Category Archives: sports

26.Jun.06

If you’re going to blow a National Championship…

… and you go to UNC, make it baseball. 1. You’re in Chapel Hill. What are you doing with a baseball anyhow? 2. You return to an empty campus and no classes. (See: Chris Simms and the case of the … Continue reading →

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22.May.06

To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever

The Duke-Carolina rivalry is the subject of this hilarious book. If you are a Carolina fan, you are sure to enjoy it. The longer you’ve been a fan and the more time you’ve spent in Chapel Hill, you’ll like it … Continue reading →

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05.Apr.06

Haiku

Lousy tournament Dawn won the TCL pool Gators took the crown trying again: Congratulations Dawn the Buckeye wins again She’s a skilled picker

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12.Mar.06

Annual TCL Tournament Challenge Group

We’re hosting our third annual ESPN Tourament Challenge group. Fill out ONE bracket for the group here. The password is tclhoops. The first year, Dawn Garrett won and last year I took the title (for obvious reasons.)

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10.Feb.06

Olympic Musing

Mike and I watched the procession of athletes during the opening ceremonies, rating the outfits each country choose and mocking the ugly hats (particularly those that were ugly and not traditional.) One fun thing to observe was how the countries … Continue reading →

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23.Jan.06

Tragic

So, for the first time since middle school, I’m not rabidly following the Tar Heels’ every move this basketball season. Now that we’ve won the national championship, am I just resting on those laurels and hanging up my obsessive fan … Continue reading →

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05.Jan.06

National Champions!

The Eyes of Texas are upon you, All the livelong day! The Eyes of Texas are upon you, You cannot get away! Do not think you can escape them, At night, or early in the morn’ The Eyes of Texas … Continue reading →

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08.Oct.05

The Eyes of Texas …

… are upon you! Texas 45 Oklahoma 12 Yeah, turning a team’s logo upside down really does look stupid.

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15.Sep.05

Wuerffel and DSM

Wow. I didn’t know that Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 national champion and Heisman Trophy winner from Florida, was a Christian. It turns out that he retired from the NFL and took a development director position with Desire Street Ministries. An … Continue reading →

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11.Sep.05

TEXAS FIGHT!!

The eyes of Texas are upon you, All the live-long day. The eyes of Texas are upon you, You cannot get away. Do not think you can escape them, At night or early in the morn. The eyes of Texas … Continue reading →

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10.Sep.05

Residual Catholicism

Growing up I loved Notre Dame football. No one else in my family cared for college football, but I always tried to follow the Irish. For the past five years, I’ve dreaded an Irish-Texas game and have been lucky. That … Continue reading →

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