Posts by Spike Friedman
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About Last Weekend: Cam’s Panthers Work Every Time
In case you were busy watching a Hobbit reference defeat a reappropriated Anchorman quote in your fantasy football title game, here’s what you missed in sports this weekend: Cam Newton and the Panthers clinched a playoff berth, overcoming the elements and a stout New Orleans effort to beat the Saints, 17-13. “This is great for […]
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About Last Night: The Never-Ending Spurs
In case you were busy looking for a radio station that plays all of the Hall with none of the Oates, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday: Despite being down their best three players, the San Antonio Spurs still beat the Golden State Warriors, 104-102. After the game, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich […]
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About Last Night: The Moves Like Jagr
In case you were busy giving grudging credit to Rick Barnes for a game well coached, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: Jaromir Jagr set the career NHL record with his 122nd game winner in the New Jersey Devils’ 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators. Unfortunately for Jagr, the possibility for an in-game […]
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About Last Night: Mamba Time
In case you were busy trying to convince the world that the vote of confidence you gave your mistake-prone quarterback was genuine, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Kobe Bryant’s return hit its high-water mark as he scored 21 points while matched up against Tony Allen in the Lakers’ 96-92 win over the […]
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About Last Night: Pacers Lose at Home?
In case you were busy regretting a decades-old decision to allow your son to play football so long as he was just the punter, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: The Detroit Pistons, fueled by Josh Smith’s 30 points on 29 shots, handed the Indiana Pacers their first home loss of the year, […]
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About Last Weekend: Charles vs. Everyone
In case you were busy accidentally watching the Green Zone Channel, which only shows the 2010 film Green Zone starring Matt Damon, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: Jamaal Charles scored five touchdowns as the Kansas City Chiefs clinched a playoff spot with a 56-31 win over the Oakland Raiders. “This has been […]
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About Last Night: Portland Keeps Pace
In case you were busy trying to understand why Skapoli and the Dustones’ album, which dropped yesterday with no fanfare on iTunes, didn’t instantly go platinum, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday: LaMarcus Aldridge put up 31 points and 25 rebounds as the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Houston Rockets 111-104. Oh, it […]
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Champions League Pass & Move: The Sweet 16
A look back at the week’s Champions League action. There’s Something About Dortmund Mike L. Goodman: As a team, Borussia Dortmund are everybody’s darlings. They’re the little guys that made it big. They play an exciting, high-energy, swashbuckling, attacking style that everybody loves to watch. They have a coach in Jurgen Klopp who manages to […]
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About Last Night: Doc’s House Call
In case you were busy running into a heavily padded man one last time for the kids, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: Former Boston head coach Doc Rivers’s emotional return to Boston was a success as his Clippers came from behind to top the Celtics 96-88. It was a less successful return […]
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About Last Night: Mess With Texas
In case you were failing to come up with something clever to call Tuesday to go along with calling Wednesday ‘Wins-Day,’ here’s what you missed in sports last night: Rumors suggest that Nick Saban could potentially replace Mack Brown as the head football coach at the University of Texas. One thing is for sure, that […]
