Category: Sports

Good Tuesday morning

Good Tuesday morning

| January 26, 2011 | Reply

Yeah, I’m back blogging, a bit at a time. The San Diego City Council, having passed one of those lame anti-Walmart superstore ordinances, is now having to backtrack after Walmart managed to get over 50,000 petition signatures in less that three weeks to put the ordinance to an actual public vote: The ordinance approved in […]

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A guide to World Cup soccer

A guide to World Cup soccer

| June 12, 2010 | 1 Reply

from the Onion.  ..bruce w..

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Obama at the bat

Obama at the bat

| March 8, 2010 | Reply

Gerard Van der Leun at American Digest implores that this performance spread far and wide. Go, little video!  ..bruce w..

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“Our uterus is going to fall out or something?”

“Our uterus is going to fall out or something?”

| February 11, 2010 | Reply

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The International Olympics Committee continues to refuse to let women ski jump in the Winter Olympics, apparently for “medical reasons”. Or is it because women can actually beat men at this sport? Hat tip to ASIP reader Katy Jo. ..bruce w..

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Just watch this

Just watch this

| October 2, 2009 | Reply

And be sure to watch it all the way through, so you can see the slow-motion reply from different angles, not to mention the look on Djokovic’s face at the end, when he can barely keep himself from smiling at the impossibility of it all.  Hat tip to the Borderline Sociopathic Blog for Boys.  ..bruce […]

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It’s On! – Special Olympics Champ Challenges President

It’s On! – Special Olympics Champ Challenges President

| March 20, 2009 | Reply

As someone who has spent a good deal of time as a volunteer and coach for the Special Olympics, I would first like to mention that I did not think the Presidents comments were offensive or funny. I knew for a fact that there are many Special Olympians who are first class athletes. Now word […]

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Wednesday morning, 3 AM

Wednesday morning, 3 AM

| March 18, 2009 | Reply

Does the phrase “going to Hell in a handbasket” mean anything to you? I’m starting this post on Tuesday evening, with “American Idol” on the background. I can hardly keep up with the gaffes, mendacity, and sheer idiocy coming from the Obama Administration and the Democratic Congress on a daily basis. And trust me when […]

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Speaking of football…

Speaking of football…

| December 6, 2008 | Reply

…”After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.” The article continues: Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS commissioner stated “The US only had two major victories– […]

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Raider nation

Raider nation

| December 6, 2008 | Reply

The Oakland Raiders came to San Diego this past Thursday to play the Chargers. Raider fans are, of course, noted for being a bit…ah…intense, and (according to my sister Deirdre), the local newspaper gave appropriate warning to San Diego fans and citizens. Then the local TV station broadcasting the game ran the following ad after […]

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Video o’ the day

Video o’ the day

| September 8, 2008 | Reply

“As the coin was in the air, Taylor was apparently struck with an existential epiphany and asked the ref, quote, ‘What meaning can life have if the future can be dictated by the random chance of this coin? Existence is a vulgar absurdity.’”: Pre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jacksonville Jaguars Realize Randomness Of Life The Onion […]

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