Archive for December, 2009
In Sunday’s Detroit Free Press, Mitch Albom wrote, “Once upon a time, we looked away.” Journalists eschewed private lives to focus on the sports. Tiger Woods and TMZ are pushing sports into a gotcha culture of celebrity journalism. Yesteryear was a simpler, purer form of journalism. Now, it’s more complicated. Albom’s lament is eloquent and concentrated, [ READ MORE ]
Liverpool has a cold. Well, that’s being polite. It’s more of a wheezing and hacking tuberculosis, exacerbated by the dust accumulating on the club’s last English league trophy. Portsmouth are bankrupt and bottom of the table, yet they comfortably dismantled Liverpool’s full-strength team during a 2-0 Saturday win. Karmically, Javier Mascherano tackled savagely, received a [ READ MORE ]
Halladay-Lee Trade Should Benefit Phillies, Mariners and Blue Jays The three-team übertrade involving the Phillies, the Mariners, the Blue Jays and Cy Young winners Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee is not “complete,” but pending Halladay passing a physical it’s a reasonable certainty. At least on paper, this deal looks good for all three parties. Why [ READ MORE ]
Onion Bag: Liverpool are Lamer Than Jim Rome’s Shtick “You aren’t fit to wear the shirt.” The normally restrained Frenchman, Arsene Wenger, resorted to a rousing English cliche, and, despite just one Englishman in the squad, it worked. Arsenal capitalized on fortune andAndiry Arshavin’s right foot, recovering form an insipid first half for a 2-1 win [ READ MORE ]
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