Posts by Spike Friedman
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About Last Night: Let’s Call It Even
In case you were busy camping out at Man of Steel so you could see the new Elysium trailer, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday: Dwyane Wade turned in a vintage performance as the Miami Heat evened the NBA Finals at two games apiece with a 109-93 win over the San Antonio Spurs. […]
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About Last Night: Chicago Strikes First
In case you were out getting the oil change you need every 30,000 miles followed by a stern lecture from your mechanic about decimal places, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: In a stunning start to the Stanley Cup final, the Chicago Blackhawks turned around a two-goal third-period deficit before Andrew Shaw scored […]
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About Last Night: Don’t Mess With Texas
In case you were busy consolidating power by any means necessary to be prepared for the upcoming console wars, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: In a series filled with future Hall of Famers, it was the play of Gary Neal and Danny Green, who scored a combined 51 points while going 13-for-19 […]
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About Last Night: Bonus Baseball in Tampa
In case you were unable to get to a TV after a butt pat gone awry, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: After giving up a six-run lead, the Boston Red Sox finally put away the Tampa Bay Rays, 10-8, behind a Daniel Nava 14th-inning RBI single. The game was not without its […]
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About Last Weekend: Miami Draws Even
In case you were busy accidentally watching a performance art piece in which the notion of sports was approached from many perspectives without any sports actually happening, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: The Miami Heat bounced back from their Game 1 defeat to even the NBA Finals with a 103-84 win over […]
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Washout, Draft, Repeat: The Endless Saga of a Mariners Fan
With the second overall pick of the Major League Baseball draft on Thursday, the Chicago Cubs picked corner infield prospect Kris Bryant out of the University of San Diego. In the coming days, given the Cubs’ history, I imagine we will be treated to a number of pieces about whether Bryant will be capable of […]
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About Last Night: Spurs Win Battle of the Big 3s
In case you were out playing it real cool about the NSA’s newly revealed data-mining operations because you have nothing to hide, nope, nothing at all, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday: Tim Duncan shook off a poor first quarter to post a double-double as the San Antonio Spurs stole home-court advantage in […]
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About Last Night: Pittsburgh Gets Penned In
In case you were out looking for a shooting star to wish on, but finding only derelict satellites, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: It took two overtimes and 53 saves from Tuukka Rask, but the Boston Bruins took a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals with a 2-1 win over the […]
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About Last Night: Kings Defend Their Throne
In case you were out living your own sports dreams by eating pretzels like Jason Alexander circa ’94, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: The Los Angeles Kings once again showed that Staples Center is a fortress, extending their unbeaten home playoff record with a 3-1 win over the Blackhawks to narrow Chicago’s […]
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About Last Night: Miami’s Vice Squeezes Out Pacers
In case you were out protesting your local movie theater for continuing to show After Earth, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: The Miami Heat played their best game of the Eastern Conference finals when the stakes were the highest, closing out Game 7 with a 99-76 win over the Indiana Pacers behind […]
