The New York Knicks, off to a fantastic 21-9 start, have certainly stamped themselves as a legit NBA team this season. A championship team? Well, that’s unlikely because they are, to date, a live-by-the-three-die-by-the-three team and undersized as well. But, clearly, by bringing in a guy like Jason Kidd (the … Continue reading
(Author’s Note: This column is long. Please stick with it. It gets better at the end.) Well, a lot of new information has come out since the initial this-is-wonderful reaction to Jack Taylor, a 22-year-old sophomore, scoring 138 points in a college basketball game against non-NCAA school Faith … Continue reading
Well, you can’t make this stuff up. By now you’ve seen the play in Texans-Lions on Thanksgiving: 3rd quarter, Lions up 10, Houston’s Justin Forsett runs it up the middle and gets tackled about seven yards downfield. Except, according to the officials, despite his elbow and knee touching the ground, … Continue reading
Yes, it’s hard to fathom. Yes, it’s amazing. Yes, it’s the all-time college scoring record for points in a game. But the feat of Grinnell’s Jack Taylor, scoring 138 points in a D III college game, also raises a number of questions. HOW COULD IT HAPPEN? Arguably the most interesting … Continue reading
One of the most quoted sayings (to this day) in NFL history comes from the great Bill Parcells: “You are what your record says you are.” Truer words were never spoken, right? But it says here that Parcells’ famous saying isn’t necessarily true this season. THE GREEN BAY PACKERS Everybody … Continue reading
If you don’t think baseball is the hardest game to play; if you don’t think that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports, watch a few New York Yankee playoff games. While many were screaming (correctly) that the Yankees had to play A-Rod, that they shouldn’t … Continue reading
