Archive for the 'Sports' Category



Chase Corporate Challenge and the Dunwich Dynamo

16Jul06

Last weekend was busy. The UBS date for the Chase Corporate Challenge was Thursday the 6th, and then the Dunwich Dynamo was scheduled for the night falling between Saturday and Sunday, the 8th and 9th. I finished the CCC, though not in the time I had hoped for, but I turned around after reaching the [...]

Quick hits…

16Jul06

…that have been festering all week. I told everyone at work I’m leaving end-August. Well, beginning-September is probably more like it, given that I expect September 1 to be my last day at work. Interestingly enough, I didn’t even have to initiate the OK-so-you-don’t-drink-so-what-shall-we-do-in-lieu-of-leaving-drinks conversation, EC brought it up himself (he’s probably the person I was [...]

Ben Wallace goes to the Bulls

05Jul06

I think I’ve read about 20 articles about the newest Bull so far. All the ones evaluating the signing have betrayed giddiness at the Bulls’ defense next year, or dismay that their offense will remain deficient. The ones not primarily concerned with the signing (ie, the ones where the reasons for Ben deciding to leave [...]

Kobe’s 81 — Scoop gets it!

25Jan06

Read Scoop Jackson’s piece on Kobe’s 81. For the first time since the first article he wrote after Wiley’s death, Scoop has hit the nail on the head. Nice — Scoop’s finally paused his assault on the English language (in this piece, ‘He against the world’; ‘We hate he’; ‘You ain’t Thee’) long enough to [...]