Tag Archives: Just Plain Stupid

Pac-12, UCLA Continue to Say “Screw You” to Fans

Posted on October 6, 2012 by theHoundDawg

As week five of the college football season is well underway, fans who have Charter Cable (and a lot of other providers, as I understand, other than Time-Warner) have a great choice of games to tune in tonight at about … Continue reading →

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Mario Solis is an Absolute Idiot

Posted on April 10, 2012 by theHoundDawg

Mario Solis hit a new low tonight. In all the years that somehow he has retained a paid announcing position in LA television, he has NEVER made as absolutely stupid a statement as he did tonight. The Dodgers’ home opener … Continue reading →

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MLB Opener in Japan a Bad, Bad Idea

Posted on March 27, 2012 by theHoundDawg

So it seems that the Oakland A’s and the Seattle Mariners Japanese soil this week. The games will be played at prime Japanese evening time, which means for anyone interested in watching or listening to the action back in the … Continue reading →

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Saints’ Bounty Punishment Not Nearly Severe Enough

Posted on March 23, 2012 by theHoundDawg

Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL came down on the New Orleans Saints with some tough penalties for their long-running bounty program. For the institutionalized, intentional injuring of opposing players, the team was fined $500,000, lost some draft picks, head … Continue reading →

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UCLA in Bowl Game? Against Illinois? Really?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by theHoundDawg

Get ready Bruin fans, only 26 days to prepare for the Fight Hunger Bowl, featuring the match-up of the year! LSU-Alabama? Naw. Wisconsin-Oregon? No Way. 6-7 UCLA vs. 6-6 Illinois – that’s the match-up we’ve been craving. Out of control, … Continue reading →

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MLB Reallignment Means Interleague Games Entire Season, Added Wild Cards

Posted on November 18, 2011 by theHoundDawg

Like we said the other day, the move of the Houston Astros to the American League forming two 15-team leagues requires the scheduling of at least one interleague game virtually every day of the baseball regular season. It’s that or … Continue reading →

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Just HOW Would MLB Schedule Games with Two, 15-Team Leagues?

Posted on November 11, 2011 by theHoundDawg

With at least one interleague game virtually every day of the season, that’s how. The impending sale of the Houston Astros to Jim Crane that is dependent on the team transferring to the American League prior to the 2013 season … Continue reading →

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It’s About Time For Football to Change How Passing Stats are Kept

Posted on November 2, 2011 by theHoundDawg

So, you’re playing basketball, and you fire a pass to a teammate under the basket who lays it in. He is credited with two points and you get an assist. If basketball kept statistics the way football does, you and … Continue reading →

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Just What I Feared

Posted on June 12, 2010 by theHoundDawg

So, I’m out walking the dogs late this morning, and as I feared, KSPN 710 – ESPN Radio in SoCal, is broadcasting a soccer game. No brain surgeon aftermath. No Laker prognostications. No NCAA realignment banter. No Dodger-Angel interleague series … Continue reading →

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Ex-Trojan Cushing Has Illegal Steroid Use Validated by Sportswriter Panel Re-Vote

Posted on May 13, 2010 by theHoundDawg

Ex-Trojan brain surgeon Brian Cushing, found to have tested positive for an NFL-banned performance-enhancing drug, was rightly suspended without pay for four games. In an interesting move, a re-vote was then taken among the panel of Associated Press sportswriters that … Continue reading →

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The City of Brotherly Love

Posted on May 4, 2010 by theHoundDawg

There is nothing more disgusting than a self-indulgent fan who thinks nothing of the tens of thousand of other fans in the stands or the millions watching on TV when he decides to interrupt the game by running out onto … Continue reading →

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Pirates Guarantee More Years of Failure, Hire Military Guru to Indoctrinate Minor Leaguers

Posted on March 2, 2010 by theHoundDawg

17 consecutive losing seasons are not nearly enough for the Pirate brain trust. They have just taken steps to destroy their productive minor league system, guaranteeing more years of mediocrity. The dolts now running the Pirates have chosen to place … Continue reading →

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