[caption id="attachment_2241" align="alignright" width="240" caption="The Minnesota Twins celebrate after scoring the winning run in the 2009 single game playoff"] [/caption] Unlike other sports leagues, Major League Baseball schedules an extra tie-break game should...
Have you ever wondered why the Chicago Cubs haven't won the World Series since 1908, and haven't been to the World Series since 1945? Poor play? Nah, the Cubs have 37 players in the Hall of Fame. The reason the Cubs have wallowed in futility for so long is...a goat. That...
Despite the best efforts of President and Mrs. Obama, Jesse Jackson, and Oprah, the city of Chicago was eliminated this morning as a potential host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition came down to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Madrid, Spain, with Rio getting the...
[caption id="attachment_1547" align="alignright" width="180" caption="Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue"] [/caption] I like video games, I like 8-bit montages, and I like jazz. Imagine my excitement when I learned that someone had combined...
For those of you not familiar with all that is going on in the video gaming world, Madden NFL 10 released today at midnight. The most successful sports video game franchise in history, the series has sold over 75 million copies since its debut in 1988. For many Americans...
I just got done playing through Call of Duty: World at War, and I have to declare that it is pretty good. It was an incredibly visceral experience which did an excellent job capturing the brutality of World War II. Of course, there is a bit of dramatic license (parts...
The Super Bowl is one of the most watched events on television, so how about some information about this event. The History: Although the NFL has been around since 1920, the Super Bowl did not come about until 1967. In 1960, an upstart professional football league called...
