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Meet The Mushers 2008: Lance Mackey

By GibbyZee ⋅ February 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

As promised, here is the first of our however-many part series highlighting the competitors in this year’s running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. We begin with last year’s champion Lance Mackey.
The 2007 season was a good one for Mackey as he became the first person ever to win both the Yukon Quest and […]

Perfect Response To An Imperfect Season

By GibbyZee ⋅ February 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The most insufferable sports fans in world are of course Boston sports fans which is a big reason the rest of the country was rooting for the Giants in the Super Bowl last Sunday. But this video from Pats super fan Fitzy (tip of the hat to CSTB) is so good it almost makes me […]

Going To Play Some Football In Toronto, Eh?

By GibbyZee ⋅ February 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Those sneaky damn Canadians, they’re trying to steal out football teams. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson confirmed this week that the Bills will play one regular season game each year in Toronto for five years starting this season.
What’s worse is Wilson’s partners in this little venture, Ted Rogers and Larry […]

If Mike Holmgren Is The Walrus, Does That Make Jim Mora The Eggman?

By GibbyZee ⋅ February 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Seattle Seahawks plan to announce today their succession plan for when coach Mike Holmgren leave after the 2008 season, and those plans involve former Atlanta Falcons coach Jim Mora.
Mora, if you’ll remember, coached the Falcons for four seasons, taking the team to the NFC Championship game against Philadelphia in 2004. It was all downhill […]

Nolan Ryan Won’t Save The Rangers Either

By GibbyZee ⋅ February 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Let’s say you’re a Texas Rangers fan. I know, it’s pretty unlikely even if you live in Dallas, but let’s say you are. And you’ve been waiting for like forever for your team to show some sign of competitiveness — 1999 the Rangers have had just one winning season. So is it good news that […]

North (Again) To Alaska

By GibbyZee ⋅ February 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Super Bowl is over and March Madness doesn’t begin for another month. The NBA and the NHL are still jockeying for playoff positions. We are surely sailing in the Horse Latitudes for sports fans, no?
One word: Iditarod.
Yes, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is set to begin its 36th running in about three weeks, […]

Super Bowl Ads: A Super Bore

By GibbyZee ⋅ February 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Whoever gave the green light to the ads during the Super Bowl should be fired immediately in the morning. Clean out their desk and escort them from the building because there was nothing to justify $2.7 million for any of those 30 second spots.
In the pantheon of Super Bowl advertising, 2008 will go down as […]

I Do Not Want To Hear About Ass Sores

By GibbyZee ⋅ January 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

In the fallout from the Mitchell Report on steroids in baseball, Roger Clemens filed a lawsuit against Brian McNamee, the guy who fingered The Rocket as a roid user. Apparently part of the evidence that will either prove or disprove McNamee’s claims will rest on whether or not Clemens had an abscess on his butt […]

Kansas Survives To Beat Hokies

By GibbyZee ⋅ January 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Mark Mangino is pissed. He came all the way to Florida thinking he could win a giant bowl full of oranges — the man is hungry! — and all he got was a stinking trophy.
Lame fat guy jokes aside, the Jayhawks won their first BCS bowl last beat, beating Virginia Tech 24-21 in the Orange […]

Matt Ryan’s NFL Audition

By GibbyZee ⋅ December 29, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Boston College won its eighth consecutive bowl game yesterday, besting Michigan State 24-21 in the Champ Sports Bowl. More importantly, though, Matt Ryan gave all the pro scouts something to look at throwing for 249 yards and three touchdowns. Now I don’t claim to be any draft board Svengali like a certain oil slicked hairdo […]

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