Entries from November 2007

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Our high school team might be better than Buffalo

While watching Pitt dominate Buffalo at the Peterson Events Center Friday night, one of our friends turned to Matt and I and said, “Do you think our high school team is better than Buffalo?”  The question seems insane at first glance.  A high school team better than a Division I basketball team?  Yeah, right.  At [...]

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Miracle in Ottawa . . . Penguins actually win

Wow. I was saying that word after both tonight’s win against the Ottawa Senators and last night’s loss against the New Jersey Devils, but for completely different reasons. The game last night was a typical Devils’ hockey game where the style of play is painfully boring and, just when the Pens get a [...]

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Trying to find an NBA team to root for - New Orleans Hornets Edition

Yes, this series is back.  And yes, I know that it is more than 1/8th into the season, so I am going to try to finish this up as soon as possible.  I have somewhere from seven to nine more teams that I want to cover and am going to try to do so quickly [...]

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Thanksgiving NFL primer

Today is a day for turkey and football. That is all. And, while you are enjoying your bird and various side dishes, the last thing on your mind should be whether the Steelers are going to lose to the Patriots by 20 or 30 points, or even whether they will beat the Miami [...]

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Pirates’ new coaches mostly familiar names

Neal Huntington announced Tuesday that the Pirates had hired Luis Dorante as bullpen coach, Gary Varsho as bench coach, and Tony Beasley as third base coach. All three are names that have been associated with the Pirates in the past. It is believed that Jeff Andrews, another one of these people with a [...]

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Steelers shocked; still best in division

On a day when the Steelers’ could not get anything going on offense and the defense gave up 117 yards to Thomas Jones (yes, that extremely ripped guy on the left is the running back), who has ruined at least one of my fantasy teams this year, Mike Tomlin summed it up best, saying, “Thomas [...]