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Soccer rules, sort of

June 26, 2014 by Dave Knadler

Soccer — futbol — remains a slightly confusing, occasionally boring experience for yours truly, but I’ve been watching the U.S. team in the World Cup because friends and family like it and it’s probably good to know what people are yelling about in airport bars. Watching a couple of actual games from start to […]

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Say it ain’t so. Oh wait, you already did …

October 22, 2012 by Dave Knadler

lance armstrong

The funny thing about the Lance Armstrong story is that none of his vacated Tour de France wins can be awarded to second-place finishers, because they were all doping too. The impression I’m left with is that everybody in the entire damned sport has been juiced to gills with banned substances since about 1997. […]

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The importance of being Tebow

January 14, 2012 by Dave Knadler

tim tebow

I don’t have much to say about Tim Tebow, but since it’s the only thing anybody is talking about, I’ll say this: It might be best if he gets intercepted a bunch of times and the Broncos lose to the Patriots tonight. Not best for the Broncos, of course. Best for Tebow. He’s still […]

Filed Under: Other Stuff, Sports

Which greedy bastards do you support?

November 21, 2011 by Dave Knadler

nba players union greed

In the struggle between really tall millionaires and shorter, plumper millionaires, it’s hard to know for whom to root. I guess that’s kind of like the NBA in general. Also, the NFL, NHL and pretty much all professional team sports. Because there really are no teams in any sense that matters, only individual businessmen […]

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Now it’s up to Larry King

November 18, 2011 by Dave Knadler

The cancer comes at a good time ...

I love this one: “NCAA says it will examine how Penn State has handled scandal” — as though there are honest differences of opinion on whether those with firsthand knowledge of child-rape should mention it to authorities instead of sliding it over to the next office with a discreet little cough. Penn State’s position, […]

Filed Under: crime, Other Stuff, Sports

A farewell to pro football

February 7, 2010 by Dave Knadler

saints quarterback drew brees

Apparently there’s a major sporting event planned for this evening. I’m not sure where it’s being played. I could Google that, sure, but it would undercut the theme of this post. Which is: Why I no longer give a damn about professional football. When we lived in Philadelphia, I was excited about the Eagles. […]

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