Charlie’s Nickname for Werth: “Jesus”

I asked a friend of mine, Kristin Sugden, who works on the Charlie Manuel show if she wouldn’t mind sharing her experiences with the Phillies skipper. We both agreed that showing Charlie in a different light could present an entertaining read for the most loyal of Phillies fan. She will be posting quite often about [...]

2010 Winter Olympics

That’s a Wrap – American Zach Parise tied the game with 24.4 seconds left in regulation sending the game into overtime. In the extra frame, all-world Canadian Sidney Crosby beat USA goalie Ryan Miller, who played incredible throughout the Olympics, to help team Canada earn the gold medal. With the completion of this game, the 2010 Winter [...]

2010 Olympics: The Event I Surprisingly Became Interested In

The great thing about the Olympics is that they offer to us a large variety events, that if we didn’t tune into watch, we would probably never have known they existed. The one event that I became enamored with during the 2010 Olympic games was cross country skiing. I have never been a fan of [...]

2010 Olympics: The Most Overly Hyped Olympian

In 2006 there was loudmouth American skier Bode Miller. In 2010, although she never made any outlandish statements nor was she outspoken in anyway, American skier Lindsey Vonn was by far the 2010 Olympic games most overly hyped athlete. I don’t feel bad being so hard on a fellow American due in part that she [...]

The Final Day of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver come to an end today with the men’s hockey gold medal game between the United States and Canada. The North American border rivalry is expected to go above and beyond the television ratings from the 2002 gold medal game between these same teams, which has been recorded as the [...]

National Disaster Alters Plans For Chilean Olympians

Due to last night’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile, the countries Olympians will skip the closing ceremonies in an attempt to get back to their homeland as quickly as possible to be with their family and friends. Chile has had three representatives during the Vancouver Olympic games: Noelle Barahona, Maui Gayme, and Jorge Mandru, all [...]

Men’s College Basketball

Upset in Knoxville – The #2 ranked Kentucky Wildcats traveled to Thompson-Boling Arena where they were upset by the 17th ranked Tennessee Volunteers. J.P Prince (20 points) and Scotty Hopson (15 points) paced the Volunteers, who snapped the Wildcats eight game winning streak. Super-frosh John Wall led the Wildcats with 19 points. – (ESPN)

Lindsey Vonn = Ricky Bobby

Lindsey Vonn’s 2010 Winter Olympics are officially over after her third DNF (Did not finish) in four races since winning her first gold medal. Coming into Vancouver the headlines asked whether or not Lindsey Vonn could pull a Michael Phelps-esque performance and dominate her field of competitors, however, just like Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights, [...]

Last Chance To Watch The Olympics

If you haven’t watched the Olympics to this point, this weekend is your last chance to save face from being the biggest loser out of your friends. You see the International Olympic Committee went on record to say that the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics will be the most watched Winter Olympic games in the history [...]

Scott Van Pelt

“A Defeated Man” – From being on the wrong side of a prank call to dropping the F-bomb on live television last night, Scott Van Pelt has had himself quite the week. He’ll be starring in the next “Wanna get away?” Snickers commercial – (Deadspin)