Posts by Spike Friedman
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About Last Night: You Stay Classy, San Diego
In case you were busy revamping your intimidation-based game plan, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: The Houston Texans stormed back from 21 points down to beat the San Diego Chargers, 31-28. “I’m in Cleveland now,” yelled former San Diego head coach Norv Turner preemptively when picking up a phone call from a […]
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About Last Weekend: Shrunk-Down Giants
In case you were busy building something with your hands, ensconced in the majesty of nature, allowing the last rays of summer sun to shine down upon your shirtless back, like a nerd, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: In a Sunday night NFC East battle, the Dallas Cowboys forced six turnovers en […]
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About Last Night: Peyton's Seventh Heaven
In case you were busy getting so jacked for football that you passed out at 1:30, here’s what you missed in sports last night: Peyton Manning was at his best, throwing for an NFL record-tying seven touchdowns in the Broncos’ 49-27 win over the Baltimore Ravens. “Yeah, but who has the biggest yacht?” asked monocle-and–top […]
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About Last Night: Spilling the Beans
In case you were busy being ready for some football, some Wednesday-night football, Wednesday-night football that is never going to come, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: Tampa Bay Buccaneers corner back Darrelle Revis has said he’s “happy to spill the beans,” in advance of the Bucs’ matchup with his former team, the […]
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About Last Night: Red Sox Strike Back
In case you were busy squeezing in one last fantasy draft so that you could ironically take Mark Sanchez in the second round, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Jon Lester outdueled Max Scherzer, as the Red Sox beat the Tigers 2-1, denying Scherzer his 20th win. “I failed myself, I failed my […]
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About Last Night: Tigers Roar in Boston
In case you were busy facing the ramifications of stealing plants off a wall, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: In a battle of the AL’s top teams, Tigers starter Doug Fister spun a gem and Detroit got some late offense to top John Lackey and the Boston Red Sox 3-0 at Fenway […]
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About Last Weekend: Welcome Back, Football
In case you were busy laboring like a laborer, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: College football’s opening weekend is in the books, and the marquee matchup went to Clemson as the Tigers protected their home field in a 38-35 win over Georgia. The win was Clemson’s second consecutive over a top-10 SEC […]
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Is There a Group of Death in This Year's Champions League?
Ah, the Champions League group stage draw. The first day of the year when we can wave good-bye to the sheep-slaughtering also-rans of former Soviet states and welcome the titans of Europe back to continental play. It’s also the first day of the year when we get to debate how unlucky certain teams got by […]
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About Last Night: Gamecocks and Lightning
In case you were busy taking out an insurance policy on your body because you don’t trust Lane Kiffin, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday: Overcoming an extended fourth-quarter lightning delay, South Carolina easily defeated North Carolina 27-10 in the first big game of the college football season. When asked if he thought […]
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About Last Night: Johnny Football Sort of Takes a Seat
In case you were too gobsmacked by stories about the side effects of PCP abuse, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: On the eve of the college football season, the NCAA investigation of Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel reached its conclusion, with Manziel receiving a 30-minute suspension for signing autographs that were later […]
