The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog
I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.
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…
Read MoreYawn. 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…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreArmando 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…
Read MoreBut I honestly found yesterday’s Masters tournament to be scintillating sports television. I’d rank Mickelson’s first Masters win to be among my top-ten all-time sports highlights (that sounds like grist for another post, digging into the recesses of my nearly-50-year-old memory and deciding what my all-time top ten “I saw it live” highlights would be). …
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