Monthly Archives: February 2009
Checking in with the Phils and Birds
On the day before the calendar flips to March, it’s a good time for a non-college basketball post before BSB goes all-hoops, all-the-time, for the next month. Eagles news has been coming in bunches the last 24 hours as free agency … Continue reading
BSB Announcement – The Conference Tourney Challenge
So, every year for the past half-dozen years or so, Doogan, J, and myself have had a running contest to see who could do better in picking all the conference tournament brackets (yes, we pick a lot of games between … Continue reading
Posted in College Hoops, conf tourney challenge
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The Official NFL Preview: BSB-Style (Recap)
As our loyal readers know, we here at BSB do our season previews a little bit differently than any old sports blog. We have a contest, between Doogan and Bry, that is structured around whether we believe a each NFL … Continue reading
Cimorelli’s Question of the Day
Assuming they are all available to the Eagles this year (and not in jail), what would be the order of preference for the following: a). TJ Houshmandzadeh b). Anquan Boldin c). Tony Gonzalez d). Marvin Harrison e). Plaxico Burress f). Michael … Continue reading
Posted in Questions of the Day
Tagged anquan boldin, eagles, marvin harrison, michael crabtree, NFL, plaxico burress, tj houshmandzadeh, tony gonzalez
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Cimorelli’s Question of the Day
How bad is it for the NFC East if the Redskins sign Albert Haynesworth to a $100 million contract? http://blogs.chron.com/fantasyfootball/
Tuesday’s Top Twelve – Dominating College Hoops Big Men
For this week’s Top Twelve, I am going to go right off the top of my head and try to come up with the most physically dominating college hoops players that I can remember. The criteria, as I am defining … Continue reading
More Ridiculous Stats – College Hoops (plus one)
Jamie Dixon needs only six more wins to set the all-time D-1 record for most wins by a coach in his first six years of coaching. Dixon has 156 wins in 5+ years at Pitt, after taking over for Ben Howland. … Continue reading
Posted in Ridiculous Statistics
Tagged bobby abreu, connecticut huskies, hasheem thabeet, jamie dixon, st. joe's hawks
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Tuesday’s Top Twelve – Steroids
Top Ten lists are trendy. I hate trendy. Top Twelve lists are not trendy. I like Top Twelve lists. I really like ordering things because, among other things, it can really lead to some interesting debates. So, I’m going to … Continue reading
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Tagged bj upton, bobby abreu, david wright, derek jeter, ichiro, joe mauer, josh hamilton, lance berkman, miguel cabrera, MLB, omar vizquel, ryan howard, steroids, vladimir guerrero
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A Final Word on Steroids in MLB
So, we had yet another steroids “bombshell” hit the sports news world yesterday, when it came out that Alex Rodriguez tested positive in 2003. My first reaction: Great, now I have to hear about this for the next six months … Continue reading
Tagged alex rodriguez, MLB, ryan hoard, steroids
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Wet Your Whistle
With less than a month to go until conference tournament action, I decided to take a quick glance at what we are to expect in the first two weeks of March. Ina, Doogan, Stri, Jay, Waters, and Alexi (and anyone else … Continue reading
Posted in College Hoops
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