Category: Sports
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Great Winter Mistake
We haven’t had the easiest time getting the kids out in the snow. Jackson got snow in his mitten, or down his snow suit, or down his tighty-whiteies when he was tiny, so it was touch and go trying to get the kids to leave the house in the winter, to revel in the arctic variety…
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Abby Joins Team Freedom!
Freedom is an apt name for Abby’s soccer team. Six-year-olds playing soccer are free from direction, free from organization, free from trapping before kicking, free from going toward the proper soccer goal… freedom for all! I had fun putting on Abby’s shin guards. Abby had fun playing soccer. Even Jackson had fun (after an initial…
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Ring Around the Neck Recap
A few Striders ran the Ring Around the Neck in Marblehead on April 27. This race is a home game for me, so I refused to let any of the Kays beat me. Actually… Sean was ahead of me for most of the race, but it looked like a small dog (Pekingese perhaps?) tried to…
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Real Maine Half-Marathon Results
The real results are in for the Maine Half-Marathon. Lindsey insisted she would not run under 9 minute miles. Lindsey has a problem telling the truth. Thank you, wise Cathy, for teaching us that “Flabalanche” is not French-Canadian for “great party.” [table id=9 /] Full race results are available on the Maine Marathon site. Andy’s…
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Fake Maine Half-Marathon Results
Some of you may remember the unfortunate 2011 Trails to Ale race where Andy finished a disappointing second in the Hatem, Teter, Moore grudge match. Good news, readers, as Andy made a couple of adjustments* and finished in first place in this year’s running of the Maine Half-Marathon. Asked for comment, Matt replied, “I’m pretty certain that…
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Liger Moore
I asked Jackson to give me a sign that his athletic prowess would be sufficient for him to scholarship himself through college without any parental financial aid. The following still shots provided just the confidence I needed to cash in his nascent 529 Plan and book a trip back to Jamaica! Thanks, little buddy. Can’t…
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Collectible Race Cards available soon!
We are only about a week away from the long-awaited 10 Kilometer throwdown pitting Andy against both Christian “the turtle” Teter and Matt “helix pomatia” Hatem. This will be Andy’s first competitive race since he humiliated Hatem at the second Bridges for Friendship race sometime last millennium. In commemoration of the event, limited-edition, collectible race…
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Just a little Quiet before the Madness…
Some have suggested that I have left the Cancun post up for an inordinate amount of time simply because it represents such a convincing victory over Nancy and Christian. Never before have I competed in the pseudo marine biochemistry field, so it IS amazing for me to walk away with the gold medal in salinity…
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Jets ain’t no Mets… give em that!
After the possibility of New Orleans playing in… errr… winning a Super Bowl, the Jets playoff run is arguably the best team story in the NFL this year. Instead of manufacturing a great regular season lead and then squandering it on the way towards (but not to!) the playoffs, the Jets put their act together…
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Kenny Marches… ummm… in.
Unfortunately for me, the New Orleans Saints have postponed their late season swoon this year. As they’re practically assured of a first-round bye at this point, we’ll have to wait until the second round of the NFL playoffs to watch them crush the tiny hopes and dreams of a below-sea-level, eyesore city not yet recovered…
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Nancy Takes Week #7 Pool!
It came down to points on Monday night and Nancy took advantage of a late, meaningless score by a thoroughly embarrassed Redskin team to secure her first NFL pool victory of the season. Excellent work, Nancy! In addition to some $330, Nancy extends her lead in the NFL Smackdown competition. Asked about her victory, Nancy…
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Square Profits!
In addition to the near-victory in the NFL spread pool (for entertainment purposes only!), the football gods presented us with the correct score for two quarters of the Patriots / Titans game.
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The full-proof Abigail System Revealed!
My mother and father currently have barely 50% of their football picks correct so far this NFL season. That’s not impressive. My grandmother is under .500 for her picks. That’s even worse! What these amateurs need is a viable, proven system for handicapping teams, but instead they rely on senseless data like “which team has…
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Week #1 NFL Smackdown Update!
As you can see from the official smackdown standings, week #1 failed to separate brains from luck in the gridiron picking arena. Both Emily and Andy finished the week at (8w – 8l), while Nancy finished at (7w – 9l), so no clear trend has emerged. Interesting notes from week #1: There were 15 possible…
