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18 January 2010 0 Comments

There Is No Action In American Football

As a soccer player and fan, I get lots of crap about the sport. Chief amongst the criticisms, is that there “is no action” in soccer.
Well, according to a study from the Wall Street Journal, there is actually no action in American football. Seriously, like nearly zero action per telecast. Almost literally.
According to a Wall [...]

29 December 2009 3 Comments

Classic Sports Video Games

The topic of old-school sports video games has come up a lot lately, and I thought it would be fun to put together a list of my favorite classic sports video games. Now bear in mind that these are not THE BEST sports video games of all time, but rather the ones that I have [...]

16 November 2009 0 Comments

The No Punt Offense

Obviously if you saw last night’s Patriots/Colts game, you know there is a wee bit of debate today surrounding Bill Belichick’s decision to “go for it” on fourth and two late in the game. Though it didn’t go so well for the Pats, I personally liked the decision. Apparently Advanced NFL Stats did as well, [...]

17 October 2008 0 Comments

Just How It Was Scripted

We were joking around the office that the ALCS wouldn’t be the same if the Sox just rolled through. Part of the script is to go down 3-1, 0r 3-0, and then kick it into gear and come back in dramatic fashion.
I thought the live blog of last night’s game on Boston.com was great to [...]