philomedy's Articles In Sports & Leisure
August 13, 2005 by philomedy
Link Rush Limbaugh, humanitarian that he is, has offered to help Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens settle their dispute. The obvious question that comes up here is "Huh?", along with "What the hell...?" and "Why?" Are his ratings slipping? Is he getting desperate? What the hell's going on? He says he can help because "he's been there." Fine. I'll give him that. But still. Isn't this just a little...oh...out of nowhere?
April 25, 2005 by philomedy
Link There is a soccer team in the Netherlands. This team has lost a few games consecutively as of late. Fans of the team pooled some money and hired a stripper, which was sent to perform for the team during practice, all in hopes of lifting their spirits. Can anyone remind me how many strippers grateful New Yorkers sent to the Yankees after the ALCS?
April 25, 2005 by philomedy
Link For as long as anyone can remember, there has been a debate over why, at every level other than professional baseball, aluminum bats are used much more frequently than wood. The debate has reached the government level in Montana, where the parents of a player killed by a ball coming off an aluminum bat have sought to have aluminum bats banned. Bat companies have cited various studies to show that there is nothing inherently dangerous about aluminum bats, and that statistically baseb...
December 6, 2004 by philomedy
It is my long standing belief that this country has been getting far too sensitive for quite a while. While watching football this past Sunday, I lost track of how many times teams were penalized for taunting. TAUNTING??? What are you, eight years old? Are you gonna start crying? You need the referees to protect you from the big mean man doing the dance in the end zone because he scored? You don't want the dance, here's the solution: Play defense and don't let him score!!! This is why i...