Posts by Shane Ryan
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Your Semi-Ignorant Guide to College Football, Week 9
A quick one this week, amigos, with a rundown of the top 10 games and Your Perfect Saturday: 10. Kent State at no. 15 Rutgers Big Ten fans will be unhappy to see that I chose this one over Michigan-Nebraska, if only because the Big East is starting to look like a pretty interesting race, […]
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College Basketball Team Previews: The Title Snipers — Michigan, Syracuse, Arizona, Florida
All this week (and next!), we’ll be running college basketball team previews for the 20 (or so) Most Interesting Teams. Today we tackle the Title Snipers. Why are snipers so terrifying and exciting? Whenever I think of those dashing sociopaths, with their fancy rifles and thin smiles, I think of Enemy at the Gates and […]
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About Last Night: Kung Fu Giants
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Pablo Sandoval, the Kung Fu Panda, became the fourth player in MLB history to hit three home runs in a World Series game, and the Giants roughed up Justin Verlander to take Game 1 8-3. Tigers manager […]
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College Basketball Team Previews: The Royal Blues — Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA, Duke, and North Carolina
All this week, we’ll be running college basketball team previews for the 20 (or so) Most Interesting Teams. Today we present the Royal Blues, and then we’ll work our way up to the Big Guns. Is it strange to anyone else that the five most legendary teams in college basketball all wear blue? When you […]
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About Last Night: Ozzie’s Regime Ends
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Ozzie Guillen was fired as manager of the Miami Marlins, and team officials say his positive remarks about Fidel Castro played a contributing role. As he retreated from Miami into the remote Everglades of central Florida with […]
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College Basketball Team Previews: The Dangerous Outsiders
All this week, we’ll be running college basketball team previews for the 20 (or so) Most Interesting Teams, starting today with the Dangerous Outsiders and working our way up to the Big Guns. Kurosawa’s film Yojimbo begins with a nameless samurai entering a town ravaged by two rival gangs. Both sides try to hire the […]
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About Last Night: They Might Be Giants
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday. Matt Cain pitched 5.2 scoreless innings and the Giants won their record-tying sixth elimination game of the postseason, routing the Cardinals 9-0 to reach the World Series. The only hiccup came when rain began to fall late, […]
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About Last Weekend: Giants Give Cards the Bird
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. Ryan Vogelsong struck out a career-high nine batters through seven dominant innings as the Giants beat the Cardinals 6-1 to force a deciding Game 7 in the NLCS. Vogelsong’s name literally means “birdsong” in German, which […]
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About Last Night: America Mourns Yankees Loss
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. The New York Yankees are out. CC Sabathia struggled and the offense remained dormant as the historic franchise lost 8-1 and were swept out of the ALCS. Instead of adding to their record 27 World Series titles, […]
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Your Semi-Ignorant Guide to College Football: Week 8
When is it safe to start talking about undefeated teams? When does a team’s record stop being a fluke and start being something to monitor obsessively? For me, the answer is Week 8. Which means it’s time for a new leadoff feature: Risk Assessment: The Undefeateds Let’s do a quick rundown and see which teams […]
