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Great Game, March 20, 2008
Belmont vs. Duke. An incredible game that fell two points short of perfection. It's just a shame that Justin Hare's stellar career with the Bruins comes to an end with a three-point shot that fell just to the left...
The Possibility of Perfection, December 26, 2007
I'm a Tennessee Titans fan, but this coming Saturday night, I'll be rooting for the New England Patriots....
The Other Side of Collapse, September 30, 2007
In 1964, the year I was born, the Philadelphia Phillies had a 6.5 game lead in with 12 games to play - and lost the National League pennant to Saint Louis by one game, the worse collapse in major league...
Would You Pay $2,200 for the Predators?, June 30, 2007
Springwise, a blog of "promising new business ideas for entrepreneurial minds," recently reported on a new venture in Great Britain called My Football Club, which aims to organize thousands of members of the general public into a group to purchase...
Floyd Landis Update, May 17, 2007
If you're interested in the case of Tour de France winner Floyd Landis and the drug/doping allegations against him, you might want to check out this post at Lynne Kiesling's blog, Knowledge Problem. Also, Kiesling, a Northwestern University economics professor,...
Floyd Landis Update, April 16, 2007
If you've wondered what happened to Floyd Landis, the American who won the 2006 Tour de France only to have his victory undermined by a single suspicious drug test (by the same French lab that has a checkered and scandalous...
Race Drivers Start Your Hydrogen Fuel Cells, January 12, 2007
New today over at the Ecotality blog, where I'm writing daily about alternative energy news and issues for Ecotality Inc: Meshing sports and technology with a new Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation that hopes to race at the famed Indy track...
VY Learns on the Fly, December 20, 2006
Of all the stories I've read recently about The Most Exciting Player in the NFL, the story by by ESPN writer Michael Smith, VY Learns, Leads, Wins on the Fly, is by far the best. Instead of rehashing Vince Young's...
The Most Exciting Player in the NFL, December 11, 2006
My neighbor has some more thoughts about Vince Young....
Texas Titans, December 7, 2006
Tennessee Titans QB Vince Young is so popular that the CBS affiliate in Austin, Texas, where Young lead the University of Texas Longhorns to a national championship, is now showing Titans games on Sunday rather than games featuring the Houston...
Titans on YouTube, December 5, 2006
Here's ESPN's coverage of the Tennessee Titans' amazing comeback win against the New York Giants last week. And to think it was merely an amazing prelude to this week's comeback victory against the formerly 10-1 Indianapolis Colts. Update: Here's...
The Game, November 27, 2006
YouTube has lots of Vince Young video, including highlights of his amazing college football career with the Texas Longhorns, his personal destruction of USC in last year's national championship game, and even from high school - but nothing yet from...
Floyd Landis Update, August 2, 2006
Here's the latest on the Floyd Landis story: Floyd Landis's Alcohol Defense - The Wall Street Journal looks into the science behind the assertion that alcohol consumption may explain why Landis' drug test after stage 17 of the Tour de...
Floyd Landis Update, July 29, 2006
CNN.com has a good update on the Floyd Landis story, including remarks and a video clip from his appearance Friday night on Larry King Live. And, um, Mark Rogers has some thoughts about the Europeans' reaction to Landis having lots...
Postscript, July 28, 2006
This is the best story I've read explaining the "doping" controversy involving Tour de France champion Floyd Landis. I'm reserving comment for now. Meanwhile, here's a blog post about Landis from a year ago. I just checked Landis' website, FloydLandis.com,...
An American in Paris, July 23, 2006
Floyd Landis has won the Tour de France, the eighth year in a row that an American has brought home the famed and fabled yellow jersey. A few headlines: Hail King Floyd Landis Tour victory a drama in five acts...
Lance, Landis, Legends, July 22, 2006
I've been following the Tour de France this year as much as I could, though with seven-time champion and cycling legend Lance Armstrong retired, the race hasn't been all that inspiring. Until yesterday when American Floyd Landis, a member of...
Go Vols, September 30, 2005
It was one of the greatest come-from-behind wins in University of Tennessee football history, their win on the road at No. 4 LSU Monday night. I missed it. Oh, and ESPN Classic aired the game again last night. I missed...
Lance Armstrong and Iraq, July 29, 2003
Five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is a Texan, a friend of George W. Bush - and he opposed the Iraq war. As Washington Post sports writer Sally Jenkins - who co-authored Lance's autobiography - put it recently:"They are...
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