By Doug Smith Courtesy of The Niagara Gazette More than 120 motion pictures, dating back nearly 100 years, have centered on baseball. Here’s a lineup of 10, listed alphabetically,which focused on “outsiders’” struggling to find acceptance: “The Bad News Bears,” 1976, Walter Matthau rallying a band of ragamuffins nobody else wants. Later … [Read more...] about Base Paths and ten baseball movies of those struggling for acceptance
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Taking offense to Jack Taylor’s offensive milestone
By Joe Manganiello Everyone grew up with the kid that never learned how to pass the ball. In pick-up games during grade school, nobody wanted to end up on that guy’s team because they knew it wouldn’t be any fun. In high school, “that guy” would almost be good enough for the school team, but he would inexplicably get into a yelling match with the varsity coach during … [Read more...] about Taking offense to Jack Taylor’s offensive milestone
Peter Jennings, Howard Cosell, Walter Cronkite and Bryan Paul’s puzzling NFL predictions: Week 5
By Captain Clarky On Oct. 8, 1921, KDKA (AM) in Pittsburgh, Pa. presented the first college football game radio broadcast between the University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University. Broadcasting and football formed a prosperous marriage that day. According to SB Nation, National Football League teams received $322,000 in broadcasting revenue in … [Read more...] about Peter Jennings, Howard Cosell, Walter Cronkite and Bryan Paul’s puzzling NFL predictions: Week 5
Fozzie Bear, Kermit the Frog, Jim Henson and Bryan Paul’s Puzzling NFL Predictions: Week 4
By Captain Clarky The Roger Goodell puppet show of using replacement referees in regular season National Football League games came to a merciful end Wednesday night with a tentative new labor agreement between the league and the NFL Referees Association. To many fans, the replacement referees were as incompetent at controlling games as Fozzie Bear is at … [Read more...] about Fozzie Bear, Kermit the Frog, Jim Henson and Bryan Paul’s Puzzling NFL Predictions: Week 4
Bill Clinton, Phil Jackson, Margaret Thatcher and Bryan Paul’s Puzzling NFL Predictions: Week 2
From Captain Clarky Like the 16 National Football League teams that lost last week, this blog’s unique prediction format didn’t begin the 2012 season well, posting a 1-6 head-to-head record against Chuck Pollock of The Olean Times Herald. There’s plenty of time to improve as Week 2 begins. Leadership gives football teams the proper guidance to become … [Read more...] about Bill Clinton, Phil Jackson, Margaret Thatcher and Bryan Paul’s Puzzling NFL Predictions: Week 2