Other than going 2-10 or 2-11 most seasons, and having spectators depart Sam Boyd Stadium in mass-exodus-style after the third quarter, the UNLV football program mostly is bereft of tradition.
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No score was kept. No trophies were handed out. No grown-ups were supervising, or watching, or yelling at the umpires — there weren’t any umpires. These kids were having a great time.
A day after they were no-hit for the first time in 50 years, by Cole Hamels and the last-place Phillies, the Chicago Cubs managed to get back on “SportsCenter” despite playing another dreadful game on Sunday.
On the day baseball bestowed its highest honor upon Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio — and baseball fans fanned themselves in bright sunshine while myriad baseball stories were told at the Hall of Fame ceremony — I discovered a website (sort of) devoted to baseball replay challenges.
I see where they are now playing the state Little League tournaments, which always reminds me of once having been a boy during summertime.
“Anything You Can Do” was a song written by Irving Berlin for a Broadway musical called “Annie Get Your Gun.” It was written in 1946.
One of the simple pleasures of being a sports fan is rolling out of bed on a Monday morning and having something live to watch.
When I heard there was going to be an NBA Summer League Wall of Fame marking the circuit’s 10-year anniversary in Las Vegas, my first thought was cool.
A bunch of seasons ago, after he was drafted in the fifth round by the NFL‘s Oakland Raiders, it was decided a good time should be shown to rookie quarterback David Humm after the veterans had arrived at training camp.
When Kris Bryant was introduced at the All-Star Game and tipped his cap, the guy sitting alongside at Buffalo Wild Wings said the Cubs’ rookie third baseman must have grown a good four or five inches since the first time he saw him on a baseball diamond.