Five sport-type things you may want to know

I’d give you a long intro here, but that isn’t my style.  Regardless, enjoy (with the chef’s compliments) the triumphant return for five sport-type things!

Woohoo!

1. The Evil Empire is almost back – After a blissful nine-year vacation from having to deal with the New York Yankees winning a world championship, the Bronx Bombers are a win away from taking the 2009 World Series … and consequently ruining the evening for every other baseball fan in America.

I say “evening” and not year, or month, or even week, because let’s face it, this is what Major League Baseball has reduced itself to … a mild curiosity that can get your blood going for a few minutes before fading back into the realm of Neo-pets, 8-tracks, Rick Springfield, and other obscurities.

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Five sport-type things you may want to know

Ever get tired of this whole sports thing? I do. Sometimes I want to hit myself in the head with a shovel (or let a Nebraska fan do it after they’ve read my article today).

Things like this stupid Brett Favre story that won’t disappear really tick me off. Then you see the hijinks going on down at Florida and the crappiness of the NBA Finals, and well, it’s easy to swear off the whole mess.

But that would be too easy. For now, I’m sticking with it.

Here are the five sport-type things you may want to know this week.

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Five sport-type things you may want to know

I’m back! Not that it was a hard decision.

Coming from a background in writing in which my readers’ most constructive comments were often disguised as death threats (I knew they were just teasing – few, if any of them, made any actual attempts), the warm reception I received last week was a welcome change.

So here I am, ready to foist more nuggets of sports wisdom upon you all. Don’t you feel lucky? Here are the five sport-type things you may want to know this week. (more…)