Through either great planning or terrible planning the sports gods have smiled on the city of Washington with not one but two important games tonight involving our hometown Wizards and Capitals. (Nats got a game too but it ain’t exactly … Continue reading
First off, thank you Wizards and Capitals for keeping my winter dreams alive for a Washington championship sweep. Secondly, thank you to the New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs for keeping me up until the wee hours of the … Continue reading
Please tell me that was the real you last night, the you that can actually compete with the NBA’s better half (and for more than just the first quarter, please!). Don’t make this some beautiful but fleeting one-night stand, designed … Continue reading
There’s a maxim I’ve asserted for many years and it is this: Ninety percent of sporting events are won by the better team. There’s always a better team, and they win 90 percent of games played, whether on sandlots, parking … Continue reading
A mere few days ago it seemed as though Washington’s Wizards and Capitals would complete an unprecedented NBA-NHL Championship sweep in their respective leagues. Now I’d be happy to have either team win a game some day this week. Thank God … Continue reading
There’s a tendency for people ’round my neck of the woods to freak out at the smallest setback, say, for example, an opening game loss in a best-of-seven playoff hockey series. Being of sound mind, etc., I would never stoop … Continue reading
If you look at the Facebook posts of anyone from Binghamton, New York, the past few days, you will see a heartfelt tribute to a man known to most simply as “Hack.” Those who didn’t know his last name or had … Continue reading
There’s only one thing better than sweeping a weekend series against your division rivals and winning your seventh game in a row. Doing it on Sunday Night Baseball in front of the whole country… with Marlins Man sitting directly behind … Continue reading
Caps win, Nats win, Wizards win, Yankees win, Fargo watched, Archer watched. Yeah, it was a successful Wednesday. Proof you really can do it all. Party continues this weekend. … Continue reading
Tonight there are two television programs I look forward to viewing. Unfortunately they are on at the same time. Incredibly they are sort of on the same network too, at least the same family of networks. At 10:00 tonight on … Continue reading