From There to Here

After Texas lost to Memphis on Sunday, I can no longer finish first in my basketball pool.
But if UNC beats UCLA in the finals next weekend, I can finish second. And second place gets paid — I mean, um, if we were playing for money. Because gambling is — believe it or not — illegal.
Pops […]

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The good: Major League Baseball is holding its season opener right now. President Bush just threw out the first pitch to a mixed ovation, but truly a great moment.
The bad: Joe Morgan is back. Joe is honestly one of the worst baseball announcers at this point. Jon Miller isn’t horrible, although he’s being really irritating […]

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My bracket is basically intact with only four days of play left.
I’ve picked six of the elite eight teams correctly, putting me two points out of first place. Unfortunately, there’s a four-way tie at the top spot, including my father. But I’ve got a very realistic scenario that nets me first place in this league […]

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What a day yesterday.
I woke up slightly before 6 a.m. to watch the Red Sox drop their second regular-season game to the Athletics. Bummer.
From about 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., I watched the game with Mike while bumming around the apartment and getting ready to head to work. Left the house just after 8, […]

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I don’t know whether to laugh or be horrified. I’ll let you be the judge. Either way, I am shocked that someone thinks a .22 is the only way to put a hole in the wall. Maybe he could of tried, oh, I don’t know, a HAMMER?
Man fatally shoots wife while installing satellite TV system
The […]

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My bracket is pretty crappy right now, but I’m hoping I can hold on.
I’ve got a few things going for me:
• I didn’t have Georgetown, nor did I have Duke, in my Final Four. A good number of people in my bracket did.
• I picked 11 of the 16 Sweet Sixteen teams correctly, and there […]

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Oh, it’s a horrible pun, and I realize his name is spelled Paterson, but eff you.
David Paterson hasn’t done anything illegal. But after the Governor who is leaving was embroiled in a sex scandal with prostitutes, you probably want that first speech to be something about bringing morality back to the Governor’s office or removing […]

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I couldn’t be prouder of what the Boston Red Sox did yesterday.
The team, which has players who make between $20 million (Mr. Manuel Ramirez) and $390,000 (quite a few talented rookies), had heard that their coaches, at least one of whom makes $30,000 per year, were NOT receiving a $40,000 stipend from Major League […]

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It’s that time of year — fantasy baseball season is upon us.
After my numerous blog posts here lauding Tony Romo, cursing Drew Brees and chastising that injured ass Larry Johnson, I finished first in my football league’s regular season thanks to basically Romo, Greg Jennings, Wes Welker and the Minnesota defense. But then I dropped […]

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Charles Barkley, TNT’s damn basketball analyst (and former player or something), just chastised the Seattle Supersonics for giving up 180 points the other night against the Denver Nuggets.
They actually gave up 168. So the other commentators — both Americans — make fun of him.
Charles answer? “We round up in this country.”
Um, sure.
Then he advocates […]

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