Friday - September 30, 2005

Photo Finish

It’s no secret that I only root for two baseball teams ... the Chicago Cubs and whoever is playing the Yankees. The BoSox broke their curse last year and won the World Series. The Cubbies are still waiting for that damn goat to forgive us. I hope Boston beats the socks off the Yankees but of course whoever wins the American League championship will have to lose to the best team in baseball this year ... the St. Louis Cardinals. This year the Cards will take the Big Prize. Why? Because I freakin’ said so. Wanna bet on it?

BoSox Beat Yankees to Tie for AL East Lead
BOSTON (AP)

It’s all tied up in the AL East. Boston and New York. Two games to play. Jason Varitek homered, David Ortiz drove in another big run and David Wells pitched seven strong innings on Friday night to give the Red Sox a 5-3 victory over the Yankees, knotting the division on the season’s final weekend. Boston’s victory left both teams at 94-66 and guarantees that the AL East title won’t be decided until Sunday, what’s scheduled to be the final day of the regular season.

Or possibly Monday. If the teams split the last two games, there could be a one-game playoff at Yankee Stadium. If Cleveland also is tied at 95 wins, the loser of the Boston-New York game would play the Indians Tuesday for the AL wild-card berth. For now, the schedule has Tim Wakefield (16-11) facing Randy Johnson (16-8) on Saturday, with Curt Schilling (7-8) going against Mike Mussina (13-8) on Sunday.

Wells (15-7) won for the sixth time in seven decisions, with the only loss coming at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 9. But returning to Boston, where he’s now 8-1, served the former Yankee well; he allowed three runs, six hits and two walks, striking out five. Mike Timlin got the last four outs for his 12th save in 19 chances. It was his 80th appearance of the season, a career-high that matches the franchise record.

Rookie Chien-Ming Wang (8-5) gave up five runs — just three earned — on four hits and six walks. He struck out four in 6 2-3 innings. The voluble and voluminous Wells had demonstrated control this year — with his pitching, not with the mouth that earned him a suspension and a dressing down from the commissioner’s office. He allowed just 19 walks in his first 29 starts, but started off with two walks and a hit batter, loading the bases with one out in the first inning.

Still, the Yankees scored just once, when Hideki Matsui singled — his first of three hits — to score Alex Rodriguez. Jorge Posada struck out with the bases loaded and stranded six runners in his first three at-bats. Rodriguez, the Yankees’ Most Valuable Player front-runner, walked and scored to give New York a 1-0 lead in the first, but Boston promptly tied it. Johnny Damon walked to lead off the Boston first, stole second and scored when Ortiz singled for his major league-leading 147th RBI. Varitek homered to lead off the second, then Boston scored three more in the sixth to make it 5-1.

Damon singled and stole second and, one out later, Ortiz was intentionally walked — giving some words of encouragement to Manny Ramirez on deck. Ramirez singled, but too sharply for Damon to score, and the bases were loaded when Wang forced in a run by walking Trot Nixon. Varitek hit a grounder to first baseman Jason Giambi, whose throw home was in the dirt and everyone was safe. John Olerud hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Ramirez, then Giambi made a nice unassisted play on Bill Mueller’s hard grounder to end the inning.

Derek Jeter hit a two-run homer in the seventh, closing the Yankees within two runs. It’s the closest race between the longtime rivals since 1978, when Bucky Dent’s popup over the Green Monster won a one-game playoff and gave the division to the Yankees. They also faced each other in the AL championship series in 1999 and each of the last two years, with Boston finally breaking through in 2004 for its first World Series title since 1918. As if the series didn’t offer enough drama, Rodriguez and Ortiz entered as the AL’s two leading MVP candidates. The hometown crowd gives the edge to Big Papi and his penchant for game-saving hits — like the ones that tied and then won the game on Thursday night against Toronto.

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   Friday - September 23, 2005

October’s Coming!

Make sure you are stocked with the necessities.

If you make it over to Europe, you may want to check into Oktoberfest .  I know I would.  Looks like these fine ladies do too!

Girls in traditional Bavarian clothes toast with one-litre beer mugs during the opening day of the Oktoberfest in Munich September 17, 2005.

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   Saturday - September 17, 2005

Three And Oh!

