Daily Archives: December 14, 2010

Happy Christmas Your Arse: NoMad Blog’s Greatest Christmas Songs of All Time

So every night I come home, plug in my little white-light Christmas Tree and crank up the tunes. There’s something truly soothing, and maybe even a little sad, about candlelight and Christmas carols. Some sappy, some silly, some poignant and some classics, the following are my favorite Christmas songs of all time, not necessarily because they’re musical masterpieces, but because they bring back memories of Christmases passed that will be with me forever. Add your own in the comment section!

Continue reading

6 Comments

Filed under BEST Things Ever, Holidays

Clips with Coach: CAN/WILL DUKE RUN THE TABLE?

Irving at Oregon (AP/Troy Wayrynen)

Editor’s Note: Apparently I have great influence, because my dad, former college basketball coach Denny Carroll, has decided he needs to be a blogger. So I’m going to help him get some practice (we’re talking about practice).

Feedback is welcome, but only if it’s nice.

Prior to Duke freshman phenom Kyrie Irving going down with a toe injury, there were some rumblings among college basketball writers about the possibility of Duke accomplishing the same memorable feat Coach K’s mentor (General Robert Montgomery Knight) did with the Indiana Hoosiers in ’76, i.e. “Run the Table” (undefeated NCAA Champs!).

Continue reading

8 Comments

Filed under BEST Things Ever, College Basketball Is My First Love, The Funny Thing About Family Is That You'll Always Be Related, Wide World Of Sports