Proof of my nerd cred: among my occasional pastimes is picking an image from the “Images for Cleanup” category at Wikimedia Commons and, you guessed it, cleaning it up. Nerdiness sometimes brings unexpected little rewards: last night I came across … Continue reading
Peter Gammons (Flickr/Trev Stair) Sagely baseball writer Peter Gammons, asked by MLB Network analyst and former big-league pitcher Mitch Williams whether he will now vote for Mark McGwire’s induction into the Hall of Fame: I think it’s going to be … Continue reading
First of all, welcome to 2010. I don’t know about you, but I feel better already. Late in the previous decade (i.e., about three weeks ago), at the end of a post about the University of Oregon football team and … Continue reading
I’m going to slag off the University of Oregon football team. Not because they are going to the Rose Bowl and the team I support, Stanford, isn’t (I dislike such petty player-hatin’). I won’t even be mocking the fact that … Continue reading
The Denver Broncos soundly defeated the San Diego Chargers on this past Monday night to improve their record for the season to 6-0. However, they are certainly not undefeated, at least not in all senses: for the second consecutive week, the Broncos donned throwback uniforms that were nothing less than a sartorial train wreck. The derision for their outfits has been swift and terrible (not unlike the ghastly duds themselves). Continue reading
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