This, ladies and gentlemen, is Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, more commonly known in baseball history as Connie Mack. He managed the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901-50, winning 5 World Series Titles and 9 American League pennants over that span. He is the Major Leagues’ all-time leader in Wins, Losses, and games managed.
Astute observers will notice that Mack [...]
Arsene Wenger admitted today that he rejected the opportunity to take maligned Brazilian striker Adriano on a one-year loan from Inter Milan. Adriano was once thought to be well on his way to becoming the best player in the world, scoring a combined 40 goals in all competitions in 2004-5. However, his poor form [...]
Sevilla and Spain midfielder Antonio Puerta died today at the age of 22. In a match against Getafe on August 25th, Puerta crouched and collapsed to the ground in the first of what would be a series of prolonged cardiac arrests. He suffered multiple organ failure and irreversible brain damage as a result. He has [...]
David Beckham made his epic trek last week. He played the full 90 minutes in England’s friendly match against Germany on Wednesday and flew back from London to Los Angeles to play a full match for the LA Galaxy. Unsurprisingly, considering he was not fully fit to begin with, he was forced to miss the [...]
Arsenal 1 - Man City 0
Perhaps it is encouraging for Arsenal supporters that the Gunners aren’t playing particularly well and still pulling out results. They have 7 pts from three matches and would likely have the full nine, if Lehmann hadn’t already embarked on his swift descent from international goalkeeper to senile buffoon.
The match mirrored, [...]
The Houston Astros retired Jeff Bagwell’s #5 in a ceremony before today’s game at Minute Maid Park. His relatively brief, but brilliant career places him as perhaps the greatest player ever to don an Astros’ uniform.
During his 15-year career, Baggs won a Rookie of the Year (1991), an MVP (1994) and was an all-star four [...]
The “Sign of the Apocalypse” is a popular feature in Sports Illustrated that often points out an unbelievably absurd incident or quotation from the previous week in sports. This week’s discusses Roy Keane’s comments about the Wives and Girlfriends of players having too much influence and keeping them away from Sunderland.
“The manager of English soccer [...]
Michel Platini was elected president of UEFA, largely on a plan to help the little man. His original plan would place the maximum of Champions’ League spots for any country at three, forcing the three largest leagues (England, Spain, and Italy) to each relinquish a birth to the lesser leagues. This would, according to its [...]
Actor, comedian, and noted Golf enthusiast Bill Murray was pulled over by Sweedish police for driving a golf cart while intoxicated.
Murray had been in Stockholm attending the Scandanavian Masters golf tournament. The cart, not intended for use, was on display in front of the hotel. Murray commandeered the vehicle and drove it to [...]
ESPN is reporting that former Michigan State and Detroit Lions Wide Receiver Charles Rogers will attempt to revive his desiccated corpse of a football career in the friendly confines of the Canadian Football League.
Rogers was a three-time All-State wide-receiver at Saginaw High School before enrolling at Michigan State. In three years at MSU, Rogers became [...]
