Charlie Brown
Is it just me or is “Charlie Brown” going to F up the Puppy Bowl?
Bryan Joiner
Why then I
Category: Sports
January 30, 2009
January 25, 2009
15 Minutes
Now is the first time in as long as I can remember that I’ve had 15 minutes during the day that I had completely to myself. I’m watching Lakers-Spurs and realizing why I only recently realized how much I truly hate the Lakers. The Yankees have been obvious but I love me some Shaq, so that muddled the affair back in the day. Now I’m back to inveterate hate. Yeah Kobe, miss that shot.
January 15, 2009
This is how we do it
Thanks, Dave Roberts.
January 14, 2009
I love
That during this hockey fight there are five pairs of people beating the crap out of each other, but the camera’s only on the goalie fight. I love the goalie fight — wonderfully compelling.
(deadspin)
January 13, 2009
Tebow
Interesting article on Tim Tebow.
I think people are too quick to diminish his NFL prospects.
June 3, 2008
I guess I’m doing the Half-Marathon
The other day I was emailing with someone who said they were doing the Half-Marathon, so I decided to apply, thinking I wouldn’t get in. Well, I was wrong. It’s on July 27th, and I’m in.
March 22, 2008
I Love Microsoft Excel
I spent today doing work of all kinds, but ended up devoting most of my time to preparing for my fantasy baseball auction, which is tomorrow. Any more on the topic is best left to this post, written by a friend and co-league owner, about the joys of intensively using math/logic once a year.
I also get to use Microsoft Excel, which is really a joy. It’s nice to intensively like a computer program, as I mostly use a computer to print out words that I lump together. When I’m using Excel (and there are likely hundreds of exquisitely-designed programs that fit this bill), I know that if I work hard enough, I can get a result that is exponentially better than the effort I put in. When I write, I’m just hoping to combine the words that make them greater than their sum; the feedback comes later. Once a year I get the answers.
March 18, 2008
The Arizona State Preview That Wasn’t
In honor of Arizona State’s opening-round game in the NIT tonight, here’s the ASU preview that would have run on Deadspin had they made that elitist NCAA tournament.
- The Herbivores. The Tempe fans have nicknamed themselves the “Herbivores” in loving deference to second-year head coach Herb Sendek, late of NC State. And let’s face it: Herb Sendek is a just a terrible name. At least someone is having fun with it. Though I’d like to think the fans got the name after eating at the Crapplebee’s on ASU’s campus. Its slogan should be, “In sober — out a vegetarian!” Every night they have half-priced beers after 9 p.m., which are expected to make up for the Rottweiler-meat burgers. They do not. The nachos, however, are excellent.
- Tucson Raiders. Wait, why are we talking about the NCAA Tournament? WE BEAT U OF A TWICE. Let that sink in for a second. Twice. Do you really think we care about the NCAA Tournament? We care about the Wildcats not making the tournament. Since domestic disputes aren’t (always) funny, we won’t make fun of Lute Olson, but without Lute, the university’s got nothing to hang its hat on. And don’t yell “Jennie Finch!” There are a dozen Jennie Finches in every class at ASU, and for that matter, three Amanda Beards and one Jake Plummer. The Snake’s no fool.
- Harden fast. Fast ‘N Hard. No wait — the first one. From ASU ’07 Grant Joiner’s lips to your eyes, I present to you the 2007-2008 Arizona Sun Devils offense: “So it’ll be the end of the game, and James Harden will have the ball. He’ll dribble. Then he’ll drive a little bit and get double-teamed. Then he’ll get triple-teamed. Then he’ll stop and shoot it over three guys and it will go in. That’s it. That’s all they ever do.” Rumors persist that a second ASU player — named “Pendergrass,” “Pendergraph,” or “Pie Graph” — actually exists, which Deadspin associates were working feverishly to confirm at press time.
March 16, 2008
Sometimes the best laid plans are ruined by a B.S. over the back call
I wrote an Arizona State preview for Deadspin last week for the NCAA tournament, which they were likely to make. They did not. The University of Arizona Wildcats, whom the Sun Devils beat twice, did. There was an inflammatory paragraph about the opposite scenario — an ASU berth with U of A out — shows what I know.
N.I.T.! N.I.T.!
March 7, 2008
Writings on other sites
I wrote a very thorough and, in retrospect, early Sports Guy-esque column evaluating whether the Yankees front-office family compared more favorably to that of The Godfather or Arrested Development over here.
I also had a good Republican/Democrat give and take with a friend of mine in the comments to this post.
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