A laurel and hearty handshake to SNY’s Gary Cohen, deserving winner of our inaugural TV Voice of Reason Award for this exchange with Ron Darling entering the bottom of the eighth Friday in Boston: Cohen, after listening to almost everyone in Fenway singing together: “Fenway Park, where the fans actually like the song ‘Sweet Caroline.’” Darling: “Everyone participates. So loud
After a day’s worth of flying — had a lengthy layover at Dallas/FTW (FTW!) — I landed at McCarran International Airport in Vegas at about 10 p.m. last evening. Garry from PokerNews met me at the baggage carousel, and when my overstuffed bag finally turned up it felt a little like I’d won at roulette
The New Orleans Saints Jeremy Shockey was taken out via stretcher from Rehab , Las Vegas’s best pool party of the week. Rehab is arguably the greatest pool party in the world
Women’s action at Roland Garros began with defending champion Ana Ivanovic winning in straight sets.
A tip from the Joker to get your betting day under way…. Lugano. It’s the Swiss Monte Carlo, apparently
Form and results point to Matt Dartnall’s speedster, says The Lord. You have to fear (!) a number of things, more of which later, but there really is only one greyhound that can win the Derby at Wimbledon on Saturday - and that’s Ballymac Ruso ([3.7]). It’s the only scenario that form students can have after the quarter-finals and semis, because Matt Dartnall’s dog has been faultless from the boxes and set the fastest time in the event in both races.
Speaking of short outfield porches (see three posts down), here is a question I’ve asked before and never had adequately answered: Why are baseball outfields deepest in centerfield and shallowest in left and right? Why not a uniform distance all the way around?
‘Battling beefcake’ sums up the mixed martial arts sport of K-1 for Richard Douglas. The fight for credibility will the biggest scrap in the sport of K-1 for the foreseeable future. The organisation was formed in 1993 by Kazuyoshi Ishii and within a decade had become one of the many mixed martial arts events trying to usurp boxing from its position as the world’s No 1 combat sport.
24 May 2009
Brit miles ahead in the F1 title betting after Monaco GP. Jenson Button trades as the [1.3] favourite to win the Drivers’ Championship following his fifth win of the campaign at the Monaco Grand Prix today. No other driver trades in single figures following Button’s blazing start to the season with his nearest rival Sebastian Vettel on [12.0]
Congrats are in order for Team New York San Da for their performances at that New York-area underground show in Friday. The event may have been unsanctioned and unregulated, but the fact that you stepped into the cage to test and sharpen yourselves speaks volumes to your progress as a fight team