After a one-week respite, let’s get this party started. Hope all had an excellent holiday weekend. Back in the day, before I had a job that caused me to work most Sundays and get up not before 1 in the… Continue Reading
Programming note: I realize there was no “The Afternoon After†this week. The reason is simple: I didn’t see any games except for some of the Thursday night Dolphins win over the Panthers, and even that was in a bar,… Continue Reading
Ever notice that the same people who are quick to pass judgment based on their own personal bias are nowhere to be found when they’re dead wrong? I’ve had a lot of practice being wrong, so I have no trouble… Continue Reading
I’ll be honest, football took a real back seat for me over the weekend behind boxing and basketball. But let’s give it a go. Consider this one to be “two afternoons after.†As a result, short update this week. When… Continue Reading
The highly anticipated war between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto went down on Saturday night pretty much as I expected, but it doesn’t mean that Pacquiao’s victory was any less striking or significant.
And just like that, LeBron James has decided – in his seventh year in the NBA – that he needs to honor Michael Jordan, so he’s switching his number. I mean, is there anyone that believes that this is… Continue Reading
Most everyone has some sort of demon that they carry with them, not necessarily on the surface. These aren’t necessarily Norman Bates-type demons, Exorcist-style demons, but rather things that weigh on us daily that we have to overcome. On the… Continue Reading
As usual, my thoughts about the weekend’s NFL games based on whatever I saw – I’m cheating by posting this “The Night Of,†but it’ll still be valid tomorrow afternoon. I’m in a fantasy football keeper league. Last year, I… Continue Reading
After the Yankees won the World Series on Wednesday night, Alex Rodriguez spent some time gleefully saying that he was now “just one of the guys.†That he had earned his pinstripes, so to speak. This, to me, is… Continue Reading
Say what you will about how they build their team, how they outspend everyone else in the game, about their economic and big-market advantages. But the Yankees are where it’s at in baseball. And it’s been that way forever.