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
*Editor’s note: Mitch the Intern is an NYU undergrad whose favorite Wednesday night pastime includes the TV in his dorm room, a green beanbag chair and two hits of acid. Enjoy.* Apparently, you have to actually want to be a fighter to become an “Ultimate Fighter”.
New York Giants David Diehl performs at Comix Comedy Club Oh, OK, darn it, one more thing: Giants lineman David Diehl making fun of Brett Favre at a comedy club Wednesday night.
After the Magic stole an exceptional game in mid-week, it’s up to the Cavaliers to hit back… Nick Shiambouros looks ahead to the weekend’s match-ups and explains why he’s sticking with Cleveland. The Cleveland Cavaliers were beaten 107-106 by the Orlando Magic on Wednesday in a truly amazing game of basketball.
Ian Lamont talks stats, trends, head-to-heads, form, Grant Holt and Simeon Jackson in order tofind the best bets out there as these two sides clash for a place in League One next season.
Too much blog material, too little time. Please check back Wednesday for that.
We’re getting close, peoples. Just a week more and satellites get crankin’ at the Rio
I used up so much of my space in the Friday column on Chris Russo’s excellent quotes that I didn’t get a chance to convey what I thought of his Sirius XM show after listening to it for five hours Wednesday. Here’s one thing I found interesting: When they were “Mike and the Mad Dog,” Russo and Mike Francesa enabled each other to push the outer limits of their designated personae - one an amiable goofball, the other an arrogant know-it-all.
I used up so much of my space in the Friday column on Chris Russo’s excellent quotes that I didn’t get a chance to convey what I thought of his Sirius XM show after listening to it for five hours Wednesday. Here’s one thing I found interesting: When they were “Mike and the Mad Dog,” Russo and Mike Francesa enabled each other to push the outer limits of their designated personae - one an amiable goofball, the other an arrogant know-it-all.
Brian and Ben have been the buzz names in racing’s latest attempt at a rebrand this week, but a couple of Dicks could come to the fore at Newbury on Saturday, writes Racing UK and betmaverick.com analyst Graham Cunningham as he runs the rule over the jolly and nominates a live longshot for one of Europe’s flagship mile events. Paco looks the boy now his Lockinge price has drifted Connections have billed it as the race in which Paco Boy can finally “put his critics to bed.” I must admit I was one of the doubters at the start of this week, but it is all a question of price when you are a punter and there is a strong case for arguing that Paco Boy is now very backable for the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes now.