The Euros winning the Ryder Cup was very big over here. “Massive!”, as the Brits like to say. Seems as if half the sports department (the British half) stayed up into the wee hours of Sunday night/Monday morning to watch the big comeback by Europe against the U.S. “I couldn’t turn it off!” one said. […]
Entries Tagged as 'NFL'
If It’s Any Comfort to U.S. Golf Fans …
October 1st, 2012 · 1 Comment · Abu Dhabi, NFL, Sports Journalism, The National, The Sun, UAE
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Loving Losing Streaks
September 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Angels, Baseball, Football, NFL, Sports Journalism, Tennis, The National
Have I written this before? Probably. But I am thinking of it now and will restate it. I love losing streaks. In life. But especially in sports. It gives us something to talk about. Something to focus on. A running subplot. Sometimes the plot. We lost some great losing streaks in the past decade. Four […]
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Officials, Referees: Forever Controversial
September 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Abu Dhabi, Football, NFL, The National
I was watching the end of the Monday Night Football game. Actually, it was Tuesday morning, here in Abu Dhabi, which is 11 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time. I saw the final play, the controversial touchdown pass from Russell Wilson to Golden Tate … which won the game for Seattle, 14-12. And I was […]
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Fantasy: Upon Further Review …
September 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Abu Dhabi, Football, NFL, UAE
I was pretty rough on fantasy football the other day, and strident about how I was not going to care and not going to be involved. And then Week 1 happened. We may have to take another look at the video. This may not be so bad. Especially if I continue to win.
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Ugh! Fantasy Football
September 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Abu Dhabi, NFL
Why am I doing this? It’s like the story a drug addict might tell. “I tried it once when I was young, and didn’t like it … and couldn’t afford it. Then I tried it again when I was older and, well, I guess I’m hooked.” Have you any met any serious fantasy football player […]
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Los Angeles: The New Major Market
August 25th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Angels, Baseball, Basketball, Dodgers, Football, Lakers, NBA, NFL
A nine-player deal, the Dodgers taking on hundreds of millions in salary commitments, including those of Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett. And the takeaway? Los Angeles has just rediscovered it is a major sports market.
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David Ferrer, and Historic Losing Streaks
July 3rd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Baseball, Football, NFL, Tennis
In the quarterfinals at Wimbledon tomorrow, I would like to see David Ferrer defeat Andy Murray. For two very good reasons. 1. I like David Ferrer. He is the Energizer Bunny of the men’s tour, forever chasing down balls, keeping rallies alive. He is not big, and he doesn’t have a monster serve, and almost […]
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Europe’s Super Bowl
May 19th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Abu Dhabi, Football, France, NFL, Paris, soccer, Sports Journalism, The National
The streets in the 17th arrondisement of Paris had gone dead by 8 p.m. The Italian restaurant down the block was operating, but it seemed as if it was open only to sell take-out pizzas (like the three we bought) to people in the neighborhood. You could feel a sort of hunkering down, and a […]
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‘My’ Last Team
May 6th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Abu Dhabi, Basketball, Football, Kobe, Lakers, NBA, NFL, soccer, Sports Journalism, The National, UAE, UCLA, USC
The Rams moved to St. Louis and became dead to me. Never appreciated the Raiders gangsta thing, and then they went back to Oakland. The Dodgers fell under the spell of the necromancer Frank McCourt. Never was an Angels guy. (I still consider them the Johnny-come-latelies who play 10-man ball.) Don’t care about hockey. Major […]
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Catching Up with the News Cycle
April 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Abu Dhabi, Basketball, Football, NBA, Newspapers, NFL, soccer, Sports Journalism, The National, UAE
An advantage to working at a morning newspaper on the west coast of the United States: Pretty much the whole sports day was over by the time we reached our deadline. We had complete news packages. Not much terra firma is behind California in the time-zone map, aside from Alaska and Hawaii. So the total […]
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