Category Archives: Wide World Of Sports

by | August 8, 2010 · 9:26 am

Yet Another Reason for Me to Hate Navy

If you ask me, the United States Naval Academy has no redeeming qualities (as far as sports teams go, I’m not about to start dissing any branch of the armed forces). As a West Point girl and a DEVOUT Army fan, I was taught anything Navy is ugly and wrong. And then they go and do this…

Navy basketball coach Billy Lange has hired former Duke basketball player Greg Paulus as an assistant, just a year after Paulus’ stint as Syracuse University’s starting quarterback. This will be Paulus’ first go at coaching college basketball, in his quest to annoy the entire world through every facet of sport.

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by | August 4, 2010 · 1:10 pm

Finally!! A-Rod Hits 600th HR

Photo courtesy of the NY Daily News.

You know, I really didn’t think this day would come, because I’m pretty sure that Alex Rodriguez is the biggest headcase to ever play a sport (scratch that, Ryan Sidney definitely takes that honor). But defying my expectations, A-Rod finally hit his 600th career home run (which actually was a two-run homer) at Yankee Stadium this afternoon. The Yanks are playing the Blue Jays, and the homer came off of pitcher Shaun Marcum in the first inning. Derek Jeter was on base.

Yay! for NY baseball! Go Yanks!

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by | August 2, 2010 · 9:19 am

Once Again, N. Korea Out-Crazies Itself

Kim Jong Hun Photo courtesy of AP Photo/Armando Franca

The crazy shiz going on in North Korea isn’t getting enough play.

I’m a few days late on this, but according to the Daily News, the North Korean government took public humiliation to a whole new level recently when it forced it’s national soccer team – which just returned home from a disappointing showing at the World Cup – “in front of 400 people at the Working People’s Culture Palace in Pyongyang, were they were criticized for failing in their ‘ideological struggle’ to win in South Africa.”

Basically, every player on the team was individually called out for their specific shortcomings. Each player was then forced to denounce the team’s coach, Kim Jong Hun. Apparently this entire process took six hours – six hours.

And as if that wasn’t enough, the Daily News is also reporting that Coach Kim was “forced out of the Worker’s Party, North Korea’s ruling group, and into labor at a construction site.”

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