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DEFENDING LUIS “MANDIBLES” SUAREZ Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has been banned for nine international matches. We think that’s a little harsh. First off, when his teeth came in contact with Giorgio Chiellini’s shoulder, did […]
Silliman on Sports By Stan Silliman DON’T CONF– USE YOUR RENALDOS In the World Cup, the U.S. is getting ready to play Portugal, a team with the highest paid and perhaps greatest soccer player in […]
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK So there’s this rich guy named Donald Sterling, who told his half-black girlfriend that he doesn’t like black people. And even though he said it behind the doors of […]
Silliman on Sports KOVALESKI… FRED KOVALESKI He’s sprier than you and he’s spy-er than you. Eighty nine year old Fred Kovaleski can play tennis better than you, most of you, anyway. He’s the best 85-and-older […]
No actually, if I were at the World Cup and I had industrial strength earplugs, I’d be tooting on a vuvuzula. I may even borrow a tune from Pete Seeger and compose a vuvuzula song. […]
She was one of a kind, along with Dylan, the best poet of our times. This is my homage to Maya Angelou from a sports event in 2011: If Maya Angelou Poeticized Griffin’s 47 Point […]
Silliman on Sports By Stan Silliman FIFA WORLD CUP FANS: SURVIVAL TIPS Sao Paolo police advice to FIFA World Cup fans “Don’t scream.” Telling soccer fans not to scream is like telling the Marlboro Man […]
Silliman on Sports By Stan Silliman NFL OBSESSED: 2014 DRAFT TWEETS It is crazy how many folks froth over the NFL draft. We’ve scoured Twittersville for the oddest and funniest tweets. Not surprisingly, a huge […]
I think that Bud Selig is the baseball version of the Antichrist. Or at the very least, Vigo the Carpathian. Bud Selig, the Commissioner (cough, hack, sputter) of Major League Baseball has announced that he […]
2014 NBA 1st ROUND PLAYOFFS: THINGS LEARNED This time of year much of what I do is influenced by the NBA. I wear tennis shoes with Velcro straps. I’m prepared should I ever be lined […]