Da Crimson Tide jes’ whupped South Carolina (37-14)!

ROLL TIDE!

Steve Spurrier, Kiss my !

Whoooooo-Hooooooo!

More NCAA football scores here.

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   Wednesday - September 14, 2005

Soccer Balls

OK, guys! Gut-check time! How many of you can read the following story without cringing and worrying about having nightmares for the next week?

PAINFUL TACKLE FOR PLAYER
(SKY NEWS)

A footballer had to have six stitches in his penis after it was ripped open in a tackle.

Chavdar Yankow, 21, sustained a three-inch gash playing for Hamburg 96 in Germany.

His shorts were “soaked with blood” but team doctors managed to patch Yankow up.

Amazingly, after the painful incident Yankow returned to the pitch and played on.

And the German went on to score in his side’s 2-0 win over Frankfurt.

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   Saturday - September 10, 2005

Kickoff!

Are you ready for some football? No, not the steroid-enhanced, overpaid crap on Sundays. I’m talking the real deal! College football is starting up and I want to recommend to any fans out there what is probably the finest piece of software ever invented. It’s called Collegio Football and is in about it’s tenth season. I’ve been upgrading ($19.95) every year since 1998. First time buyers price is $29.95. There is nothing this program doesn’t tell you or keep track of. Each week, new datafiles are released for download that contain all the updated statistics on every football team in the NCAA. It’s simple to use and lets you keep track of your favorite team as well as conference rivals (Auburn sucks!). You can download a trial version that is limited to the Big East just to see if you like it. The software is available for download right now and the first datafile will be available next Thusday, 9/15. Get ready .... hike!

(Click here to download)

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   Sunday - August 28, 2005

Home Stretch

Oh well, it looks like all of us Cubs fans will have to bide our time and patiently wait for next year. In other baseball news, can somebody explain to me how one state (Missouri) manages to contain both the best team in baseball and the worst?

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   Wednesday - August 24, 2005

Ask Professor Peabody

Sherman: Professor Peabody, the other day I heard a sports announcer say that the USC Trojans will be trying to pull off a ”hat trick” this year. What is a “hat trick” and why would a football team need to pull off a trick with their helmets?

Professor Peabody: Aha, Sherm! I’m glad you asked that question. This is a phrase sports fans hear all the time but most don’t know where the phrase came from. It is actually a cricket term from the 1800’s (surely you’ve heard of the British fondness for their unique game). When a player would take 3 wickets on three bowls it entitled the bowler to receive a hat from his club commemorating the feat. By the early 1900’s it was being used in other sports such as hockey, baseball, or football. It simply means to pull off what Americans call a “three-peat” or to win three in a row. The USC Trojans won the NCAA football championship twice in a row and this year are going for a “hat trick” or a “three-peat”. The odds are against them though. Can you name all of the NCAA football teams that have accomplished a “hat trick”? I have a lollipop for you if you can guess all five Division 1-A college football teams that have done this ....

Send your questions to Professor Peabody. All mysteries solved. Sorry, but access to the WAYBACK machine is strictly limited to official time travelers like Sherman and the Professor. Boris and Natasha will need Fearless Leader’s permission before submitting questions.

Posted by The Skipper     on 08/24/2005 at 08:34 AM   
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   Friday - August 19, 2005

What’s In A Name?

Yutaka Fukufuji, who played with the Japan’s national ice hockey team three times, displays his Los Angeles Kings jersey during a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005. The Tokyo-born goalie, 22, reported Japanese media that he and the Kings of the National Hockey League agreed to a two-year entry level contract earlier this month. Six-foot-1 and 170 pounds Fukufuji was selected by the Kings 238th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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   Thursday - August 11, 2005

Do We Take Football Too Seriously Down South?

Football season hasn’t even started yet and the intifada has already started. I just received this in an e-mail from a female friend of mine in LOOZYANNER (thanks, Rene). It seems the infidel fans of those football teams who cannot bring themselves to admit that “There is no Coach but Bear. Praise Bear!” are doomed to be destroyed on the gridiron, for Bear’s legacy lives on. A curse on all Auburn fans! JIHAD! (or as we pronounce it down home in Alabama: YEEE-HAWED!)

