Posts by Spike Friedman
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About Last Night: Break Up the Sixers!
In case you were busy coming around to the idea that Cowboys tight end Jason Witten is just the sort of guy who sometimes has to be yelled at, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: In what may prove to be the biggest upset of the entire NBA season, the Philadelphia 76ers stormed […]
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About Last Night: Rose’s Ruined Return
In case you were busy walking the plank at the behest of Bill Belichick, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: LeBron James and the Miami Heat opened their NBA championship defense with an impressive 107-95 win over Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls. An optimistic Rose, who was playing in his first regular-season […]
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About Last Night: One Win Away for Sox
In case you were busy polishing the screenplay for your gritty new take on Entourage, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: Jon Lester and Koji Uehara were too much for the Cardinals as the Boston Red Sox now stand one win away from their third World Series title in a decade after beating […]
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About Last Weekend: A Series of Mistakes
In case you were busy regretting your attempt to introduce that exchange student living in your home to the joyful simplicity of America’s pastime, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: A weird weekend in the World Series left the Cardinals and Red Sox knotted at two games apiece, after Saturday’s game ended on […]
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About Last Night: Cardinals Get Even in Boston
In case you were busy saying good-bye to your pet alligator Mojo, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday: A sterling combined effort from a trio of rookie pitchers led the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox, evening up the World Series at a game apiece. The game […]
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Champions League Pass & Move: Dortmund’s Pressure, Zlatan’s Goal, and the Return of Drogba
A look at this week’s Champions League action. Arsenal Under Pressure Spike Friedman: Borussia Dortmund’s aggressive pressing effectively neutralized what had been a prolific Arsenal attack, before a late goal against the run of play gave the Germans a crucial 2-1 win at the Emirates. That Dortmund pressed effectively without dominating possession is unsurprising; in […]
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About Last Night: Birds Grounded in Beantown
In case you were out giving the ol’ trick-or-treat route a dry run, much to the chagrin of everyone on Greenleaf Street, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox opened the World Series in dominant fashion, beating a sloppy St. Louis Cardinals team 8-1. “We may have […]
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About Last Night: It’s All About the U
In case you were busy throwing your old iPad in the garbage like the trash that it is, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: The University of Miami avoided major additional sanctions related to the Nevin Shapiro scandal, as the NCAA only revoked a small number of scholarships, deeming the school’s self-imposed two-year […]
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About Last Night: Giants Finally Victorious
In case you were busy keeping a drumroll sound going for 28 hours (and counting) in anticipation of the NCAA’s announcement of its findings in the Nevin Shapiro investigation, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: For some reason ESPN preempted coverage of the Monday Night Football game between the Giants and Vikings to […]
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About Last Weekend: Jets Ground Patriots
In case you were busy pouring one out for the Dawgfather, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: After a controversial unsportsmanlike conduct penalty call went against New England, Jets kicker Nick Folk hit a 42-yard field goal in overtime to give New York a come-from-behind 30-27 win. Jets head coach Rex Ryan defended […]
