July 03, 2011
Joe Blogs
Joe Posnanski, that is. He might be the most entertaining sports writer aroound (he toils for Sports Illustrated). But he writes an irresistible sports blog, Joe Blogs. His latest post is an example: 14 Crazy Baseball Facts. He had me...
June 15, 2011
Grantland Debuts
ESPN's Bill Simmons has launched the ambitious sports website, Grantland: so far, so good. We especially loved a long oral history of the rise and fall of a national sports newspaper, The National, and an informative summary of some of...
November 24, 2010
How Much Is Derek Jeter Worth to the Yankees?
Nate silver weighs in....
August 30, 2010
Take My Wife, Please
May 09, 2010
The Perfect Last-Minute Mother's Day Gift?
March 02, 2010
The Facebook Did
February 12, 2010
Canada Garners Most Medals in Winter Olympics
No, I'm not a psychic. This is the startling prediction of an economist who has had a terrific record predicting medal counts in previous Olympics. And he makes predictions without worrying about little irrelevancies like the athletic skills of the...
January 30, 2010
Postgame Interview of the Week
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April 30, 2009
Weird Cross-Promotion of the Month
The View meets WWE Smackdown...
July 07, 2008
Wimbledon Men's Final Rerun Tonight...
at 7:00 P.M. on ESPN Classic. It's worth the view, even if you know the result....
March 10, 2008
Nintendo Meets Iron Chef
My kind of video game....
February 05, 2008
Check Back in November
Ann Coulter isn't the only arch-conservative boasting about voting for an arch-nemesis. But Michael Graham combines his promise with a poor sports prediction....
June 05, 2007
Dancing with the Nag
Give this horse a reality show....
February 03, 2007
Super Bowl
Fate has conspired to put me in Las Vegas for [part of] the Super Bowl. This place is a zoo. It's not clear to me why there is a need to watch the Super Bowl communally. I assume it's mostly...
January 20, 2007
NFL Picks
My, I've been terrific so far, if I don't say so myself (five out of six right), but I'm not too confident about this weekend's games, especially the NFC. Yet I will still fearfully pick the Colts and the Saints...
January 13, 2007
Playoff Picks
I'm sorry for the dearth of posts of late. I've been laid up with a foul flu. I went 4 for 4 in my NFL picks last week. I predict I will not be perfect this week, but I'll pick:...
January 06, 2007
My NFL Football Picks
I'm going to be a weenie and pick all four home teams, with the biggest chance for an upset, IMO, being the Giants and Cowboys, in that order....
October 21, 2006
World Series Prediction
Go Tigers!...
October 10, 2006
Fearful Baseball Predictions
I forgot to post my picks for the first round of the baseball playoffs. I have little to brag about. I blew both of the American League picks, and got both of the NL ones right. So now, with some...
September 28, 2006
It's Always Something (This Time, It's the Football Field)
Just like with Do Elephants Jump?, Why Do Pirates Love Parrots? has been out for less than a week and a sharp-eyed reader found a mistake. A really dumb one. On page 83-84, we discuss why an American football field...
July 24, 2006
Obsessed with Wrestling
I'm not, but I started watching professional wrestling when I was four years old. My grandfather informed me at that tender age that it was "fake," and then proceeded to yell his tonsils out at the grapplers on his black...
February 27, 2006
The only thing I'm sicker of than the Olympics...
...is the title of this blog entry from the blog of the Kansas City Star's crack TV critic, Aaron Barnhart. I think he is right on about the economics of the Olympics. For some reason, critics have been piling on...
February 05, 2006
Dave's Useless Super Bowl Pick
With absolutely no conviction, I'm picking the Steelers to win it. Will they beat the spread? Not so sure. Luckily, I'm not a betting man. Heh....
January 22, 2006
Dave's Fearful Football Picks
I have absolutely no confidence in either of these picks. Both of these should be close games, and the spreads seem about right to me. Do any of you have strong feelings? But I'll pick Denver giving three to Pittsburgh....
January 14, 2006
I'm Not a Betting Man...
But if I were, against the spread this weekend I'd take: REDSKINS +9-1/2 vs. Seahawks (but I expect Seahawks to win the game) PATRIOTS +3 vs. Broncos (a game I'd call about even) STEELERS +9-1/2 vs. Colts (I think the...
December 04, 2005
Good Sunday Reading
I try not to link too often to the New York Times, as I'm well aware that (free) registration is required. But if you don't follow this link, you'll miss a terrific article by Michael Lewis about the brilliant, eccentric...
October 22, 2005
Feldman's Fearful World Series Prediction
After shaming myself with my playoff predictions, I'm ready to weigh in with my thoughts about the World Series. My thoughts: I have no idea who will win. However, the Imponderables Webmaster, Stinky, does have a strong opinion. He thinks...
October 11, 2005
Fearful Baseball Predictions Part 2
OK, so maybe I was only 2 for 4, but there were extenuating circumstances -- two of the wrong teams won! I was planning to predict St. Louis over Houston and Angels over the White Sox, but now Colon is...
October 03, 2005
Feldman's Fearful Baseball Forecast
It has been a great baseball season, and I've seen little of the new TV season because I've been watching altogether too much baseball. Here are my predictions: St. Louis over San Diego (On paper, this is the biggest mismatch....
October 06, 2004
Winners
Of course, in yesterday's post, I was referring to how the Yankees, Dodgers, and Angels were true winners, because of the sportsmanship they would display when they lost their first games....
October 05, 2004
Feldman's Fear-Laden Baseball Predictions
Winners: Astros; Dodgers; Yankees; Angels. Do not go to the bank or the bookie with these. Any of these eight teams could win the World Series....