was the day I began my love love affair with the beautiful but often bothersome world of sports. That evening was the final game of the 1989 NCAA Tournament, the … Continue reading
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Baseball was dead to me for exactly one day. Thanks, greatest sport on Earth, for bringing me back in with one of the most thrilling elimination games–won by the home team no less–in a decade. Thanks, too, for keeping the … Continue reading
And now the curtain has officially closed on the career of Derek Jeter, the pride of what we will one day no doubt refer to as the “turn of the century” Yankees, or perhaps turn of the millennium. Derek Jeter … Continue reading
Unbelievable. That’s the word I’ve heard most often in description of Derek Jeter’s heroic game-winning hit in last night’s contest, the Captain’s final game in pinstripes after a 20-year career. Unbelievable? You obviously haven’t been paying attention at all the … Continue reading
After years of seeing clips and snips and still frames, I finally got around to seeing the famous 1964 “T.A.M.I. Show” in its entirety. Filmed in October 1964, the concert come video features nearly every major pop/rock act of the … Continue reading
Dear New York Yankees, Thanks for playing a great game yesterday. I’m afraid it’s a little, well, see title.
On this day 35 years ago Frank Sinatra recorded this song. Listen. Enjoy. Repeat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJQNMqVIug … Continue reading
Lost in the shuffle of crushed baseball playoff dreams and NFL scandals is the small fact that my beloved Fighting Irish of Notre Dame football team is 3-0. And here they are getting my hopes up again. I’ve fallen for … Continue reading
Dear New York Yankees, You understand, of course, that along with playing amazing games on Sunday nights there is a certain expectation that you win. I had a feeling as last night’s game progressed that Yanks-O’s was the new Yanks-Sox. And … Continue reading
You’ve got to hand it to Netflix. The company that already produced the genius idea to mail you your DVDs, then stream then instantly, has struck again with its original programming. As if House of Cards and Orange is the New Black weren’t … Continue reading