BOMBS AWAY: Five Live Long shots to Die For, A 2009 Kentucky Derby Preview
Pete Hausler05.01.09
As Pete Hausler pointed out last year, there are some very unscientific ways to bet on the Kentucky Derby, even more so than the stock market, which was seemingly almost still okay then. But this time around he focuses on long shots specifically, so oh nelly, gamblers get ready for heavy panting on Derby Day – TODAY – Saturday, May 2nd, yes read now before you place your bets. Cover Art by Danny Jock ("I Want Revenge" – good name but sits as a/the favorite, rather than a long shot….and wait, Update: I want Revenge was scratched this morning due to an injury. Hmmm. And with a sloppy track now odds keep changing.) 2nd Update:….And it’s over! And whaddayaknow A Long Shot Won, Calvin Borel on Mine That Bird, at 50-1 odds! Check the Derby postmortum on the Fanzine Blog.
hockey playoffs to ensure crosby vs. ovechkin in 2009
Michael Louie04.21.09
Man, I gotta throw out some love to The Onion. With Casey out in LA, I’ve been catching up on some playoff hockey, and then today I saw this from…
Superbowl XLIII Preview: The Cards in Tampa?
Adam Underhill01.29.09
Adam Underhill is waiting till after the Super Bowl to put a lid on 2008 and start singing "Auld Lang Syne." But who will the corks be popping for – Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald and the historically lamentable Cardinals? or will the Steelers be celebrating their 6th title? With a win or not on Sunday, the Cards have shown an atypical full deck this season.
The Abysmal Nature of College Football’s Postseason System
Joe Jock01.07.09
In college football, as in hardly any other sport, many teams fight a long season only to be cheated from a chance to prove themselves as number 1. Joe Jock here proposes a solution where everyone wins, even the damn sponsors. Brother Dan draws.
Gators Roll Back Tide
Casey McKinney12.07.08
It’s looking like two years in a row for Tebow and Meyer…but all isn’t over yet. Yesterday was only the SEC championship, not the NCAA…
All Hail Hull City
Pete Hausler11.18.08
How hard can it be to find an English football jersey? Well harder than you think, Pete Hausler finds, especially when you are hunting for the gold and black of the Hull City Tigers, one of the year’s great cinderella stories in all of sports. Art by Danny Jock
Mid-Atlantic Dreams: Postseason Baseball
Tom Flynn10.03.08
It’s playoffs time again, and frustrated with the way the season ended for two mid-atlantic teams – The Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles (both wound up dead last in their divisions), Tom Flynn looks back to the days when the mid-atlantic region boasted postseason domination, with the Negro League Elite Giants and DC’s Homestead Grays.
Detroit Schlock City
Adam Underhill09.20.08
We still have a ways to go till Thanksgiving. That’s the day the Detroit Lions annually offer up their gullets in ritual sacrifice to another football team for all of America, plump with turkey, to see. But after this year’s awful season beginning, even cheesehead fan Adam Underhill is already saying enough is enough. Will someone please step in and save the Detroit Lions? Is it possible? The Giants came back from 0-2 to win the Superbowl last year. Maybe Fanzine’s rant here will be enough of a psychic prompt to turn the tides for the motor city’s beasts of burden. Uhh…yeah…
