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NBA Playoffs 2010 – First Round Picks

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Well, after a crazy night last night, the seedings for the first round of the NBA playoffs have finally been established. The games start on Saturday afternoon, and I look forward to several weeks of spending too much time in sports bars and/or in front of my TV. Without further ado, here are my picks: [...]

Playoff Musings

Monday, April 20th, 2009

The NBA playoffs have started, which makes me happy. My wife is in France at the moment, so I was able to sports-nerd it up and watch at least part of every single opening game this weekend. My thoughts: East Cleveland (1) vs. Detroit (8) – When your best player is putting up lines like [...]

On The Yankees

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Ah, schadenfreude … “A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others.” Yep, that’s the stuff. The sweet, sweet taste of the New York Yankees sucking. See, I live in New York, but I spent my formative years in Massachusetts, and those are the years in which sports allegiances are formed (with the exception of [...]