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The
always interesting New England Patriots have presented the Dowbrigade
with a difficult dilemma. We had almost resigned
ourself to the rude realization that our attempt to compete in the ESPN
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Last Excuse for Having Countries
Don’t
know if any of the rest of you gives a damn, but the Dowbrigade has
been really enjoying the World
Baseball Classic now being played
out [...]
Keeping the Streak Alive
PINEROLO, Italy (Reuters) – Britain’s match against the
United States for the men’s curling bronze medal was interrupted on Friday
when a male streaker ran across the ice.
With poultry for a loin cloth, the man [...]
Branding the Olympics – Sports No Sports
This
ersatz network media event they are calling the Winter Olympics is really
starting to chap our ass. The whole thing leaves a nasty taste in our
mouth, as it seems to have been [...]
The Curse of Theo Epstein
"I am still hoping that Theo
comes out at 1 o’clock and tells us that he is staying with the Sox"
Dan Shaughnessy at 8 this morning on WEEI
You can bet your ass he was hoping Theo would change
his mind, because [...]
League of Legless Linemen
Last
year the
Dowbrigade reported on ANOTHER
legless lineman, Chris Gonzalez in California
Today the Boston Globe came [...]
Penalty Shots Fatal in Fundamentalist Football
An Op-ed
piece in the Times by Goeff
Porter translated a Fatwa concerning the righteousness of playing soccer,
and the Iman-approved rules of play. It
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Title Nine Unleashed
What is it about girls fighting that captures the
male mind like a steel trap on a drunken bear? Somehow it connects the
Sports Zone of the brain to the Sex Zone, which together
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The Commissioner Weighs In
From what I understand, the decision by the International
Olympic Committee to eliminate baseball and softball was most likely
prompted by two problems with American baseball. (Softball, it seems,
was pretty much an innocent [...]
The Ebbing of Empire
From the hindsight of history it is often possible
to each a consensus on when and where an empire reaches its high water
mark. The Roman Empire in the 2nd century, the Byzantine Empire a thousand
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