It must be August soon. All of the signs are popping up. Back to School sales, The Humidity is oppressive across the eastern half of the U.S. And the Brett Favre out-of-retirement talks are surfacing. This time, they have Favre […]
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WNBA: Atlanta Dream at Washington Mystics – at half
The Atlanta Dream headed into the locker room up by one, 39-38, over the Washington Mystics. As expected, Crystal Langhorne has played well for the Washington Mystics. Langhorne finished the first half with 16 points and four boards. But the […]
WNBA: Atlanta Dream at Washington Mystics – Pre-tip
It’s been a long time since I covered women’s basketball. And to be honest I missed it. I mean where else is there an atmosphere like this? The day started by wading through about 5,000 kids outside the Verizon Center. […]
Martensdale-St Marys High School sets new record
Now, I remember the last time a high school baseball team set a Most-Wins-In-A-Row record. Okay, it was earlier this year. But I also recall the time before that, I think it was 2005 and it was a team in […]
World Team Tennis: Washington Kastles vs. Sacramento Capitals – Game 2
I still Can’t. I’d love to offer an update on Game 2 – women’s doubles – but I only saw half of the game between dodging popcorn kernals and protecting my laptop from the rain showers that were centered around […]
World Team Tennis – Washington Kastles vs. Sacramento Capitals – I Can’t
The media section is under attack from four children – ages three to six. We are currently being bombarded by flying popcorn being thrown our direction and sprinkles of water from a half-open bottle being flung around. God help us. […]
World Team Tennis: Washington Kastles vs. Sacramento Capitals – Game 1
The Washington Kastles started the games tonight still undefeated at 10-0. And Just like the past two games, the Kastles started of hot. Leander Paes and Rennae Stubbs pulled out to a 2-0 lead before allowing the Capitals’ Dusan Vemic […]
Matthew Harris is making moves…
On of the special contributors to The [Five] Daily is working hard over at USA Today. He took a look at U.S. defender Ali Krieger’s role in the World Cup. And how she brings the soccer community together while the […]
Roberto Alomar enters Hall of Fame a bit differently
A quick props to Tom Kekis of the AP for tracking down some great information about my favorite ball player growing up. Roberto Alomar will enter the Baseball Hall of Fame next Sunday. And he deserves it. But I never […]
Nick and Jon go to World Team Tennis
Well, that was interesting. Personally, I’ve never been to any “pro” tennis event. Growing up, my parents played a lot of tennis and ergo I watched a ton of tennis. A ton. Granted, being under the age of 10, I […]