Saturday, March 28, 2009

Rollin'

Cavs with another great performance last night and now another long winning streak--at 11 in a row. They are playing really good and this run of home games is so vital for that much-needed home court during the playoffs. Gotta say we're three weeks away and I am just about ready for some playoff basketball!


But the highlight of the week is still the amazing behind the back practically touch-pass from LeBron to Anderson...

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Stay Classy, Cleveland

A Browns fan gives it to Chris Cooley, starting with "Your a f***ing douchebag.", and Browns fans get some grief on the blogosphere.

http://chriscooley47.blogspot.com/2009/03/dear-dennis.html

Thursday, March 19, 2009

It's Business Time!

Right now it's a good time to be a sports fan in Cleveland. Okay, maybe not a Browns fan still, but with hopes again springing eternal for the Indians (despite Adam Miller maybe having a career ending injury), and a wise man recently Twittering:

Bucks & Vikes at the dance, Cavs 40+ games over .500, Matt Saracen at WR. I don't wanna talk about wars between nations. Not right now.'
I'm about 8 weeks behind on the DVR for Friday Night Lights so I don't get that refererence, but the Cavaliers playing amazingly is going to lead to a great next couple of months. And Ohio repping the tournament with 5 teams: Ohio State, Cleveland State, Akron, Dayton, and Xavier. Let's see if a couple can make some noise (despite the 8, 11, and two 13 seeds among them.)

I've said for years that today, the opening Thursday of March Madness, is the best sports day of the year. But alas, it was a lot better when I didn't have to sit at my desk, working through lunch and working late, trying to catch a score online once in a while. It was better when we could just push the television to the porch of 49 Chittenden, get a couple kegs, sit in the sunshine and watch basketball. Days like this make me miss Columbus. (And wasn't it March Madness when we got a keg of Löwenbräu Dark, consumed large quantities of it for hours, and then decided the only explanation was that it must be non-alcoholic, so we switched to the delicious Busch Light keg?)

In the meantime, there is until Friday night to decide whether to watch Cleveland State or Ohio State, who play at the same time.


Friday, March 13, 2009

Today was a good day...

Although I couldn't stay awake for the end of the game (or the 6-OT UConn-Syracuse thriller) last night, amazing performance by Mo, LeBron, and the Cavs Thursday night. Three straight triple-doubles wrapped up by a beautiful "floor-board" at the end of the game!



Now today--Ohio State v. Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament...

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Uh-O-H..I-O...

Ok, I know we had some pretty good wide receiver talent graduate/leave the last couple years, but I'm not really sure Ohio State needs a cheerleader suiting up for them at wideout next year!




When Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel called, nobody in the Springer family knew quite what to think.

This was several years ago, long before Josh Springer, then a Northmont High School senior, seriously entertained the idea of making the Buckeyes as a walk-on.

Turns out Tressel had called as a favor to the cheerleading staff, encouraging Springer to choose OSU over Kentucky, which had offered him a scholarship to cheer.

How bizarre and ironic, then, that this 5-foot-11, 185-pound OSU cheerleading captain might be playing for Tressel after surviving a walk-on tryout last month despite never playing a down of football in high school. He wants to be a receiver.