Category Archives: Sports

Speaking of names and sports, we sat up straight in our chair the other day, watching the Red Sox season opener from Ameriquest Field in Arlington, Texas. It was the top of the sixth, new Ranger ace, the $60 million … Continue reading →

The always interesting New England Patriots have presented the Dowbrigade with a difficult dilemma.  We had almost resigned ourself to the rude realization that our attempt to compete in the ESPN Fantasy Football League with an "All-Name" team was a … Continue reading →

Don’t know if any of the rest of you gives a damn, but the Dowbrigade has been really enjoying the World Baseball Classic now being played out on diamonds in the America’s and Asia. It is sports at its best … Continue reading →

PINEROLO, Italy (Reuters) – Britain’s match against the United States for the men’s curling bronze medal was interrupted on Friday when a male streaker ran across the ice. With poultry for a loin cloth, the man vaulted the barriers and … Continue reading →

This ersatz network media event they are calling the Winter Olympics is really starting to chap our ass. The whole thing leaves a nasty taste in our mouth, as it seems to have been trumped up merely to get more … Continue reading →

"I am still hoping that Theo comes out at 1 o’clock and tells us that he is staying with the Sox" Dan Shaughnessy at 8 this morning on WEEI You can bet your ass he was hoping Theo would change … Continue reading →

Last year the Dowbrigade reported on ANOTHER legless lineman, Chris Gonzalez in California Today the Boston Globe came through with an extensive in-depth story, with plenty of pictures, from an East Coast profile in courage… DAYTON, Ohio — The halftime … Continue reading →

An Op-ed piece in the Times by Goeff Porter translated a Fatwa concerning the righteousness of playing soccer, and the Iman-approved rules of play.  It establishes 15 guidelines, including: These are some conditions and precepts so that morally aware youth … Continue reading →

RALEIGH, N.C. – A member of the House committee that held hearings on steroid use in March says Congress may feel compelled to get involved in testing major league players for banned substances. "At this point I think (the chances … Continue reading →

What is it about girls fighting that captures the male mind like a steel trap on a drunken bear? Somehow it connects the Sports Zone of the brain to the Sex Zone, which together make up approximately 95% of the … Continue reading →

From what I understand, the decision by the International Olympic Committee to eliminate baseball and softball was most likely prompted by two problems with American baseball. (Softball, it seems, was pretty much an innocent bystander.) What were the problems? First, … Continue reading →

From the hindsight of history it is often possible to each a consensus on when and where an empire reaches its high water mark. The Roman Empire in the 2nd century, the Byzantine Empire a thousand years later, Britain on … Continue reading →