July 2011
1 post
June 2011
1 post
"Daddy, Who's Winning?"
“Daddy, who’s winning?” My 5-year-old Gabe may or may not have a vivid recollection of his earliest sports memory. I am not sure I have one. But I will always remember the summer he became a sports fan, and that is far more meaningful to me than my own history. The gateway drug was the NCAA Tournament back in March. I went through the bracket with Gabe, telling him...
May 2011
4 posts
“I heard of parents who plan to raise their child gender-neutral. Big deal. I...”
– ESPN’s Rob King
On "Dad Strength"
Deadspin’s Drew Magary was sent this question by a reader: “My first child is due the day after Thanksgiving. When do I get dad strength?” Magary’s answer:
Not for a while. You have to spend a good amount of time carrying the child, and assembling shit for the child, and installing car seats, and loading the trunk with shit, and setting up Pack-N-Plays, and carrying bag...
“The biggest thing I want to teach them both is that it is possible. Whatever it...”
– Joe Posnanski, relating the lesson for his young daughters that he gleaned from an early-career interaction with Bob Costas.
September 2008
1 post
Taking Your Kid to Their First Sports Event →
February 2008
112 posts
The Giants’ effort in the 1st half is utterly meaningless if the Pats take the ball on the first possession and score a TD. Game over.
There’s nothing as lame as the commercials that run during Halftime.
Ahh, there’s “Running Down a Dream.” Doritos comment from previous tweet still stands.
GIANTS WIN! UPSET OF THE CENTURY!
GIANTS WIN! GIANTS WIN!
OH MY GOD.
I kept saying this game was about the Pats winning vs. the Pats losing…forget the opponent. That’s so not true.
Oh my god. After 59:50, I want the Giants to win so bad. Just because they’ve EARNED it.
What a play by the D. Again.
I was SURE that Moss would catch that bomb.
That’s all I keep saying. Oh my god.
That’s all I can say.
oh my god.
29 seconds. 29 seconds.
OH MY GOD.
Oh my god. This will be the longest 35 seconds ever.
NO, REALLY: YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!
YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!
See? I was just setting it up!!!
I TAKE IT ALL BACK! I TAKE IT ALL BACK!
If Manning throws to Burress, only bad things can/will happen.
Steve Smith with another clutch catch! Seriously, don’t even LOOK at Burress — stick with Smith, Toomer and Tyree.
I’m still blown away by that play from Manning to Tyree.
Here comes the game-winning drive, you just watch.
If/when the Pats win and you insist on picking a Pats player, it has to be Welker, right? That’ll make the vaguely racist Boston fans happy.
Who would you vote for for MVP? I would pick Justin Tuck, regardless of game result. The game has simply been too defined by the Giants D.
Again, with Hyundai comparing itself to luxury cars: Would you rather drive a large Hyundai or a smaller BMW 3-series?
Bud Light Will Ferrell ad: That movie is going to do really well with sports fans.
7:54 and the Giants still winning (for now)
Oh, 4th and 1? I would love to see them give it to Bradshaw to get the 1st down, but the Giants D has been playing so amazing…
Way to go, Plaxico.
Burress stopped running and cost them a huge, potentially game-clinching play!
E-Trade talking baby: Still creepy. (Funny: the baby said “underestimated the creepiness” — just like the creative on this ad!)
When Brady ducked out, I thought for sure he’d make the throw. When Welker missed the catch, I thought for sure he’d draw a flag. No and no.
10 minutes to go. Giants still leading.
The Giants need to do what they’ve done all game long: Play incredible D. Seriously: Best defensive performance in SB history (up til now)
Don’t Mess with the Zohan: Will make a LOT of money.
And I say that as a Democrat. Don’t forget to vote on Tuesday, if your state has a primary.
Coke ad with Frist and Carville. Talk about unrealistic. Carville says he’s a Democratic partisan, but he’s just from the Opportunism Party.
Wow, where was that Giants offensive performance through the first three quarters?
It’s the 4th quarter. And the Giants are up. We’re just being set up here for a Pats win, aren’t we?
Oh my god. The Giants are up.
Gotta give to Bradshaw EVERY. TIME. DOWN. HERE.