7:50 am
4/27
“Another Oscar?”
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9:27 am
4/24
Blog Round-Up: This Week in Sports Blogs
This week in sports blogs and news:
- 12-Year-Old Girl Throws No-Hitter against Boys in Little League - SportsByBrooks
- Madden 2010 Cover Released - MaddenNFL
- Chiefs Trade Tony Gonzalez to Falcons - Fox Sports
- Darren O’Day’s First Day as a Ranger was interesting - Larry Brown Sports
- The All-Time NBA Pretty Boys, Part Tres - The Sports Hernia
- Top 7: Overhyped Cubs Who Fizzled - Joe Sports Fan
This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:
9:05 am
4/20
“I wonder if Carrie will take me back?”
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8:36 am
4/17
Blog Round-Up: This Week in Sports Blogs
This week in sports blogs and news:
- The life story of Todd Marinovich - Deadspin
- Chris Paul may become a Maverick - SportsByBrooks
- $800 Million for Citi Field and the water doesn’t work - Larry Brown Sports
- Danny Ainge has a heart attack - Fox Sports
- Adrian Gonzalez… -The Sports Hernia
- Top 7: Non-baseball streaks of the past 20 years -Joe Sports Fan
This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:
8:35 am
4/16
Goodbye: John Madden to Retires from Broadcasting
We watched him for years on Monday Night Football and now NBC’s Sunday Night Football is never going to be the same.
John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach and NFL broadcaster, is hanging up his mic one last time and retiring. The 73-year-old former Raiders coach has spent nearly 40 years involved in the NFL and has won 16 Emmy Awards for his work in the booth.
I’m not going to lie. When I first heard Madden was going to retire, I broke down and cried for a good 5 minutes. Then I read further and saw that it was just from the broadcast booth and that his video games would continue.
For a second there, I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life from the hours of 11 AM to midnight.
9:21 am
4/15
Packers, Now the Wolverines: Paulus to Michigan?
Greg Paulus hasn’t felt this much love…well…since high school.
Paulus, who came off the bench last year for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team, has been drawing interest from the Green Bay Packers and apparently now, a college team is gaining some interest in him.
We all know how “great” the Michigan football team did last year under new coach Rich Rodriguez and they’re looking for any spark to help revive their program. They’ve now contacted Paulus to see if he’d be willing to play one season under center for the Wolverines. With their quarterback situation uncertain at the moment, this experiment might actually work.
Michigan’s current QB options include two freshman and Nick Sheridan, who is recovering from a fracture in his lower left leg. If Paulus does choose to go to Michigan, this could either help or hurt his status in the eyes of the pros. One good season and he’ll be highly touted, but one bad season could also have people saying “I told you he couldn’t hang.”
If I were Paulus, I’d give it a shot. What does he have to lose? It’s not everyday you get to revive a career you gave up.
8:57 am
4/14
Greg Paulus Works Out for the Green Bay Packers
If you’re a college basketball fan, then you’re sure to know who Greg Paulus is. The Duke point guard has been starting on Coach K’s team for the past 3 seasons, and has been doing a great job as the head man on the Blue Devils.
But Paulus lacks the dominance to really strive at the NBA level, and believe it or not, Paulus has talent in another sport.
Football.
Yep, and the Green Bay Packers know this too.
Paulus, who was a quarterback and four-time all-state football player in New York and former Gatorade Football Player of the year, has worked out for the Green Bay Packers, who are obviously hoping Paulus hasn’t forgot to throw a spiral. Paulus was so good in high school that he turned down scholarship offers to Notre Dame and Miami to play basketball at Duke.
I have to say, I’m a bit shocked the Packers are reaching out so far for a backup to Aaron Rodgers. But I won’t lie, this little bit of news gives me hope.
I once hit an in-the-park home run in Little League. Yankees, are you reading this?
Call my agent.
Mom, keep your phone on.
8:57 am
4/13
Joe Frazier Says God Gave Ali Parkinson’s Disease
My mother once told me, “if you have nothing good to say, then don’t say it all.”
Of course, I was told this after I said something rude and obnoxious and I still haven’t learned that valuable lesson. Sorry mom, I’m still growing up.
And Joe Frazier apparently suffers from the same disorder.
When Frazier was interviewed for the HBO documentary “Thrilla in Manilla,” he had these kind words to say about his former rival, Muhammad Ali:
“I’m sorry that (Muhammad Ali) is the way he is, but I didn’t have too much to do with it. It was the good man above. Maybe I did have a little to do with it, but God judges, you know what I’m saying? We don’t have the power to judge that the man has above.”
Well, I guess since Frazier said he was sorry first, before he ranted about Ali having has the “shakes” should make his comments OK.
But if I were any of Frazier’s friends, I’d try to stay clear of him for a while. You never know when a random lightning bolt will happen to strike him in the middle of the afternoon.
7:48 am
4/13
“Is it too late to tell the Broncos I’m sorry?”
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9:29 am
4/10
This Week in Sports Blogs
This week in sports blogs and news:
- Angels pitcher killed in car accident after debut - Fox Sports
- Michael Jordan still thinks he can still play - Deadspin
- Bears Fund 4-Year-Olds Flight to Heart Surgery - SportsByBrooks
- Jennifer Aniston is after David Wright - Larry Brown Sports
- ESPN needs some better grammar - Sports Hernia
- Top 7: Baseball Streaks of the Past 20 Years - Joe Sports Fan
This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:
