Category: National Sports

Big game, big cliches

Posted by Jeff Bailey, Executive Producer on February 5th, 2010 at 03:15:34 pm, 6055 views
So, there's a super-sized football game being played on Sunday that will fill airtime between some very expensive commercials. There will several people 'up in arms' over every touchdown and field goal you see (They're called referees and judges). And you're likely to hear many lame sports cliches as the game goes on. more »
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Not who I expected

Posted by Jeff Bailey, Executive Producer on January 25th, 2010 at 06:17:33 am, 2129 views
If you ever want to put money on a sports bet, just ask me who I think will win and then wager the opposite way. I'm a great contrarian indicator. Take for instance the NFL playoffs. more »
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The McGwire asterisk*

Posted by Jeff Bailey, Executive Producer on January 12th, 2010 at 07:34:54 am, 3881 views
"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!" You know that ironic line from the movie Casablanca, where Captain Renault feigns outrage while seconds later pocketing his gambling winnings. I had that same thought yesterday -- I'm shocked, shocked to hear that Mark McGwire used steroids. more »
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Most entertaining game of the weekend

Posted by Jeff Bailey, Executive Producer on January 11th, 2010 at 12:01:44 pm, 1133 views
So a few days ago I wrote the following about the Packers/Cardinals NFL wild card playoff game: "Don't care either way. ZZZZzzzzzz...." Wow, was I wrong! more »
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Deja vu times three in NFL playoffs

Posted by Jeff Bailey, Executive Producer on January 4th, 2010 at 09:09:47 am, 2719 views
Does it strike you as unique/odd/downright weird that the first round of the NFL playoffs will look similar to the final week of the regular season? more »
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Tiger under the tree?

Posted by Jeff Bailey, Executive Producer on December 16th, 2009 at 07:46:36 am, 5367 views
Gee, I can't imagine why these Tiger Woods action figures aren't flying off the shelves at Toys "R" Us, but there sure were a lot of them. more »
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We ALL Need Notre Dame to Win

Posted by Stephen Donnarummo, WTNH.com on December 1st, 2009 at 04:17:30 pm, 2918 views
It's been a forgone conclusion for weeks, but this week it became official that Charlie Weiss was fired as head football coach at Notre Dame. Many say it was the loss to UConn that was the final straw. Either way, there will be a new era at Notre Dame… more »
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A Mets eye view of the Yankees

Posted by Jeff Bailey, Executive Producer on November 6th, 2009 at 08:37:52 am, 4852 views
We've been giving a lot of good-natured grief to baseball fan Chris Velardi over the past few days. As a long time New York Mets fan, it galls him to see those New York Yankees win yet another World Series. more »
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