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In a Silliman on Sports column. I know, you’re reading about it right now! Mick Fanning, three times world champion surfer dude at a big surfing event in South Africa, punched Greggie, the uninvited white […]
In a Silliman on Sports column. I know, you’re reading about it right now! Mick Fanning, three times world champion surfer dude at a big surfing event in South Africa, punched Greggie, the uninvited white […]
CUBAN-JORDAN BETROTHAL INTERRUPTED I can’t decide whether the Mark Cuban wooing of Deandre Jordan and the subsequent rejection is more Casablancish or more Runaway Bride-ish. I know the music has to be very Luther Vandrossish […]
There’s a petition going around to strip Bruce Jenner of all Olympic medals, what with Bruce actually being Caitlyn and all. (Why change the name? I know a woman named George–why not Bruce?) Take medals […]
ourdailyoffering.com/footballfire.html In 1892, when Dr. Horace Silliman donated money to establish Silliman Laboratory at Mount Herman prep school in Gill, Massachusetts, he had no idea about the game, football. Much less that a football field […]
BANK ROBBERS — USE FUNDS ON HAWKS SUITE From a suite at the Hawks Philips Arena to a suite in the pen. Okay, not a suite, more like an 8’ x 12’ cell. Do I […]
THE BABY FACE, THE BEARD AND THE MASK The MVP race in the NBA calls for a rap. See if you don’t agree: He came from Charlotte Daddy name of Dell A loosed limbed baller […]
DWIGHT HOWARD BENCH PLAY, OVERREACTIONS? What’s a crotch slap between friends and teammates, anyway… even if or especially if it involves NBA’s resident prankster, clown jester, Houston Rocket Dwight Howard? We’re talking about the NBA […]
Silliman on Sports By Stan Silliman JERRY and JOHNNY – AMAZINGLY SIMILAR Basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian passed away at the age of 84. The below story was written when he originally announced his retirement in […]
FRIDAY THE 13TH IN SPORTS Pararkevidekatriaphobia. Okay, folks, the longest word in Silliman on Sports history. A combination of three Greek words – paraskevi means “Friday”, dekatria means “Thirteen” and phobia meaning “fear”. No, […]
Yes, I know all the footballs have been flattened and stacked away for the winter … I’m on a monthly schedule now, and you’re seeing this about five weeks after I wrote it. Besides, […]