Archive for October, 2006

Notre Dame vs. Navy; A Running Diary
October 28, 2006

11:58 AM
This running diary starts with a confession. I’ve never before attended a Navy football game. Shameful as that may be, it’s tough to get to Annapolis for a 1:00 kickoff then return to the station for a 6:00 broadcast. The logistics just don’t work. But a noon kickoff in [...]

If cheatin’s wrong, I don’t want to be right
October 23, 2006

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Kenny Rogers had a foreign substance on his pitching hand. Some sort of brown substance that looked an awful lot like a pine tar mixture was captured by the FOX TV cameras in Game Two. So what. That’s the message from baseball anyway.
But in the World Series, in the [...]

Billick’s All In
October 17, 2006

Dealt a pair of tens in Texas Hold ‘Em, and low in chips, Brian Billick makes the smart move. He goes all in. Why not, if your job is on the line and the guy you’ve entrusted to help secure it leaves you shaking your head, you fire him. Even if [...]

Terps Travails
October 8, 2006

The Terps showed something yesterday. Much more than they had in any of their four non-conference games. Building a 23-14 lead in the 4th quarter against a good Georgia Tech team proves the talent exists to succeed. But it likely won’t this year.
From the head coach down to the trainers the belief [...]