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I’m still recovering from Wednesday night’s game between the team of my youth, the New York Yankees, and the team of bad politics, the Cleveland Indians. Karma or not, the Yanks won 10-9 in what turned out to be the … Continue reading
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My newsfeed this morning tells me there was some kind of public debate last night? Eh. Couldn’t hear it over MLB playoffs, the prospect of the NBA Finals, and Season Four of Fargo. So many better things in the world to … Continue reading
Gotta love the NFC East. Drop two of your first three games and still be tied for first place? Sign me up for that. … Continue reading
Much debate is had over the “unbreakable record” in sports, records thought to be out of reach and never matched, and thus standing forever. Let the record show many of these so-called unbreakable records have been, well, broken. Here’s one that … Continue reading
Best thing about fall? Football and baseball. Best thing about this fall? Football, baseball, basketball, and hockey, two of which are in their playoff runs and one of which is about to begin said venture. I knew 2020 was good for something. … Continue reading
I guess staking the other team to a couple touchdown lead is not always a clear path to victory. So much for the Washington football team’s early season winning streak. Is it me or do things seem back to normal around here? … Continue reading
Every once in a while I check Roger Angell’s Wikipedia page to make sure, you know, well, yeah. Every time I’ve checked it so far it speaks of him in the present tense, and barring something unforeseen, tomorrow when I … Continue reading
One of my least favorite things in the world is admitting I was wrong. You know where this is going. About a year and a half ago Disney released a new, live-action version of Aladdin, starring Will Smith (of all people) … Continue reading
Was it the roar of the crowd? Or the community pride in that catchy new nickname? Either way, the professional football team formerly known as the RED***S found its mojo yesterday, after a beginning that was all too characteristic of … Continue reading
Trying to explain September 11 to kids born in the past decade or so is kind of like trying to explain the coronavirus to, well, kids born in the past decade or so. The world isn’t really like this, so we … Continue reading