Texans quarterback Matt Leinhart has left the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars just before halftime. Leinhart landed on his left shoulder after being knocked to the ground on an incomplete pass. He will not return. Rookie Tim Yates has stepped […]
Author: Nick Lilja
Lopsided Game of the Week: Liberty 70, Lipscomb 27
I know what it looks like, a lopsided football score. It’s not. It’s women’s basketball. The Liberty Flames burned the Lipscomb Bison 70-27 Saturday in a consolation game of the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament. The box score reads like a Varsity […]
Another Civil War loss, more bad playcalling
Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Honestly, it’s been a while since I’ve been able to watch the Beavers play. And the last time I did, it wasn’t pretty either (read: Wisconsin). Truth be told, I have been listening to Mike Parker call […]
President Obama to watch Oregon State game
The Oregon State Beavers have been on a bit of a tear to begin the 2011-2012 basketball season. The Beavers won their first four games, only losing to No. 18 Vanderbilt by two points. It’s grabbed the attention of Beaver […]
CFB Lopsided Game of the Week: Endicott 49, Plymouth State 0
This is how most schools want to celebrate homecoming: Humiliating the opposition. On Endicott’s Homecoming Weekend, the Gulls rolled over Plymouth State scoring 49 points and only allowing 125 yards of Panther offense. Oh, and they blanked them on the […]
Linfield silences Puget Sound 73-7
In the most lopsided college football game of the week, fifth-ranked Division II powerhouse Linfield (Ore.) beat Puget Sound (Wash.) 73-7 on Saturday. Linfield was celebrating it’s homecoming for the record-breaking, one-sided blowout. The Linfield Wildcats piled on 42 points […]
Shifting gears, staying fresh
So I think I can end the facade, now. My magic show has been figured out, anyway. The curveball I’ve been tossing for the past year – with moderate success – is starting to hang a bit in the zone. […]
Kobe Bryant offered to play for Bologna
It’s not as good as you’re thinking. Kobe Bryant hasn’t been recruited by Oscar Meyer. instead, Bryant was offered $6.7 million to play basketball for an Italian team, Vitrus Bologna. Bryant, grew up in Italy. The Virtus Bologna General Manager, […]
Way to go Canada…
Every so often I write the same phrase. The same nine words. I feel same way every time I write them, too. Disappointment. Shame. Embarrassment Apparently we haven’t come as far as I think. I call it racism, predjudice or […]
Packers-Bears rivalry one of the best
The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears have been playing since before the Great Depression. The game is as dependable as tomorrow. The game over the years has turned into the most special rivalry in any sport. The rivalry, though, […]