futility Stories - South Side Sox
Barbarino was a Leaf fan.
One of my newfound favourite blogs is Cardboard Gods. It's run by a kid from the 70s who takes his old baseball cards and uses each as an entry point into some dissertation on life. In other words, he's basically me, except that he's American, focuses on baseball and has a book. It looks like a...
The 55.
Gentlemen, Northwestern basketball is part of an elite, unprestigious club. A club you can't join, but which you can leave, but only if you want to never be allowed back again. Us, and 54 other schools schools, AS YOU MIGHTA HEARD, ain't never been to the NCAA tournament. As championship week...
Well, at least Dan O. will be remembered for something
I think this pretty much sums it up. (AP) Well, can't say I didn't see this one coming: The Lions became the first 0-16 team in NFL history after losing to the Packers, 31-21. I watched the majority of this game, and although Detroit kept it...
Rockies 0, Phillies 7: J.A. Happ dominates Rockies
After a loss like this one, all I can think of doing is giving a tip of the cap to J.A. Happ. He got he job done tonight with a complete game shutout on four hits and 10 strikeouts. Jorge De La Rosa finally turned in a bad start after what felt like forever: 5 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 3 HR. Uh, Josh Fogg...
Falcons Seek To Break 40 Year Streak Of Futility In 2009
via www.esasuccess.org Let's start this off with a tip of my press fedora to JJ Cooper at AOL Fanhouse, who is hitting on something that is in everyone's prefrontal cortext this off-season. That's right, folks. I'm talking about the lack of back-to-back winning seasons. The positions he tackles...
All eyes on Sundin but more should be on futile Demitra *UPDATE* Demo-tion
It's true. Sundin is the Saviour of the town right now and everyone is watching him get back into game shape with a microscope.Meanwhile there is a $4 million star player on our roster who is underachieving. Pavol Demitra has shown signs of becoming an offensive force in Vancouver only to...
There is no Joy in Soxville, The Mighty Kaptain is out
We've already had a couple of tongue in cheek entries titled "Worst Game of the Season" and "The Day the White Sox Lost the Central," but if ever there was a time for hyperbolic headlines, this is it. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong in Tuesday's double header. Paul...
Baylor - A Must Win Game
Baylor comes to Devaney Center Saturday. Game time is 5:00 pm CST. The game can be seen on ESPN Plus, but if you're some poor schmoe like me you'll probably be listening to it on the Husker Sports Network or by streaming radio over the Internet.Your current Big 12 standings look like this:Note...
2007 College Football Predictions - Week Four
Big 12 conference play starts this week as Texas Tech takes on the discombobulated Oklahoma State Cowboys. It's hard to believe that everyone was so high on the 'Pokes and they've looked so bad.Nebraska's ol' coach Turner Gill takes on the Baylor Bears this week in a game that the Bulls could win....
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