Seattle Mariner’s baseball just won’t be the same. Earlier today, Hall of Fame announcer Dave Niehaus passed away at the age of 75. Neihaus had been the clubs lead play-by-play announcer since the innagural season in 1977. Here’s Neihaus call from the 5th game of the ALDS when the Mariner’s advanced to the ALCS for the first time in club… Read more »
College football is never dull (unless you were at the New Mexico/New Mexico State game a few weeks back). Here’s some of the latest. – In case you missed Brendan’s tweets, here you go. Dan Hawkins, whose success at bringing Boise State to the national stage led to his hiring by Colorado in 2005, is out after 4 lackluster seasons… Read more »
The LRT Power Rankings are back after a two week hiatus due to um, forgetfulness. To recap here are what the rankings would have been had I posted them the last two weeks: Week 8: 1. Oregon 2. Arizona 3. Stanford 4. USC 5. OSU 6. Cal 7. Washington 8. ASU 9. UCLA 10. WSU Week 9 1. Oregon 2…. Read more »
By Stuff, I mean literally, Stuff, “things”, TVs, books, coffee cups, blenders, sofas, golf clubs etc. etc. Stuff with a capital S. What do the readers think about Stuff, how do you feel about it etc? I know Stuff has gotten a bit politicized lately, and also trendy, and trendy in the negative, with hipster minimalism, etc.. But my question… Read more »
The Bronco’s are getting a ton of help today in their quest for the BCS National Championship game. Iowa is up 30-0 over undefeated Michigan State at the half. Meanwhile Nebraska is doing its part, leading Missouri 24-7 in Lincoln. Despite trailing the Bronco’s in both the AP and BCS standings, the worry for Boise fans was that an undefeated… Read more »
John Judis of The New Republic identifies four: 1. “The Tea Party is not a movement.” 2. “The Tea Party is a fascist movement.” 3. “The Tea Party is racist.” 4. “The Tea Party is a conventional Republican group funded by big business.” Judis is doing a public service, but I suspect that many of his fellow liberals are still… Read more »
Looks like it was close but not quite on those earlier reports of a WAC/MWC agreement on the pending transfer of Fresno Stste and Nevada. ESPN and others are reporting that the conditions reached will include a reduced exit fee ($900k instead of the earlier reported $1m and initial $5m) but ALL sports will be waiting until 2012 to make… Read more »
Fresno State and Nevada will have one more year to try and take the WAC championship, in football at least. In a reported settlement, the WAC and MWC have reached an agreement that would allow the two schools’ non-football teams to join the Mountain West in 2011, but the football teams would stay for one more year. In return, the… Read more »
Almost forgot to do these in time for tonights game, but made it in under the deadline. The big news of the day was the Pac-12 division announcements. If I include Utah at 2 and Colorado at 11 here’s how the two divisions would rank: North: Oregon – 1 Stanford – 3 Washington – 6 OSU – 7 Cal –… Read more »
So, as I may have mentioned once or twice, I am a bit of a comic book nerd. And, like many of my ilk, I have a special spot in my heart for Superman, even though I would never place him in my top ten favorite characters. I just love the idea of him; he’s someone who uses his power… Read more »