Thursday’s Line
June 28th, 2007, 11:58 am · Post a Comment · posted by patrickdonohue
I had to come in late this morning because watching Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann on Letterman last night caused me to OD on smarm. But alas, I’m at my desk and here’s Today’s Line.
Denver Post sports writer Adrian Dater rips apart the Worldwide Leader, calling its talking heads, “a bunch of made-up clowns with microphones in hand.”
SI’s Richard Deitsch has an interesting Q&A with actor and Chicago sports nut John Cusack.
The Buffalo News is reporting that the Sabres have made an offer to free agent forward Daniel Briere. There is no word yet on whether the club is attempting to re-sign free agent and former captain Chris Drury.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that Fox Sports Net has no intention of airing footage of a planned walk-out by fans at Saturday’s Pirates game. The fans are protesting management as the Bucs are well on their way to their 15th consecutive losing season. Hey Bud Selig, you wonder why baseball has become irrelevant, it’s because you’ve allowed the owners to get filthy stinking rich while the product on the field for most MLB teams stinks.
The Washington Post’s Michael Wilbon encourages NBA teams to draft big.
Georgia coach Mark Richt remembers a mission trip he and his family took to Honduras.
Ever wonder why sportswriters say hockey players are the easiest athletes to get along with? It’s because of stories like this.
The Dallas Morning News’ David Moore questions the plausibility of Kevin Garnett moving to Phoenix tonight in a draft day deal.
IGN explores one of Madden 08’s new features, Weapons.
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Well-rounded news..
Wired Magazine blog The Underwire wonders how good the new Disney/Pixar animated flick “Ratatouille” will be. If the review discussed in this post is any indication, it could be a good one. I’m planning to check it out Friday or Saturday night and could have a review up over the weekend or Monday morning. I do more than sports here, people.
Here are some reviews of the flick, none of which I will be reading prior to seeing the film.
Seriously, who’s watching According to Jim?
