September 30, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Fantasy, Football, Picks
Sadly, Dallas came — probably — within a Sam Hurd mistake from beating the Redskins this week. If Hurd, the fourth receiver on the Cowboys, didn’t let the ball bounce of his hands on the onside kick attempt, God’s Team would surely have marched down the field and kicked a game-winning field goal. But the [...]
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September 29, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Baseball
How exciting/horrifying is this scenario: The White Sox season comes down to not one, but two must-win games. First, they’ll take on Detroit today in a rain-out makeup game and if they win, they’ll be tied for the AL Central lead with the Twins, necessitating a playoff tomorrow. Did Gavin Floyd, today’s starter, even sleep [...]
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September 27, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Soccer
FIFA recently decided to expand the field of the European Championship finals from 16 to 24 teams and the question I’m asking is why? With a 16-team field only the best qualifiers would be able to compete for the second highest honour in international soccer (behind the World Cup of course). Now, with 24 teams [...]
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September 26, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Football, Picks
How about that NFC East? Or even the entire NFC now? It may still be early in the season but the balance of power looks like it has shifted to the National Football Conference. For the past few seasons it’s been pure AFC dominance with the Patriots, Colts, Chargers, Steelers and even Jaguars playing the [...]
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September 25, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Baseball, Football, Hockey, Olympics
I’ve got a few things I have to ask the sporting world. There have been a few calls and decisions made that just don’t make sense over the past few days and I’d like to address these.
How the hell did Matt Millen run the Lions (into ground) for so long and got away with doing [...]
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September 24, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Baseball
I’ll admit it. Even though there’s some great playoff races and interesting subplots in this winding down MLB season, I haven’t really been paying attention. I should be excited about the underdog Rays battling the Sox for AL East supremacy or the White Sox and Twins duking it out in the Central and the Mets [...]
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September 23, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Football, Picks
Matt Cassel wasn’t the saviour of the Patriots yesterday. In fact, there was something that I realized after making my pick (taking the Pats -12.5) that should have factored into consideration: The Dolphins own Cassel. Last year, when New England was in full fledged F-U mode, they were killing the Dolphins in Miami and in [...]
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September 22, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Baseball
It was a long and trying season for the Yankees, their last on the hallowed grounds of the House That Ruth Built. And last night, they played the last (99% sure they won’t make the playoffs) game there and did their home crowd proud by beating the Orioles.
It still doesn’t make sense to me that [...]
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September 19, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Football, Picks
I spend last Sunday night in Cleveland’s Browns Stadium and very thankfully was protected from severe wind and the swirling bouts of rain by the awning in the upper deck. While the game turned into a defensive battle since neither squad had any luck moving the ball in the 25-40 MPH wind (gusts up to [...]
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September 18, 2008
by Dan Bilicki In: Basketball
Josh Howard of the Dallas Mavericks, who has already been in trouble with both the law and his team, is at it again. Here is what he was recorded saying during a touch football tournament held by Allen Iverson.
“‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is going on. I don’t celebrate this [expletive]. I’m black.”
I have no idea what [...]
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