Sports Sabbath

Sports Sabbath: March 2010

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Breaking Down the Final Four

Don't pretend you are excited for the Final Four. You're not. There are no dominant teams or star players. I mean, when Da'Sean Butler is the biggest name left, then you know a lot of the excitement is gone. Not to say the games won't be good. Actually,...
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Never Bet on College Kids

Unless, you know, you get great odds and love both the underdogs. Then this happe...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

NHL Needs To Move All-In

Baseball is dead. We all know this, it isn’t exactly a revelation. To quote Baseketball, "with the rapid pace of modern technology, the attention span of the average American can only be “measured in nano-seconds.”" In result, the action (or lack thereof)...
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March Madness

March is the month for Kansas Jayhawks fans. Every now and then, Missouri or Kansas State will have a good year where they go further in the tournament than KU does. When that happens, KU fans will hear about it until the next season. Well, this is one...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Live NCAA Blog

Ugh. Woke up late due to St. Patrick's festivities. Have to do half of my office pool brackets by hand. On the flip side, listening to the much improved Jay Bilas. It has begun. All times are Central, by the way.(11:44) Trying to figure out why Kansas City gets Notre Dame/Old Dominion. What control group decided this was better than BYU/Florida?(11:47)...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

96 Problems, But This Ain't One

I'm not going to rant about how bad of an idea to expand the NCAA tournament to 96 teams is. Everyone - and I mean everyone - thinks it's awful. So let's just leave it there. What I want to focus on, and what I feel is the important subtext here, is...
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Saturday, March 6, 2010

At Small

Imagine you are applying for a job at a top law firm. You were the 63rd best law student there was. You did well, but others were far and away more impressive than you. They get the top jobs, which is expected. Then the lower opportunities are handed...
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Official Sports Sabbath Website

Be sure to visit Sports Sabbath, hosted by UMKC's University News. Hear me talk shit, it's quicker than reading it.Click he...
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The NHL Versus Itself

Everyone is asking, will the NHL capitalize on the the popularity of USA vs Canada? And everyone is answering with a resounding "No!". I tend to agree. But the problem is that nobody is asking the right question. We all know nothing will change. The...
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