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My Favorite Super Bowl Spot

February 5, 2007

Was it just me, or did Coca-Cola absolutely run away with the “Best Ad” derby?

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Gilbert Arenas Would Want His Blog To Have An RSS Feed

January 26, 2007

As others have said — Gilbert Arenas’s blog is awesome. Might be one of the best celebrity blogs out there today.
All I ask — NBA.com folks, is it possible to get the RSS feed working?
Pretty please?
UPDATE: Someone at NBA.com was good enough to not only drop by and respond to this post — but [...]

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Rose Bowl Highlights

January 6, 2007

I just posted this to TrojanWire, but the whole integration of highlights of a great Trojan victory with two really good songs makes it worth putting here too.

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Well, at least for one week I don’t care about the NFL Network-Time Warner feud

December 3, 2006
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Who Needs Kobe and Phil?

November 2, 2006

Lakers move to 2-0 against Golden State without #824 — Lamar Odom again leads the way, with 22 points and one rebound and one dime shy of a triple-dub.
Kurt Rambis filled Phil Jackson’s shoes, as the legendary coach stayed in L.A. to rest up after his hip replacement surgery four weeks ago.
But the real story [...]

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It’s preseason for announcers too

August 6, 2006

From NBC’s return to NFL football — Sunday night’s coverage of the Hall of Fame Game.  John Madden himself:
"When you line up the good guys on one side, you put Andy Reid on that side."

I sure hope that one found its way into Madden 07.

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Bo Knows Tecmo Bowl

July 17, 2006

[from Kissing Suzy Kolber via Deadspin]

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Gladwell and Simmons, Round 1

March 2, 2006

Malcolm Gladwell talks to Bill Simmons on ESPN today; I don’t normally excerpt this much, but this exchange is too good to ignore:
Simmons: …As for your Curry/Mickelson point about athletes failing to motivate
themselves out of fear more than weakness, I would argue that Eddy
Curry comes to camp overweight because he can’t stop eating. But I
agreed [...]

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The new NBA: Drunken, unaccountable fans and players in the stands

January 19, 2006

I knew when the NBA came down HARD on the players in the Indiana-Detroit brawl last year, but didn’t make much of a point about the drunken behavior exhibited in the stands, that we’d hear more about all of this.
Last night we did.
I’m not saying what Antonio did was acceptable (although, playing for Isiah’s Knicks [...]

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A vote for TrojanWire is a vote for a safer America

December 21, 2005

Just go vote for TrojanWire in the Sports Blog poll…b/c we can’t have a Longhorn or Wolverine blog beat us.

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Halos clinch the West

September 28, 2005

The Angels wrapped up the West with a 4-3 win at Oakland tonight. 
Now Mike Scioscia & Co. can take some time to get their lineup/pitching ducks in a row over the last 5 games of the season, and wait until possibly as late as Monday to see who they’re playing–the Yankees, Red Sox, White [...]

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NFL Kickoff Sunday

September 11, 2005

I waited and waited all offseason…I picked my fantasy teams, put my money down on the preseason Super Bowl pick, painted my face and body, etc….and then finally, like those great Christmas mornings of my childhood, I ran downstairs and it was here.  It was finally here.
(Side note–I actually lived in a one-story house throughout [...]

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You Gotta Love Horry

June 19, 2005

Thursday, Felix Gillette referred to Robert Horry as "a con man" and questioned just how clutch he really is.  Sunday night against the Pistons, Big Shot Bob issued a retort.
Sideshow Bob – Is Robert Horry the NBA’s best clutch shooter or its best con man {Slate}Horry’s game-winning 3 pointer gives Spurs series edge {ESPN}

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Wisdom, courtesy of Tommy Lasorda

April 25, 2005

There’s an old saying in baseball: Win ‘em in April and you don’t have to win ‘em in September.
{from Tommy’s blog over at MLBlogs.com}

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The Three-Pete Pursuit starts here…

March 17, 2005

USC’s National Champion football team starts spring practice on March 22.  Don’t forget to get your Three-Pete t-shirts, hats, thongs, and mugs from The Edge City Catalog.

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National Pride?

December 17, 2004

A month ago it was all looking so good.  What happened this week in D.C.? 
Is the dream dead?
What’s to become of the MLB bastard child, les Expos?

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What, no colored graphs?

November 24, 2004

Looks like we made it after all: this morning in USA Today, TrojanWire gets some much-deserved ink.
Step 1–national media attention–is now complete.  Now as I understand it, step 2 is cashing the million-dollar checks, right?
Super Spectators [USA Today]

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National Pride

November 23, 2004

Hello to the Washington Nationals.

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Greed can make you do stupid things

August 4, 2004

In Erick Dampier’s case, greed made him turn down a guaranteed $16.8 million over the next two years, looking for money he thought he deserved after 1 good season, only to wind up with $4.7 million.
In the immortal words of Nelson Muntz….

HA HA!

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At USC, we’re just THAT good

July 27, 2004

Is it possible for a college football team to earn 2 national championship trophies in one year? Apparently it is, if you’re the University of Southern California:
“It was brought to our attention by various individuals that we should be claiming the 1939 Trojans among our national champions,” Athletic Director Mike Garrett said Monday. “We [...]

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