The Meaningful Collateral

Men’s Draw

Thus far, Wimbledon has been everything I’ve hoped for, and then some. The reemergence of Marat Safin as the athletic beast he is when he wants to be is great for Wimbledon. It wasn’t long ago that Safin had a tirade about how grass is for cows. Not only is Safin finally playing well [...]

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The highlights of TMC’s content extravaganza from the recently deceased month of June:
— Indiana Basketball loses its last scholarship player. Hilarity will not ensue.
— Turkey is a country with a rich history of conquest, technological advancement, and really fugly soccer uniforms.
— Electoral Colleges!
— Solemnly reflecting on the anniversary of the death of The National. No, [...]

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The weekend sucked. Nothing of intrinsic sports value went down. Yeah, you had Spain beating Germany, and that’s significant from a socio-cultural perspective, but the game itself was pretty vanilla — the German defense looked like they were sleepwalking through most of the match, and the Spanish (or as Tommy Smith would call them, “Spaniards”) [...]

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You could be this guy.
This was a public access show from NYC in 1990. And, well, whoever you are, Ken Sander, we salute you for taking the greatest litany of crank calls in world history. What follows is, well, I’ve never seen anything like it.

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If not for Christian Laettner, Sean Woods might have the greatest highlight of the 1992 NCAA tournament. And possibly a national title.
Sixteen years ago in the East Regional Finals, Woods hit a running back shot to give Kentucky a 102-101 lead over Duke. Only 2.1 seconds remained. What could go wrong?
Um ….
Anyhow, life turned out [...]

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This one’s too good to pass up.
So the story goes like this: Last week on his radio show, Toronto general manager JP Ricciardi trashed Reds slugger Adam Dunn, saying he “doesn’t really like baseball much” and “We’ve done our homework on guys like Adam Dunn and there’s a reason why we don’t want Adam Dunn”.
Whoa.
Then, [...]

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Long has it been foretold that the Hair of Great Power would one day return — flowing locks possessed of most lustrous sheen that doth blind the eyes and the fabled Pantene bounce that counfounds the heart.  For nigh on 4000 days the Hair has lain dormant, augmenting its power through repeated washings and leave-in condtioners, emerging only long enough [...]

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A little late on this today…still smarting from that horror show that the Italians threw up against Spain yesterday.
It did get me wondering something, though. Is soccer the only major professional sport where the final teams actively play NOT to lose, instead of playing to win? We see this all the time in World Cup [...]

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Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cock Sucker, Mother Fucker, and Tits. Let ‘em all fucking rot.

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Perhaps we’re just not as smart as the baseball elite. Maybe he wasn’t either. Or maybe it was something else.
Maybe he ate Bud Selig’s lunch or stole Bud’s “Blue’s Clues” DVD collection. Maybe he drank Labatt’s when everyone knew MLB managers only drink Budweiser. Maybe he thought “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose” the next big network [...]

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