Posts by Spike Friedman
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About Last Night: Almost Famous
In case you were busy learning how boring Nevada is outside of Las Vegas, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Texas’s Yu Darvish was one out away from a perfect game, but he was forced to settle for a near shutout as Marwin Gonzalez singled late in the Rangers’ 7-0 win over the […]
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About Last Night: Kershaw Beats Giants All by Himself
In case you were busy dancing like no one was watching, despite the fact many, many people were watching, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday. Clayton Kershaw pitched a shutout and hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants, 4-0 to open […]
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About Last Weekend: It’s All About the Cardinals
In case you were busy planning the ultimate prank (hint: you need Krazy Glue, a dozen Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, and three rubber snakes), here’s what you missed in sports last weekend. Despite a gruesome leg injury to reserve forward Kevin Ware, Louisville knocked off Duke, 85-63, to book a spot in the Final Four. “Man, […]
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About Last Night: Your Bracket Just Got Orange’d
In case you were busy waiting in line at a food truck for what turned out to be not the best pork buns you’ve ever eaten, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. Syracuse rode a dominant defensive effort into the Elite Eight, upsetting the Indiana Hoosiers, 61-50. “It’s a disappointing loss for sure, […]
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About Last Night: Bull’d Over
In case you were busy recording your sophomore album, It’s Hard Out There (On the Road), here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. The Chicago Bulls used their strength and rebounding advantage to beat Miami, 101-97, snapping the Heat’s 27-game winning streak. After the game, LeBron James complained about the Bulls’ physicality and hard […]
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About Last Night: Here Come the Mavs
In case you were out all night looking for the afikomen, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Dallas got a crucial win in the Western Conference playoff race, beating the Los Angeles Clippers, 109-102, at home. Clippers forward Blake Griffin, who had a potential game-winning shot waved off at the end of regulation […]
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About Last Night: Look Out, Old Tiger Is Back!
In case you were busy crashing Lark Voorhies’s birthday party (and if so, kudos to you), here’s what you missed in sports on Monday. Tiger Woods had a vintage weekend as he both reclaimed the no. 1 world ranking in golf and won his record eighth Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. When asked if […]
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About Last Weekend: It’s a Mad, Mad, March Madness World
In case you were busy soothing your aching joints with an old-fashioned Epsom salt soak, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend. The NCAA tournament Sweet 16 is set, and the biggest story thus far has been the run of Florida Gulf Coast University, who find themselves among college basketball’s elite after an 81-71 […]
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About Last Night: Ivy Leaguers Finally Make Something of Themselves
In case you were the one guy in the office who was actually working yesterday, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. Break up the Crimson! Harvard mounted the biggest upset of the first day of the NCAA tournament, beating New Mexico, 68-62. Harvard coach Tommy Amaker was near tears after the game, saying, […]
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About Last Night: Now the Heat Are Just Screwing With Us
In case you were too busy lamenting the fate of your already busted NIT bracket, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: LeBron James had a triple double as the Miami Heat extended their winning streak to 24 games, overcoming a 27-point deficit to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 98-95. “We are legends,” James said […]
