Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Ryan's Den: 12/15/09


The Fighting Mock Turtlenecks lost to Loyola Marymount on Saturday night. More troubling than a bad loss to a bad team at home is that I never knew the incredibly tragic story of Hank Gathers. Thanks to a  the loyal Buck List reader for calling out of my lack of requisite sports knowledge.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is serious about cracking down on head injuries, proposing this week to fine players for suffering concussions

University of South Florida head football coach Jim Leavitt has been accused of hitting one of his players in the face at halftime of the Lousville game on November 21. The players then refused to take the field with Leavitt and injured quarterback Matt Grothe (torn ACL) called a brilliant 2nd half from the sideline, capped off by a magical hook and ladder to Billy Bob for the win as time expired.

The Red Sox are close to adding yet another marquee pitcher to their starting rotation in former Angels right-hander John Lackey. The 5 year deal will pay Lackey roughly $17 million per season. Apparently Red Sox owner John Henry will champion the implementation of a salary cap some other time.

A Canadian doctor who has treated multiple professional athletes, including Tiger Woods, is suspected of providing his patients with performance enhancing drugs. A Woods representative indicated that the troubled golfer would have no comment, preferring instead to feverishly lift weights and watch Bones in private.

5 comments:

  1. Wait - You'd never heard of Hank Gathers? I don't know if I respect you as much as I used to.

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  2. Is there a way to sort postings by author? I generally like this blog but I find the stuff written by Ryan to be rather distracting. I feel like I am watching serious, witty commentary between Jaws and Gruden and Tony Siragusa drunkenly starts interrupting babbling and getting down in his stance talking about his expertise.

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  3. What did Kanye say, "this is bad - real bad - Michael Jackson"? Did he follow up with "now I'm mad, real mad - Joe Jackson"? I think he did. But I didn't check. I could have gone to a lyrics page and copied and pasted it directly into this blog comment. However I see you haven't quite done that, so neither will I. I will just post this non-sequitur and call it blog ... I mean a day.

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  4. If you got rid of Kevin and John, then I'd probably pay to get on this site. Your writing is inspiring.

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