Posts Tagged ‘Sports

Fantasy sports expert Tan Nguyen joins me this episode for some fantasy baseball talk and an early look at fantasy football. We also take a look at The Dirty Projectors.
NOTE: This show was originally recorded a week ago, but due to some setbacks could not be posted until now. The Dirty Projectors show [...]

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EA’s looking to get into the fantasy sports market with the upcoming NFL season.  The company’s advantage in the crowded fantasy sports marketplace is their ability to integrate functionality with game consoles.
And integrate they shall!
Although pricing has been unannounced, EA will be selling software on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network for users to follow [...]

I can’t believe they’ve done this.
I supposed I’m a little late to the party on this one, but it’s too awesome/jaw-dropping to not at least pay lip service to this ridiculous game. Apparently some potty guys calling themselves Tales of Games Studios have created a post-apocalyptic 16-Bit RPG starring none other than D-Wade’s favorite [...]

2007 was pretty lopsided for me in terms of where my quality entertainment experiences came from. It was a phenomenal year for video games. Perhaps the best single year of new releases for the medium since 1997, if not better. Conversely, there just wasn’t much there in terms of great music. [...]

Earlier today, former senator George Mitchell released the findings of his yearlong investigation on Major League Baseball’s problem with performance enhancing drugs. When you cut through the extensive verbiage of the report, you can essentially break it down to these components:

a list of players with alleged evidence linking them to performance enhancing drugs [...]

Apologies for the tardiness on writing about this, but I’ve had other pressing things to do lately.
A couple of days ago, the Anaheim Angels traded Gold-Glove winning shortstop Orlando Cabrera for Chicago White Sox starting pitcher, Jon Garland.  As an Angels fan, the only way this deal makes sense is if this was to acquire [...]

Hard-throwing Detroit Tigers relief pitcher, Joel Zumaya, can’t seem to catch a break. He injured his shoulder severely while trying to help evacuate his parents from the California wildfires last week. ESPN reports that Zumaya will be sidelined until at least the middle of the 2008 MLB season. Last year, Zumaya [...]


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