By Paul Gotham It is only fitting on this first Monday of September - when we celebrate labor - that job and career choices fill the air of sports discussion. Jeff Jagodzinski appeared rather comfortable some 10 months ago. The former head football coach of the Boston College Golden Eagles was in the third of a five-year contract. Somewhere along the line Jagodzinski … [Read more...] about Jeff Jagodzinski: Mess With The High Life, And…
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Brett Favre: Cash For Clunkers
By Bill Ribas In the movie “Transformers,” the robot Bumblebee plummets to earth and assumes the shape of a 1976 Camaro. He bonds with the kids, and after their few close calls with the Decepticons, hottie Megan Fox wonders why the robot took the shape of such a “piece of crap car.” The kids get dumped in a tunnel, the car drives off, metamorphing as a bright and shiny … [Read more...] about Brett Favre: Cash For Clunkers
Me & The Mets
By Bill Ribas The latest news out of Flushing is that Johan Santana is headed for an MRI, the hope that it’s only bone chips, or maybe some of the stitching of his jersey is getting caught on his elbow when he throws. Who knows. As a Mets fan, I have endured the lows of poor play, the highs of championships, but never anything like this year. The laundry list of players out … [Read more...] about Me & The Mets
Nothing Foul About It
By Bill Ribas This week, the wife and kids are far south on vacation, and the world is my oyster, that is, as much of an oyster that Rochester can offer. A scan of Freetime showed a Monday Red Wings game with a 12:05 start. I checked my wide open calendar, weighed my options, and at roughly 11:45 was barreling down 490 West en route to Frontier Field. I realized the … [Read more...] about Nothing Foul About It
Baseball & God
By Bill Ribas We’ve all seen it – the player connects with the bat, trots down to first, makes the turn, and on the way back, a few quick hand gestures like he’s talking to a deaf person, then the kiss to the hands, the look to the heavens, the slight head tilt, all saying thank you God, thank you for this single. I can’t remember when this change occurred, but it is here to … [Read more...] about Baseball & God