Category: Sports
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19th Hole
A new golf course has opened up in South Africa called the Legends Golf & Safari Resort (http://www.legendlodges.co.za/). Nothing particularly interesting about that, I’m sure there are dozens of golf courses that open up each week in Africa as more money is poured into the continent, but I’m guessing most of those don’t have a…
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The Decline of the NBA
During the 1980’s I was a fan of the NBA. I grew up rooting for the Lakers. Partially because they were good and partially because I knew they were from Minnesota, but I wasn’t old enough to have the baggage associated with a team leaving the state.
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That Guy and His Friggin\’ Hand
Welcome back to the NHL, Claude Lemieux. It\’s been 5 1/2 years, and you started this season in China. If you can manage to not get killed, could you do me a favor tonight and Draperize Alex Burrows for me? He\’s just a lesser version of you, and no one will miss him. I\’d really…
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Week 3: Vikings v. Panthers
Well, you can\’t argue with the results, but the path to the first Vikings victory of the year didn\’t follow the script.
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T-Jack out… Gus in…
I\’m sure you\’ve heard the breaking news… and if you haven\’t, you probably don\’t care. Regardless, Vikings Head Coach Brad Childress named Gus Frerotte his new starting QB for the remainder of the season.
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Week 2: Vikings v. Colts
Before the Fantasy Football season started, I predicted that Ryan Longwell would be the best choice for a place-kicker. I hate it when I\’m right… The reason I made that prediction is that I saw the Vikings offense sputtering and not being able to close out drives with touchdowns, giving Longwell an above average number…
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Week 1: Vikings @ Green Bay
Three years ago I chronicled the 2005 Minnesota Vikings season. From the jingoism of Week 1 though the end of the Tice Era just a mere 20 minutes after Week 17. All my entries can be found in the first column here. A lot has changed in those three years. New coach, new QB, new…
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The XXIX Summer Olympiad
It\’s been two and a half years since I last wrote about the Olympics. And it has been six and a half years since I lamented on the X-ification of the Olympics. With the Summer Games in Beijing coming to a close in the next few days, I felt it was time to take a…
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No, YOU\’RE a Club!
Ok, bad joke. You\’ll see. A little preface. Weak stream. Urgent need to go. Incomplete emptying. These days it seems you can\’t watch a sporting or news channel without hearing how men, basically, can\’t hold it in. A fact that assuredly isn\’t helped by all that beer and coffee and watermelon consumption. I find the…
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Holy Zarkin Frood
In case you missed it. . . I would have preferred not to link to the giant game highlight video, but it\’s the only one that gives me what I want. Fast-forward to about 3:15 and watch the last five seconds of the game. Make sure to stick around past the celebration to watch the…