Ohbytheway, I did a Sunday Night Baseball live blog for Deadspin. There’s also one coming Thursday night for collafoobah, game TBA.
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We’re Gonna Take This Sitting Down
May
15
Where Predictability Happens
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Seriously, NBA Playoffs? Is this really how the second round is going to be? The home team is freakin’ 20-1 in these four series.
I keep watching, thinking I’m going to see that one surprise. And we might have seen it when a Billups-free Detroit Pistons won a game in freakin’ Orlando. Put your index finger in the air and wave it around in a horizontal circle.
San Antonio blew out New Orleans at home (ya don’t say!) in Game 6, so the series goes back to N’awlins. Utah and Cleveland retreat back home for their Game 6s on Friday, and there’s no doubt they’ll win them convincingly.
Sorry if I spoiled the ending for you. I tend to screw that up. Much like Jim screwed up by not proposing to Pam on The Office.
May
13
LeBron To Mom: “MOMMMMMMMM!”
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Honestly, I’m not at all sure how I missed this one as it happened. I vividly recall the foul. The not-letting-go after the whistle. The centrifugal force into the bleachers. The fans yelling back. And for some reason … LeBron James yelling at a fan.
But what eluded me was who the fan was — his mom, Gloria James. There she is, on the left. Remember her? Well, she apparently gets great seats at Cavaliers home games, and Paul Pierce (the Celtics man on the left) almost got Glorified on this night, featuring a Cavaliers 88-77 win.
Thankfully the graceful son shouted some sense into Momma. Read more
May
3
Cavs Probably Heart The Hawks
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Call this the biggest slap in the face in the world, but most people still aren’t giving the Atlanta Hawks much of a chance to win Sunday’s Game 7 that they forced last night against the Boston Celtics.
This is a No. 8 seed that finished 37-44, pushing the 65-16 Celtics to the edge of the first round, even though Boston swept Atlanta in the regular season series. So can you blame traditional logic? Either way, the Cleveland Cavaliers have to freakin’ love this series. Read more
Apr
20
Cheesesteaked At The Palace
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“What if we try..”
“…Rip run the curl?”
“Yeah!”
“Tried it.”
“Hmm. What about … ‘Sheed, you post up?”
“Tried it.”
“I see.”
“What if Chauncey just shoots a…”
“That didn’t work either.”
“Well, dammit, that’s our entire playbook.” ◼ AP
Stuff I didn't write, but that doesn't necessarily make it any worse
If the rest of the synchronized swimming team really wanted to win the gold, they’d have all attempted to drown in solidarity. ◼ SI
Comments (0)Announcer, during the Rangers-Tigers game: “Baseball is a game of inches. [pause] It’s also a game of Inges.” Gak. ◼ FSN Southwest
Comments (0)UT hoops signs Emeka Okafor’s cousin … Emeka Okafor. This was done to make family reunions easier to gather everyone at the drop of a hat. ◼ Blade
Comments (0)So I’m watching some Olympic water polo match online (yes, I know) and it’s halftime. The song they picked? Why, the instrumental version of “Cotton-Eye Joe.” Not sure what’s more shocking. That they’re playing the instrumental version of “Cotton-Eye Joe,” or that someone made an instrumental version of “Cotton-Eye Joe.” Is this how all water polo matches go? ◼ NBCOlympics.com
Comments (0)UT graduate Jerrah Young doubles Ireland’s black population by signing pro hoops contract with Cork’s UCC Demons. ◼ Xs and Mo’s
Comments (0)“Miguel Olivo the latest MLB player to live the dream, by punching A.J. Pierzynski” ◼ Fark
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Four NFL players who would survive shark attacks. (One of MJD’s finest literary works in a while.) ◼ Shutdown Corner
Comments (0)There are some headlines in life which capture our imagination. This is the opposite of one of those headlines. ◼ Medina Gazette
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