1)…That the Brooklyn Dodgers were so named because hundreds of trolleys zig-zagged the streets so haphazardly pedestrians were constantly artfully dodging them? Hence, the Brooklyn Dodgers… 2)…that the Green Bay Packers were named for the “Indian Packing Co.” in 1919. The company went out of business the next year, but the nickname...
In keeping with our “Chumps, Lunkheads, Dingbats” feature, a hat-tip goes to Kevin Hench of Fox Sports for this hilarious and highly accurate look at the biggest losers in sports in 2006. Kevin, are your fans called “Henchmen?” We exposed several violators Hench picked in various columns this year. Click here to relive the biggest loser...
“It was devastating” said Akim Furaha, a shopkeep in Manhattan. “I don’t even want to talk about it” lamented LA Mets fan Rafi Cabrera. “It was about the saddest feeling I have had in the big leagues” wrote Met reliever Billy Wagner in his final column in the New York Post. “Now what?” asked Gina Binns, a Mets fan...
It is a sad day for baseball and for NYC, not just the New York Yankees as Cory Lidle tragically died in the crash of his Cirrus-SR20. Details are still coming out in slow drops, but the incident recalls the deaths of other great athletes in similar ways – Payne Stewart, who’s seventh annivesary will be in less than two weeks, Thurman Munson, Roberto...
New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle was at the controls of a small Cirrus-SR20 plane – a plane notorious for its difficult handling – that crashed into an Upper East Side residential high rise at 3:02 PM. Lidle and his flight instructor are confirmed dead. Lidle’s passport was found in the street below the crash, which occurred on about the 40th and...
Just when you think the Yankees weren’t going to learn from one mistake and were about to make a bigger one, sanity prevails. Maybe Joe Torre played the wrong hunch sitting Giambi and playing Sheffield and Matsui, but who among us thought Matsui (and the rest of the Yankees) would get skunked by Kenny Rogers and Jeremy Bonderman? That was a lightning strike...
We interrupt this British Open week for a non-exclusive peek at the world’s hottest new video game – “Zany Zidane!”
Click here to watch Butthead Zinadine become a one man wrecking crew on Italy’s Marco Matarazzi.
Italy’s Azzurri (“Blue”) completed their cinderella run to the World Cup in the same dominating fashion with which they began, but not before giving their fans a massive case of agita. After referees awarded a highly questionable penalty kick to France after Therry Henry took a dive in the penalty area, Italy – down 1-0 thanks to Zidane...
Knick fans’ blue and orange blood ran in the streets tonight. The Knicks season is over before it starts, no matter who they draft. Team management is in disarray, the lunatics run the asylum, prices escalate, money is wasted and the fans come last. Despite the support of ESPN and local New York City newspapers, the fan run protest of team mismanagement by...
Most Egyptologists agree the famous boy-king of Egypt, Tutankhamun was ruthlessly murdered. Some blame court intrigue saying Tut’s inexperience and tender years were a recipe for mis-management of the realm. How many boy-kings in history have had the political acumen and intellectual prowess to protect both the kingdom and their necks? It would be easy –...
Following up on my World Cup preview piece, let’s take a look at the round of 16 matchups. You can still review these brackets as “Groups” as they do in previous rounds, just single elimination (like our regional finals in the NCAA tourney) and each winner goes to the final four. A. Brazil v. Ghana, Spain v. France – This is the Group of Death...
ESPN thoroughly disgusted me and betrayed every ordinary citizen ever burdened with any kind of addiction when they rolled out Charles barkley to offer “expert analysis” on, get this, he gambles too much money when he loses. Could someone point me to any poignant analysis in the disgraceful rant that followed? What exactly are we supposed to have learned...
I’m really disappointed in the American Olympic team. Not with the medal count – I’m actually happy about that. Winning every medal in every event completely demeans the so-called and entirely non-existent “Olympic Spirit,” but that’s not what I’m on about. No, I’m disappointed in the way our preening, self-aggrandizing...
“Steelers record motown hit” read the headline. Sure the refs were awful, but the fact is the Steelers made plenty of huge completions and timely runs when they had to make them. The refs had nothing to do with the poor defensive playcalling that led to Parker’s 75 yard romp untouched. (UNTOUCHED!) for a TD. The refs didn’t have anything to do...
“Jay. Jay, get up. Come on, up” a voice urged through darkness and painful throbbing in my head. But getting up seemed like an awful idea. When I opened my eyes, more pain shot through my brain. My stomach did a dip and a roll. Everything ached, at least everything that had feeling at that moment. I felt like if I did an inventory several crucial things...