New Name, New Look, New Stadium: The Marlins are Shaking Things Up
Posted by on October 21, 2011 (No Comments)
By Alex Gimenez The Florida Marlins are finally turning the page on their nineteen years playing at what is now Sun Life Stadium.  They are set to open the 2012 season in their new ballpark at the former Orange Bowl site in Miami, Florida.  The team is plunging into an off season full of excitement and transformation with new team branding, a new logo, a name change, an... Read More
New York Football is Back and So is Plax
Posted by on September 12, 2011 (No Comments)
All thoughts of Plaxico Burress returning to the Giants are gone now, but the conversations about Plax are not ending any time soon. Before the season opening game on Sunday Night Football it came out that Plaxico had made slandering remarks about his ex coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning. As a Giant’s fan myself I understand that both Coughlin and Mann... Read More
New York City: Giants Finding Their Stride
Posted by on October 6, 2010 (No Comments)
The Colts are just that good apparently. After watching the Manning brothers go head to head so to speak I was extraordinarily distressed. I am a Giants fan. They played miserably on both the offensive and defensive. There was not much to be proud of except for one or two completed passes. Not only was it a mess on the field, but off the field there was just as much to b... Read More
New York: Jeter’s Not-So-Hit-By-A-Pitch
Posted by on September 19, 2010 (No Comments)
Rarely, if ever, does Derek Jeter find himself in the midst of controversy or questions of sportsmanship.  That is why baseball fans were so surprised on Wednesday night when Jeter faked being hit by a pitch - in reality the ball had hit the bottom of his bat - to advance to first. He spun out of the batter’s box and leaned over, feigning pain, as trainer Gene Monahan c... Read More
Washington, D.C.: The Haynesworth Hoax
Posted by on August 3, 2010 (1 Comment)
Three-hundred yards in 70 seconds. That means you have to run a little more than 1/6 of a mile at a 6 minute 51 second mile pace. Then take three and a half minutes of rest (triple the amount of time you just spent running). Now go back and run another 300 yards, this time in 73 seconds. Again, that's a little more than 1/6 of a mile, this time at a 7 minute 9 second rate.... Read More
New York: “The Boss” – A Winner
Posted by on July 15, 2010 (No Comments)
By this time, just about everyone on this planet knows of the passing of long-time Yankees owner, George Steinbrenner.  Steinbrenner, 80 years old died of a heart attack in his Tampa, Florida residence early on the morning of July 13, 2010.  Steinbrenner was the principal owner of the Yankees for 37 years, starting in 1973.  In the 9 years before "The Boss" took ov... Read More
Boston: Big Papi Back in the Spotlight
Posted by on July 13, 2010 (No Comments)
Even though I am supposed to be the Boston correspondent I strongly considered writing a post about the Bill Simmons dubbed, “LeBroncolypse” or “LeBacle.” Bill Simmons did a better job than I would have done and the submissions from his readings are very funny, so I urge you to read it. I don’t think any pro athlete has ever turned me off more in my time as a spo... Read More
Cleveland: Final Thoughts on LeBron
Posted by on July 11, 2010 (1 Comment)
A few friends are getting together to play some basketball. That's all this is. Three guys like each other and have fun playing on the same team. Is that so wrong? Because that's the situation right now. On Thursday night, the world came down hard on LeBron. Dan Gilbert was the ringleader and the people of Cleveland were his minions. I was no innocent bystander; I hy... Read More
Cleveland: What “Loyalty” LeBron?
Posted by on July 9, 2010 (1 Comment)
I am not from Cleveland.  I have never been to Cleveland.  In fact, the only time I've even been to the state of Ohio, I posed for a picture outside of a Columbus bar in Michigan Wolverines gear.  As a native of Ann Arbor and a resident of the D.C. area, sports teams in the Buckeye state have been my lifetime nemeses.  But on Thursday, for the first time, I could sympa... Read More
Uruguay: Why Soccer isn’t Popular in the U.S.
Posted by on July 9, 2010 (No Comments)
3:00pm, the pre-game ceremony begins. Students leave school early, employees jump in cabs to the nearest bars and bank tellers turn their backs to the windows to garner a better view of the TV. 3:25pm the opening ceremonies commence. Businesses are at a standstill for the next two hours. Not even public busses roam the streets. The games are watched with heavy concentratio... Read More
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