Posts by Spike Friedman
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About Last Night: Bucs Win! Bucs Win!
In case you were busy putting in place overly ambitious field-wiping plans, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: Despite coughing up another double-digit lead, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took advantage of a distracted Miami team, beating the Dolphins 22-19 to record their first win of the season. “Hee-hee! Yippee!” exclaimed head coach Greg […]
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No Messi? No Problem! Neymar Grows Into Role at Barcelona
I realize the snake eating its own tail that is a member of the media writing about the lack of positive attention given to Barcelona by the media, but it does feel like the Catalan club have not quite gotten the attention they deserve this season. Over the weekend, Barcelona beat Real Betis, 4-1, without […]
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About Last Weekend: Cowboys Get Corralled
In case you were busy playing quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: In a Sunday-night battle of division leaders, the New Orleans Saints ran roughshod over the Dallas Cowboys in a 49-17 win. “It was always a tough matchup for us,” Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett said […]
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About Last Night: The Cardinal Way
In case you were out realizing the road less traveled is less traveled because it goes to Buffalo, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday: Baylor’s speed was too much for Oklahoma as the Bears throttled the Sooners, 41-12, in Waco. “They say speed kills, and it did a number on us here tonight,” […]
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Champions League Pass & Move: Taking a Chance on Chances
A look back at the week’s Champions League action. United’s Lack of Ambition Mike L. Goodman: It’s not that Manchester United didn’t create much on the road against a mediocre Real Sociedad team that fans should find alarming. It’s the fact that manager David Moyes seems pretty OK with it. After the game, his comments […]
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About Last Night: The Perfect Pacers
In case you were busy telling one of your employees to hit another one of your employees to settle an interpersonal workplace dispute, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: A fourth-quarter surge from the Pacers’ reserves turned a close game between division rivals into a blowout, as Indiana ran away from the Bulls […]
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About Last Night: Oh, New York, Oh, New York, No
In case you were busy finding the perfect throwback NFL tie for your big media appearance, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: The Knicks continued their early-season troubles, as they fell 102-97 to the Charlotte Bobcats while losing defensive fulcrum Tyson Chandler to injury. “Oh this isn’t good, but don’t worry, this doesn’t […]
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About Last Night: Lambeau Woes
In case you were busy backing up your asshole son by trolling online forums incognito, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: Josh McCown led the Bears to a 27-20 win over an injury-depleted Green Bay Packers squad at Lambeau Field, creating a three-team logjam at the top of the NFC North at the […]
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About Last Weekend: The Comeback Kids
In case you were busy trying to solve the Heat’s chemistry issues using stoichiometry, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: It was a weekend of big comebacks in the NFL as contenders Seattle and Indianapolis mounted stunning symmetrical rallies behind their Pro Bowl second-year quarterbacks to beat Tampa Bay and Houston, respectively, 27-24. […]
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About Last Night: The Dolphins’ Safety Dance
In case you were busy shooing weird-looking kids begging for candy off your doorstep, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday: Cameron Wake’s game-ending sack of Andy Dalton was the difference as the Miami Dolphins snapped the Cincinnati Bengals’ four-game winning streak via a rare overtime safety in a 22-20 win. When asked if […]
