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Did You Really Expect Any Less?

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Every MSG announcer is saying some variation on the same thing: “One of the worst nights at the Garden in years.” The Knicks, not surprisingly, lost again tonight to the Golden State Warriors. It was a dispiriting 26-point beatdown that had the fans chanting all throughout the fourth quarter, “Fire Isiah!” There was the requisite […]

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OH MY GOD!!! Have you heard!?!? There’s this new TV show premiering on TBS tonight!
You probably haven’t heard about it. It’s called Frank TV.
Oh, sorry. I guess you just wanted to supress that memory of the never-ending promos during the Division Series and the NLCS.
If this incredibly awkward interview between Frank Caliendo and the folks of the […]

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What You’ll Be Watching This Weekend

Friday, November 16th, 2007

NBA: Miami (1-7) at Boston (7-0),  7:30pm ET Friday, Check Your Local Listings
Watch as Heat Coach Pat Riley suits up and plays center (sorry, Shaq, you’re benched) for the ailing Heat. The City of Boston tries to up the ante and go to 17-0 between its NFL and NBA franchise. Sorry, Bruins.
Fun Fact: The Miami Heat […]

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The Five Greatest Moves in Sports Gaming

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

I have one of the greatest jobs in the world: I work with video games. Yesterday at work, we were discussing the great NHL ‘94 hockey and the one move you could make that would nearly guarantee you a score (yes, this is the kind of stuff we discuss in my office). Thinking about this further, […]

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A Modest Plan To Help Save (Some of) The NBA

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

I don’t know if you heard, but the NBA is in trouble. What else is new?
Not helping matters is the alienation of two of what were once the league’s biggest and most loyal markets. First, Seattle, where despite the presence of an electric young player in Kevin Durant and the team’s seemingly impending move to Oklahoma […]

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And apparently the Celtics are going to be good. Or at least that’s what every single sports media source on the face of the planet is telling me.
I don’t know how this is possible, since they’re relying on three superstars who take up 3/4 of their payroll. This is an especially bad strategy when all three […]

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In the spirit of Halloween, I’ve established the five scariest sports costumes for the West Coast (as opposed to above, the likely costume for all of a dozen Knicks fans left). These five were chosen for their overall terror that they cause on anyone remotely close to a “Sports Fan:”
5. Tim Duncan - Because let’s be honest, […]

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