hyperbole Stories - The Falcoholic
Pitino to announce [insert hyperbole] this afternoon
From C.L. Brown's blog (Charlie Strong's 4th favorite): U of L will have a press conference Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. to announce a pair of assistant men's basketball coaching hires, but the third assistant coach won't be revealed just yet. As expected, Richard Pitino will rejoin his father's staff...
The Power and the Glory of Preseason Hockey
In the black depths of space there exist roving masses of rock and ice known as comets. Traveling at millions of miles per hour for year after endless year, they are the closest nature has to an unstoppable force. Unknowable tons of harsh, frozen, unyielding stone, some billions of years old, ready...
Marlon Lucky's Husker Finale
Thursday's Gator Bowl will be the final game in a Husker uniform for I-back Marlon Lucky. Still bothered by a turf toe injury, he's available to play though it's unclear just how the injury will affect his performance. I expect he'll start, but with the emergence of Roy Helu, it's unclear just...
Viciedo Rhetoric Becoming Ridiculous
First, Dayan Viciedo was the Cuba's Best Teen Talent and referred to as the Cuban Babe Ruth in some circles, which might have been a compliment if it wasn't first applied to Jose Canseco. I noted that Joe Cowley's scoop seemed to come straight from Viciedo's agent, Jaime Torres. Then a day...
Keeping Them Honest: Hyperbole Alert
In my open letter to Ron Prince on Monday, I let him know that I would be keeping a much keener eye on his coaching from here on out. When I said that the honeymoon was over, I didn't just mean holding back some scathing commentary about what goes on between the white lines; I was also talking...
Corn Nation Asks You to Answer the Davos Question - Sort Of.
This past week, leaders from around the world got together at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to discuss how to make the world a better place.Youtube provided a method by which you could submit your response to 'The Davos Question' which then would be viewed by leaders (and...
Open Thread: Game 123 - A's vs. Royals
C’mon, sing along with me…My pitcher has a first name: It’s D-A-N-N-Y. My pitcher has a last name: It’s M-E-Y-E-R… Dan Meyer makes his long awaited Oakland A’s debut, and his first major league start, tonight against the Kansas City Royals. Meyer gets a break, as George Brett, Hal McRae, and Frank...
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