Rational Conservatism from the Rocky Mountains
Arizona thought it had a steal when Leinart, who led Southern California to two national championships and a third title game appearance, fell to the Cardinals at the No. 10 overall pick in 2006. He started 11 games as a rookie under then-coach Dennis Green, then the first five the following season under new coach [...]
Forget “Fore!” “Fire!” was the cry of the day for a golfer whose off-target swing sparked a 12-acre blaze in Southern California. The golfer at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine landed a shot in the rough Saturday.
On his next swing, his club snagged a rock, causing a spark that lit the rough ablaze [...]
From Fox News:
Former major league pitcher Roger Clemens is under indictment, accused of lying to Congress about using steroids.
Clemens faces charges of obstruction of Congress, making false statements and perjury.
Well, I predicted it. I’ve been saying for years that Clemens’ career looked to me like a classic case of steroid abuse. Of course I could [...]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Brett Favre is back on the field with the Minnesota Vikings.
The three-time MVP started his second season in Minnesota on Wednesday, wearing a helmet, shoulder pads and a red quarterback’s jersey as he worked out with his teammates on their practice field.
via Brett Favre practicing with Minnesota Vikings, will talk later [...]
Johnson walked to the back of the Whistling Straits clubhouse, entered the scoring room and sat in disbelief as Mark Wilson, the co-chairman of the PGA of America rules committee, performed an autopsy of the bunker incident. Minutes later Johnson scribbled his name on the scorecard — making it official — and that was that.
“He [...]
Yep, lost two out of three to the Pirates, a team that is something like 35-70.
Rockies just suck.
So the Rockies had pulled to within one game of the NL West leading Padres on the last game before the all-star break. They had the starting pitcher in the all star game and had achieved this implausible status with four or five of their best players missing weeks or months to injury. Four of [...]
OK, so Sunday the Denver Broncos officially held their first 2010 practice sessions. They signed their final draft picks in the days just before that practice, and they have been blissfully free of team conflict, controversy, police reports or drug raids. And that’s an amazing thing when compared with the past five years or so [...]
Well, I’m not a big fan of the Tour de France, and I was probably more into it in the 80s when Greg LeMonde was the first American to win it, but it seems worth noting that American 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is pedaling his last few stages of the race.
In stage [...]
So, I’ve avoided posting about the Colorado Rockies because, as longtime readers of this site know, I am a Rockies jinx in every possible meaning of the word.
Still, in spite of my fandom, due to my diligent observance of my fundamental rule which is “Thou shalt not watch the Rockies on TV, nor shalt thou [...]
So… I’ve posted here a few times some of my experiences with sports related things.
Ten years ago we moved to this house in the mountains. One of my standard habits since we moved up here is to throw a football out in the front yard when I am waiting on family members to load [...]
I’m not much of a basketball fan these days, and if I root for any team it’s usually the Denver Nuggets just because….
But I have a lot of memories of the great Lakers/Celtics duels of the past, and I always find myself rooting for the Celtics.
But this year the Lakers came out on top. Oh [...]
Yeah, the Rockies are mired in mediocrity again. It was about this time last season after a somewhat slower start that the Rockies upper brass fired Clint Hurdle and replaced him with Jim Tracy, who presided over a remarkable climb from the NL West cellar to becoming a legitimate playoff contender (and actually making the [...]
… in Japan.
So, largemouth bass are native only to North America, and pretty much only the southeast until they started getting stocked all over the nation. Now Japan shares the all-tackle record for largemouth bass. Somehow I missed this story last year, the fish was caught in September of 2009.
I used to be a big [...]
Looks like the Broncos traded down to pick up more draft picks. They picked Tim Tebow with the number 25 pick.
Let’s see, they traded away Some Cutler crybaby (forgot his first name) for Kyle Orton who had a pretty decent season, then they traded for Brady Quinn, and now they’ve drafted Tim Tebow?
FTW? Who’s running [...]
From CNN:
Colorado Rockies President Keli McGregor was found dead Tuesday morning in a Salt Lake City, Utah, hotel, police said.
Police received a call shortly before 9 a.m. that a man was found unconscious in a room at the Grand America Hotel. Medics tried to revive him, police said.
The cause of his death is unknown.
He was [...]
ATLANTA — Once Ubaldo Jimenez found the strike zone, the Atlanta Braves had no chance — and the Colorado Rockies had their first no-hitter.
Jimenez pitched the first no-hitter in the Rockies’ 18-year history and the majors’ first this season, getting help from a spectacular catch by Dexter Folwer in the seventh inning of a 4-0 [...]
So Phil Mickelson has won a third green jacket? That’s putting him in some rarified company. Perhaps we could now see a legitimate rivalry between Lefty and Tiger… I hope so.
What happened? I was getting all these email updates about the Olympics. Now I’m not getting anymore.
Is the Olympics server down?
Lindsey Vonn has won Olympic gold in the downhill.
Lindsey Vonn of the United States lived up to her billing as the golden girl of the Winter Olympics with a dominant victory in the women’s downhill at Whistler Creek on Wednesday.
Vonn had been troubled by a shin injury in the build-up to the Games in Vancouver [...]
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