Manipulating Your Readers

“I’m writing this off the top of my head. Thinking as I go. I didn’t do any reporting, you know, digging for facts….calling around to gather information from sources. This is why former-newspaper-writers-who-sold-out-to-cable guys like Tony Kornheiser and Jay Mariotti lament bloggers. And why Buzz Bissinger and the whole newspaper industry as we know it, hates bloggers and... [Read more]

Papi Is A Liar And Bilingual

David “Big Papi” Ortiz who said in spring training that any player testing positive for steroids should be suspended for an entire season, balked on commenting about his amigo Manny. At that time, he was quoted as saying “I play for Boston, Manny plays for LA. Go ask him.” He’s also quoted as saying, “It’s a little confusing from what I’ve seen because there’s... [Read more]

Who’s In Charge Here?

I still have my baseball cards. And I still know a few guys that can quote statistics from memory. Then came Fantasy Baseball, a big business today. Once upon a time, it was a nerdy offshoot of a meeting of Strat-O-Matic baseball fans, with many of the characteristics of a poker game, and so was born, by the writer Dan Okrent, at La Rotisserie Francais, a restaurant in NYC, Rotisserrie Baseball.... [Read more]

Top Ten Landing Spots For Vick

Potential injuries and “The Wildcat Offense” are his greatest assets, so Michael Vick, at 29, looking to clear $2 or 3 million to pick away at that nasty bankruptcy debt, is sending feelers out to find a team that will have him. If he’s smart, he’ll rule out coming back as a starter and settle for sucking up to the starter, making his meetings, wearing his baseball hat crooked... [Read more]

Trying To Learn The Tour de Lance

July 22, 2009 By Joe Brian I rode a bike as a kid and consider myself an expert after spending years peddling on my first BMX to a series of designer mountain versions that had more to do with the name spelled across the frames, than my performance on them. But I admit after watching most of the first days of 21 stages of the Tour de France, that I know nothing about the game. One thing I do know,... [Read more]