Limbaugh Victim of His Own Entertainment

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, reportedly, will be removed from a group of potential investors seeking to purchase the NFL’s St. Louis Rams according to ESPN.
Naturally, when it concerns a personality archetype the caliber of Rush Limbaugh, you have a starkly divided community on the issue.  Even more predictably is the type of response [...]

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The Unpredictability of Sports

As with all systems that aren’t manufactured, for instance casinos, sports is a highly unpredictable arena.  But littered with experts from former players to journalists eager to give you their arrogant self-predictions for future seasons.
Every season for every sport, these experts publish their predictions in newspapers, magazines, and television shows(the latter particularly prone to bombastic [...]

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Redskins Lose; Obama Wins?

Since 1936 when the Washington Redskins were known as the Boston Braves, this franchise was been the predictor for the winner of the Presidential election.  Every time the Redskins won their last home game before a Presidential election, the incumbent party retained the White House, while a home lose was a predictor that the incumbent [...]

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Tom Donahoe on The Mort Report

I’ve listened to every Mort Report, the weekly football radio show hosted by ESPN’s Chris Mortenson, this NFL season, and in it he has a football pick ‘em segment featuring former Buffalo Bills General Manager, Tom Donahoe.  Nine weeks into the NFL season, Mortenson and Donahoe have never picked a game that involved the Buffalo [...]

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Sarah Palin Hates Hockey Moms!

Sarah Palin dropped the puck at the Wachovia Center to open the Philadelphia Flyers season.  The Flyers have since gone on to have the worst start in franchise history.  Sarah Palin traveled to St. Louis last week to drop the puck at a Blues home game.  St. Louis goalie Manny Legace tripped on the red [...]

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Bad News Buffalo

Today began with plenty of bad news for Buffalo as a national sports city.  A Wall Street Journal article noted that Buffalo Bills fans are
…some of the worst-behaving fans in all of sports.
Later in the afternoon, a Forbes magazine article pegged the Buffalo Bills as one of the top ten sports franchises likely to move.
I [...]

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Buffalo Sabres New Season Brings Air of Hope

The Buffalo Sabres kick off their 08-09 season tonight against Montreal, and with each new season brings a new sense of hope.  That is one of the magical elements fans find within sports.  Every year hope springs anew.  The anticipation is endless.  The possibilities infinite.
More times then not, as a season gets underway and as [...]

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Eating My Buffalo Bills Humble Pie

The Buffalo Bills came back to earth on Sunday suffering a 41-17 loss at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals.  While many a Bills fans half expected a loss, no one imagined the thrashing the team took.  And, quite typically, the local radio sports call in shows are littered with “the sky is falling” fans.
I [...]

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Needing A Laugh Before The Buffalo Sabres Kick Off Their Season

The folks over at Dukes of Awesome, a Buffalo sports blog, posted the alternate third jerseys for the Buffalo Sabres that didn’t make the cut for the upcoming season.  Looking over them, I fell into a rolling fit of laughter and realized I needed a good laugh before the hockey season kicks off.  Like any [...]

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The Rolaid Bills

Buffalo sports fan are lovable losers.  We’re perpetual pessimists scorned by a history of failure.  Our expectations never fail to account for the worst possible outcome.  Every dramatic moment our teams have been a part of invariably end with us being on the short end of the stick.  “Wide Right” and “No Goal” are part [...]

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