An Alabama family of football supporters head out one Saturday to do their Christmas shopping. While in the sports shop the son picks up a LSU jersey and says to his older sister, “I’ve decided to become an LSU fan and I would like this for Christmas.”

His big sister is outraged by this and promptly whacks him round the head and says, “Go talk to mother.”

Off goes the little lad with the LSU jersey in hand and finds his mother. “Mom?”

“Yes, son?”

“I’ve decided I’m going to be a LSU fan and I would like this jersey for Christmas.”

The mother is outraged at this, promptly whacks him around the head and says, “Go talk to your father!”

Off he goes with the LSU jersey in hand and finds his father. “Dad?”

“Yes, son?”

“I’ve decided I’m going to be a LSU fan and I would like this jersey for Christmas.”

The father is outraged and promptly whacks his son around the head and says, “No son of mine is ever going to be seen in THAT!”

About half an hour later they’re all back in the car and heading towards home. The father turns to his son and says “Son, I hope you’ve learned something today . “

The son says, “Yes, Dad, I have.”

“Good son, what is it?”

To which the son replies, “I’ve only been a LSU fan for an hour and I already hate you Alabama bastards.”

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Are You Ready ….

Spring has sprung, Fall has fell, summer’s here and it’s hot as hell. Never fear though, college football is about to start. The first pre-season poll is out. Where’s your favorite team? Mine is ranked #24 ....

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   Friday - July 29, 2005

Two Men & Two Diverging Paths

In 1960, two men came together on the US Olympic boxing team. Both won gold medals. From there, their paths diverged. One went on to convert to Islam and claim conscientious objector status, based on his religion and after avoiding service in Vietnam, went on to become a famous boxer who made millions of dollars as a professional boxer. The other? Well, he took a different path. He died this week at the Veterans Hospital in Montgomery, AL. His story is just as amazing but will probably be forgotten since all he did was serve his country ....

(NEWSDAY - COLUMBUS, Ga.)—Eddie Crook Jr., who won an Olympic gold medal as a teammate of Muhammad Ali and served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army, died Monday. He was 76. Crook died of natural causes at the veteran’s hospital in Montgomery, Ala., said funeral director Charles Huff.

Crook, who lived in Columbus, was a command sergeant major in the Army who won a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts in addition to being on the 1960 Olympic team along with the fighter then known as Cassius Clay. “We never thought of all that,” Eddie Crook III told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer on Wednesday. “To us, he was just Dad.”

The funeral will be 12:30 p.m. Friday at St. John AME Church in Columbus, according to Charles Huff’s International Funeral Home. Wearing his full dress uniform complete with bow-tie and gloves, Crook will be buried at the Main Post Cemetery at Fort Benning, where he trained boxers and soldiers.

Another Olympic boxer, Skeeter McClure, a psychologist and former chairman of the Massachusetts State Boxing Commission, said Crook was a soldier going into the 1960 Olympic Games and he remained a soldier. “He just lived his life,” McClure said.

McClure was a middleweight and thought he knew all the amateurs, but his trainer warned him about an Army fighter named Eddie Crook, a sergeant at Fort Campbell, Ky. Crook had been a sure bet for the 1956 Olympics but broke his hand in an early fight. The 1960 Olympic Trials were held at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. There, McClure was rudely introduced to Crook.

“The bell rang and the next thing I heard was the referee saying `3 ... 4 ... 5.’ He gave me a standing eight count and I asked him ‘How in the hell did that guy get across the ring so fast?’” McClure recalled.

The Columbas (GA) Ledger-Enquirer has an excellent write-up on Eddie Crook’s life.

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   Sunday - July 24, 2005

Seven In A Row

Lance Armstrong does it again. He won the Tour De France Lance with a four minute lead over the nearest rider. He plans to retire now and give the French a chance to play with their bicycles again without an American around to shame them any further ....

(BBC)—Lance Armstrong sealed a seventh successive Tour de France victory amid chaotic scenes at the finish in Paris.

The Texan, riding his last-ever race, narrowly avoided a nasty crash moments before reaching the Champs-Elysees. But he survived the scare to finish safely four minutes clear of Ivan Basso overall with Jan Ullrich in third spot.

