Nominations for 2010 Fujimoto Tough Guy Award now closed
We already have a winner. His name Greg Nosal, and he is the left guard for Virginia Tech. He played on Saturday despite a severed pinkie, opting for pain killers and bandages rather than immediate...
View ArticleThe top local sports stories of 2010
NOTE: I moved this back up as a last call of sorts, since I will be writing my selections up early next week. This is where you come in yet again: What were the local sports stories of 2010? Give a...
View ArticleThe weekend that was: The Jets are in, Giants still reeling
Will update. – Despite a thrilling shootout loss to the Chicago Bears, the New York Jets are in the playoffs, thanks to a loss by the Jacksonville Jaguars. – The New York Giants get absolutely drilled...
View ArticleLocal Sportsman of the Year: John Napier
NOTE: This is a modified version of the piece that appeared in the newspaper Sunday. John Napier ended the year the way he began it, on the bobsled track representing the United States. It’s the...
View ArticleThe Top Local Sports Stories of 2010: The List
This was a local sports year of titles and losses, a year when an athlete displayed true heroism away from his sport, a year of homecomings and farewells. With help from blog readers, here is one take...
View ArticleSome sports had to go
I’ll put the question first: What sports did you use to follow but no longer do because of time and/or other reasons? Bonus question: What “secondary” sporting event — meaning one from a sport that is...
View ArticleThe Story of the Year: The ladies were the champs
Note: If there are women’s/girl’s teams not listed here whose accomplishments are worthy of mention, please add them in the in the comments. — mm It’s tough to settle on any one of the guys deserving...
View ArticleRIP Sarah Burke, 29
If you don’t know who freeskier Sarah Burke was, read on: She was a trail-blazer and a champion — the face of her sport and the best in the world — now gone too soon after a training accident. She was...
View ArticleWilt’s 100 at 50: The best game ever in any sport?
It’s hard to imagine in this age of Twitter and cellphones and cable and hi-def, but there is little recorded evidence this game played in many living people’s lifetime ever even happened. There were...
View ArticleBest sports play-by-play ever
You can make any sport watchable. Make sure you stick it out to the last seconds. (Warning: Copious profanity.)
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