Jan 27, 2004 | Andy
It?s time for Running the Numbers! It?s the column that will be the same pointless drivel, but this time with the implication of being a statistical analysis! It should be fun? This initial column of RTN (See, I can do that well, can?t I?) will focus on the Illinois...
Jan 27, 2004 | Andy
What a long weekend it’s been for the New Jersey Nets. In just 4 days, they have a new boss, a new home, and now a new Coach, as Byron Scott was unexpectedly shown the door this morning. In keeping with the franchise’s predilection for head coaches who...
Jan 27, 2004 | Andy
With all of the babbling the past couple of days by Rob Neyer and Phil Rogers (what a pair, there) about how many wins it’s going to take to win the NL Central, I decided we should just look at the schedule and figure out how many games the Cubs will win in...
Jan 26, 2004 | Andy
Awards shows, especially Hollywood awards shows are really nothing more than a chance for really dumb rich people to give trophies to other really dumb rich people. But once and a while, they get something exactly right. There I was, nearly comatose on the couch...
Jan 23, 2004 | Andy
It is a lonely Friday in the pastoral wind-blown beauty that is Champaign-Urbana this morning, so let?s take a look at the two biggest stories of our little sports world of the last couple days. First, media reports saying Greg Maddux had rejected an initial contract...
Jan 23, 2004 | Andy
What’s more annoying, any radio commercial with Mike North yelling or any radio commercial in which they have to refer to the Super Bowl as “The Big Game?” The NFL started cracking down on people infringing on their trademark of calling the NFL...