Alexandre Vinokourov savoured stage glory, while Thor Hushovd secured the green jersey and Mickael Rasmussen was crowned King of the Mountains. But the day belonged to Armstrong, who rode into retirement with a record seventh win in cycling’s most prestigious event.

The 33-year-old overcame life-threatening cancer before landing his first Tour de France victory in 1999. And in the following years, he beat the likes of Marco Pantani, Joseba Beloki, Basso and rival-in-chief Ullrich to retain his title time and again.

Despite speculation that he might struggle to keep focused in his final year of competition, Armstrong was never troubled in 2005. He took a minute out of Ullrich on the opening day and assumed absolute control of proceedings on stage 10 - a brutal Alpine slog to Courchevel - before signing off with a dominant time-trial win on the penultimate stage.


Overall classification:
1. Lance Armstrong (US/Discovery) 82h 34min 05sec
2. Ivan Basso (Ita/CSC) at 4:40
3. Jan Ullrich (Ger/T-Mobile) at 6:21
4. Francisco Mancebo (Spa/Balears) at 9:59
5. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz/T-Mobile) at 11:01
6. Levi Leipheimer (US/Gerolsteiner) at 11:21
7. Mickael Rasmussen (Den/Rabobank) at 11:33
8. Cadel Evans (Aus/Lotto) at 11:55
9. Floyd Landis (US/Phonak) at 12:44
10. Oscar Pereiro (Spa/Phonak) at 16:04

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   Sunday - June 26, 2005

Take Me Out ….

The Chicago Cubs are playing the best team in baseball this week .... who are also a Chicago team. The Chicago White Sox currently have a record of 50-23, better than anyone else. The Cubbies are only 9.5 games behind the Cardinals in the NL Central. However, the Cubbies got the better of the Sox yesterday with Greg Maddux’s pitching and a Grand Slam by Aramis Ramirez. Speaking of pitching, Mark Prior and Kerry Wood are back in the rotation this week, coming off the disabled list, so the pitching staff is back up to full speed. Prior will be pitching Game 3 of the series with the Sox today. They’re playing at the Sox home field (US Cellular Field - whazzup wid dat funky name), so the most beautiful park in baseball will be empty. Here’s a look at what it normally looks like ....

And if you’re gonna wear one of those new-fad rubber bracelets to advertise your cause, why not wear one like this? Chicago Cubs “Believe” bracelets are now available in both regular and small sizes for $2.00 apiece.

The bracelets can be purchased by calling 1-800-THE-CUBS (1-800-843-2827). The phone number for those customers outside of Illinois is 866-652-2827. There is a five bracelet, per size, minimum order. Please indicate when you order whether you wish to order five regular or small bracelets. Please allow four to six weeks for delivery.

All proceeds from the sale of these bracelets will benefit Cubs Care. Cubs Care is a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation and provides financial support for youth sports programs, children with special needs, victims of domestic violence and the general needs of the Lakeview community.

Note: If by some chance you don’t like baseball then you’re probably an anti-American, bed-wetting, commie, pinko fag. Seek help immediately.

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   Sunday - June 12, 2005

The End Of Tyson?

WASHINGTON - Mike Tyson’s career apparently ended in yet another shocker Saturday night when he quit on the stool after taking a beating in a foul-filled sixth round against unheralded Kevin McBride.

Tyson lost for the third time in his last four fights, and once again he faded badly as the rounds went on before deliberately head butting McBride in a desperate attempt to end the fight in the sixth round.

“I don’t have the stomach for this anymore,” Tyson said. “I most likely won’t fight anymore. I’m not going to disrespect the sport by losing to this caliber of fighters.”

Tyson was out of gas when he was pushed to the canvas as the sixth round ended, his head stuck between the first and second ropes. He stayed there for several seconds before finally untangling himself from the ropes and wobbling back to his corner.

When referee Joe Cortez came by to look at him, his corner told Cortez the fighter could not continue. Cortez then went over and raised McBride’s hand in victory while he still sat on his stool.

Tyson, meanwhile, just sat on his stool blankly watching McBride’s celebration, a white towel draped over his shoulder. When he got up to congratulate his opponent, McBride kissed him on the left cheek.

“I could have gone on but I thought I was getting beat,” Tyson said. “I don’t think I have it anymore.”

_{By TIM DAHLBERG, AP Boxing Writer}

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