Sports

A blogger raises an interesting point [http://thefyc.blogspot.com/2006/02/espn-sucks-reason-135972.html]: In the past, reporters have routinely complained about the Super Bowl's host city. This year? Barely a word . . . and the host city is Detroit. He thinks it's because ESPN--a related entity of

I found this interesting. The Super Bowl has gotten so big that it has undermined itself. The NFL wants millions from advertisers who want to use the phrase "Super Bowl," so advertisers are just referring to it as the "Big Game." At this time of year,

Now the Commies are stepping in sensitive areas: > A Chinese researcher is challenging Scotland's proud claim to be the home golf. > The Chinese were teeing off in 945AD, 500 years before the first Scot swung a club, Professor Ling Hong ling, of Lanzhou University, claims. Link

I wasn't going to cover it, but the Bode Miller thing is ridiculous. Here's a summary of his words about drinking and skiing: > "Talk about a hard challenge right there," Miller said. "If you ever tried to ski when you're

The University of Texas Tower shines in orange when its team wins a national championship [http://www.utexas.edu/spotlight/tower_lighting.html]. I thought I read once that it shines entirely in orange (gold?) only when its football team won a national championship, but the link above says it

Detroit is getting ready to host the Superbowl. The main extra-curricular attraction? The small city of Windsor, which is situated just across the Detroit River in Canada. It has gambling, Cuban cigars, fully-nude exotic dancing, and legal escort (i.e., prostitution) services. Windsor is feigning defensiveness at the characterization, but

> Looking back now, it should have been obvious that something was amiss about the adult football team that Texas Christian School fielded three weeks ago in Austin. > Not to mention the tattoos. > "Some of the guys had tattoos and full beards and looked like they were

I earlier reported that a Catholic magazine was criticizing boxing. Link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2716/]. The sport has responded. Link [http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=4958&more=1]. Excerpts: > A Jesuit magazine closely associated with the Vatican will publish an article called “The Immorality of Professional

Time flies and so does the snow. In Chicago. At least that was the forecast yesterday for the first day of the World Series. I like it. Baseball is for Summer, as conclusively proven by White Sox owner Bill Veeck when he gave his men bermuda shorts to wear. Perhaps