Posts Tagged ‘ Sports ’

The only two sports scenarios that might cause me to become completely irrational is the play of the All Blacks and the Boston Celtics. So, now that I have made the case that I am somewhat/completely unsuitable to be a sports writer, let me reiterate that I am. A sportswriter and an unsuitable sportswriter.
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If you thought Major League Baseball was scary (just ask this guy), wait until you read Odd Man Out Matt McCarthy’s autobiography about his fiery plane crash of a Minor League baseball career, which included a coach becoming so enraged he stripped naked.  This is not a success story; this is the story of...
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Yes friends, our long national nightmare is finally over and baseball is officially back. Currently, your World (F’ing) Champion Phillies are opening the season against the Braves. Of course, no one really cares until the best team in the world opens their season against Baltimore at 4:05pm tomorrow, April 6th. In the meantime, be...
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as planned, nonpretentious will have open registration (a.k.a. a casting call) for the next seven (7) days. nonpretentious would love to hear from people who: write like Murakami, fight like Jack Bauer, kill crossword puzzles like Jon Stewart, mix optimism with cynicism, wish life’s soundtrack was composed by Jon Brion, or memorized the Saved...
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In one of the funnier, yet strangely serious news stories to break this year, Michael Phelps was caught at a party taking hits off a bong, a glass pipe most commonly used to smoke marijunana. The major problem with this is that Olympic athletes under the World Anti-Doping Agency can face a 2-year ban...
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Can  a moment of sporting brilliance be considered art? I think this video makes it clear. For a brief moment on saturday Zlatan Ibrahimović  was not just an athlete, but an artist. Who would have imagined that the lovechild of Walker, Texas Ranger and Edgar Degas would be so beautiful?
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Submitted by: sailingaway Sorry, but this is a big day for me so please excuse my selfishness… The Milwaukee Brewers are in the playoffs for the first time since 1982.  This is big news to me and I thought I’d be nonpretentious about it.  Favre also threw for 6 TDs and Aarond Rodgers had...
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Although the rest of the world may be going to shit, today is also marks the real start to the 54th annual Champions League. Bask in the glory of the anthem. And on May 27th, 2009 we can all celebrate Chelsea’s victory in Rome! And since you asked, the lyrics to the anthem, right here (all...
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Hero or money? That is the question being asked of Lukas “Prinz Poldi” Podolski in this sign, which roughly translated says “Man City or Real (Madrid), fuck off. Poldi to FC (Köln). Hero or Money?”. Podolski, for those of you who don’t eagerly follow German soccer, is a striker for Bayern Munich and the...
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i don’t know if it’s due to the election, Michael Scott, my job in the staffing industry, or reality television shows, but lately i’ve had this weird fascination with office politics or team politics or group politics. how organized groups of people interact with one another. organizational behavior, if you will. i go into...
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