Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
I love American ingenuity. Here is Ultimate Tak Ball! People are really playing this.
Last night I headed down to the new Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane location, since movie tickets were two bucks during this week’s soft open of the theater. It’s way out of the way for us, particularly coming from work, but seems reasonably convenient for South Austin peeps. Take Mopac south to the first traffic light [...]
The Boston sports world is a weird place. Intense, fanatical, whiny, hopeful — it’s the kind of place that can support two sports radio stations without any problem whatsoever. Very macho world, of course. Sports. So the cool thing of the morning is this: Steve Buckley, who’s one of the reasonably big names in Boston [...]
I wouldn’t need the League Pass if I was still living in Boston. But down here? It’s awesome; worth it for the Celtics games alone but when I can check out other interesting games at moment’s notice… that’s superb. I wish it was in HD. The lack of high def is mitigated by the presence [...]
It’s the week for rich businessmen to enter the political fray, huh? Of the two, I find Linda McMahon’s decision more interesting. Stephen Pagliuca is a fairly bland guy with a fairly bland background. Linda McMahon is also fairly bland, and she’s going to face the same questions about her loyalty to her party, but [...]
Of note: The Triumph and Tragedy of WCCW — more or less the von Erich story. Interesting probably for the documentary more than the wrestling. Stone Cold Steve Austin’s Life and Legacy — no match list, but the description sounds tempting. The Shawn Michaels Story — some repeats, no Bret Hart matches (?), but worth [...]
At the time I write this, the solid facts are that three people are dead: Chris Benoit, wrestler, and his wife, and their seven year old son. When I heard that news last night I was devastated. Chris Benoit’s death alone would have hit me hard; add a family tragedy to it, and the news [...]
Dear Red: Thank you for 1986; and all the others, but thank you for 1986. That was the year I…
Stupid baseball. OK, so you have a man on third, two outs, it's the top of the 11th inning. The…
David Pinto comments on the Beckett trade here and here. Both times he notes that the Red Sox are going…