Daily Dose: Technical Difficulties

Last night at around six o’clock, the normally very reliable server on which Desipio Media Ventures sits blew up. It’s out in California some place, and I have a feeling that one of those pesky wild fires got it. Or something. Anyway, our hosting company...

NBA Scouting Reports: Eastern Conference

One of the biggest innovations in preseason hype is the scouting reports given to us annually by The Sporting News and Sports Illustrated as they preview every major sport. The Sporting News claims to use real scouts and SI says that they talk to opposing coaches to...

Another Sunday on the Couch

I may be the only guy in America who roots for cloudy, gloomy Sundays. That way, I don’t feel guilty for wearing a groove into the loveseat and running the batteries down in my TiVo remote. With baseball season now officially over, and the NBA yet to crank up,...

Finally Hoops, and Rupert Watch Yo Back!

Even though I consider myself a decent sports fan, I?ll admit I didn?t watch one pitch of Game 5 of the World Series, instead turning my attention to NBC?s Coupling (even with Rena Sofer not nearly as funny as the original) and of course CBS? Survivor. With a...

Daily Dose: Chip Caray’s college roomie strikes back

Over the years I’ve gotten some interesting e-mail. Rob Neyer once called me an “asshole”, Jock Florentine’s mom wrote to chastise me for making fun of his porn name, Jim Tocco made himself famous by throwing a trantrum in my inbox, and last...

Daily Dose: On second thought

Thanks to the beauty of TiVo, I got a second look at the new espn2 morning show, Cold Pizza last night. A few of my observations were likely clouded by the fact that at 6:30 in the morning, I can’t see a damn thing. So, I need to revisit a few things. Host Jay...