Posts by Spike Friedman
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About Last Weekend: Kings’ Reign in Jeopardy
In case you were busy WATCHING GAME OF THRONES OH MY GOD YOU GUYS, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: The Chicago Blackhawks took a 2-0 series lead on the Los Angeles Kings with a 4-2 win at United Center. The loss was as bad for the Kings as … oh no. I […]
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About Last Night: High Five to LeBron, Heat
In case you were out protesting your local theater’s lack of midnight showings of After Earth, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday: The Miami Heat, buoyed by another vintage LeBron James performance, won a crucial Game 5, 90-79, to take a 3-2 series advantage back to Indiana. The Heat overcame poor nights from […]
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About Last Night: Chicago Fired Up
In case you were busy listening to Steve Winwood, wondering when you would be back in the high life again, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: Despite being denied a late winner in regulation because of a delayed concurrent penalty call, Brent Seabrook’s overtime goal gave the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 Game 7 […]
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About Last Night: Welcome to Indiana Basketball
In case you were busy making more than $1,244 a week from home using one simple trick, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Things are getting interesting in the Eastern Conference finals as the Indiana Pacers took Game 4 from the Miami Heat, 99-92, to even up their series at two games apiece. […]
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About Last Night: Memphis Goes Into Hibernation
In case you were out grillaxing (grilling while attempting to fend off an ax-wielding dwarf) here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: Tony Parker had 37 points as the San Antonio Spurs completed a four-game sweep of the Memphis Grizzlies with a 93-86 win. Despite having only two first-half dunks, the Spurs outscored Memphis […]
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Four Takeaways From the Champions League Final
Attack of the Monopod Let’s start with the biggest story of the final, that of the Dutch Monopod. Monopods, of course, are mythological one-footed, dwarf-like creatures who show up in stories from ancient Greece legends to C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia to tales of wild nights with Robin van Persie and Dirk Kuyt. Legend has […]
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About Last Weekend: LeBron Reminds Everyone He Is LeBron
In case you were busy ironing all of your white pants, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: LeBron James set up shop in the post as the Miami Heat had a 70-point first half en route to a comfortable 114-96 win over the Indiana Pacers as they took a 2-1 Eastern Conference finals […]
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About Last Night: Kings Still Reign
In case you were busy really getting inside the mind of Barry Zuckerkorn in preparation for the new season of Arrested Development, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. The Los Angeles Kings are one step closer to defending their Stanley Cup crown after Jonathan Quick shut out the San Jose Sharks, 3-0, at […]
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About Last Night: Don’t Count Out the Champs
In case you were busy concocting an elaborate theory in which the film The Faculty exists as a prequel within the Fast & Furious universe, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: LeBron James had a triple-double and scored the game-winning layup as time expired in overtime as the Miami Heat fought off a […]
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About Last Night: Don’t Mess With Texas
In case you were even busier not making up with Sergio Garcia, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Despite an epic comeback to force overtime, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker proved to be too much for the Memphis Grizzlies, who fell into a 2-0 hole in the Western Conference finals after falling, 93-89, […]
