50 Years of Life, a Retrospective, Part IIB

By Byron Harvey / August 14, 2010 /

Continuing the ten coolest sporting moments I’ve witnessed live: Kerri Strug’s Gold Medal Vault, 1996 Atlanta Weird that three of my top ten involve Olympics, which I’m not a huge fan of, but they all were feats of tremendous courage and fortitude. The Epic in Miami – This was possibly the greatest football game I’ve…

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50 Years of Life, A Retrospective: Part II

By Byron Harvey / August 14, 2010 /

The Top Ten Sporting Events I Have Seen Live (no, not in person, but on TV…silly).  They are listed in no particular order, and they are my list, meaning that some of them may have no meaning to others.  Deal with it.  Since I’m adding video for all of these I can, this is the…

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So the World's Most Selfish Quarterback is Retiring…

By Byron Harvey / August 3, 2010 /

Yawn. Who knows?  He loves pulling this nonsense, dragging along people silly enough to give a rip.  Notable points from the ESPN piece: “Favre has waffled on retiring every summer since 2002.” Here’s a man who seriously needs to get over himself.  More importantly, “The Vikings didn’t pursue a trade for Donovan McNabb and declined…

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The Latest from the NFL's Most Self-Centered Superstar

By Byron Harvey / July 22, 2010 /

How can anybody retain any respect for a guy who perpetually leaves his teams hanging as to what his intentions are? Childress Still Unsure of Favre Decision This guy’s act was old and tired three years ago, and yet he keeps it up, and the Minnesota Vikings put up with it, and the press pants…

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Three Class Acts…and Maybe the Greatest Doofus of 'Em All

By Byron Harvey / June 3, 2010 /

Armando Galarraga is a class act.  Only 21 pitchers have ever twirled a perfect game, two coming, ironically, within the last month.  Galarraga threw a perfect game last night, the 22nd in history—only one umpire missed what thousands of fans saw clearly, and awarded a base hit to a guy who was out by a…

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