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.
“Freefalling”: He’s busting out all the big ones. What: No new song to pimp? Doritos has produced more new music material than Petty so far.
“Won’t Back Down”: Yes, it’s a Petty classic, but it’s such a tempo downer. What about “Running Down a Dream?”
My wife’s from Gainesville, so she’s quite into this year’s show. (She loves Prince too, so she’s on a bit of a SB halftime performer roll)
Petty: American Girl as opener - very solid. And he’s doing a great job for a 58-year-old
Never understood this: why does anyone think bradshaw should be reading highlights?
Is it me or is Curt Menafee the most unimpressive host in Super Bowl history? What a non-presence.
Halftime: Even though the Giants have outplayed them, the Pats are still winning. It just ain’t right.
Do it: hail mary
Take 2 shots at the end zone, coughlin
Listen for pats fans calling out “he was throwing!”
Wow: what a huge stop by the giants
What’s the chance Buck brings up this week’s scandal? If he doesn’t, it’s a travesty
Maybe not. Btw, if it wasn’t so shocking, this half would have sucked about as bad as any in recent SB memory
The Giants D-coordinator is SO getting a head-coaching gig after this half.
Doritos user-gen ads: Song was good; mouse ad was just ok (beat-down at the end was funny, yes)
Pepsi: timber-meh
The Giants can’t let the Pats score a TD - but you kinda know they will.
Nice to see Shockey supporting the team by wearing…an ugly t-shirt
Another hour to go? Oh, it’s going to be endless, if Joe Buck and Troy Aikman’s opening banter is any indication.
I’m still thinking about that Crowe opening: It was sports-media hyperbole like very little I’ve ever seen.
Is Russell Crowe really comparing the Patriots going 19-0 to Michaelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci and Satchmo? MLK? Einstein? Really? Really?!?!
God, I hope that’s the end of the Seacrest pregame. Of course the football guys aren’t much more insightful.
For some reason, Alicia Keys lip-synching doesn’t bother me at all.
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!