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Michigan Football Allegations, the Free Press and its Agenda
Thanksgiving always causes you to step back, and be thankful for the important things of life. In that spirit, I thought about the things in sports that I’m thankful for.
The Pump Fake – The Weekly Podcast for The Sports Union with the biggest sports news, humor and whatever else is in the minds of the demented co-founders of The Sports Union. This week the guys shell out the love for A-Rod; go off on the mirage of USC football and their annoyance with the BCS system; look at the winners and the losers of the NFL week; and kick off the NBA year with rants of what really bugs them. Take a listen.
The World Series went from a potential Freeway Series to a Noway Series in Los Angeles as the Dodgers were ousted from the playoffs and the Angels will soon follow. (Mark it down, the Angels are finished. There is no coming back three straight against this Yankee team. If I’m wrong I will eat crow, [...]
The Pump Fake – The Weekly Podcast for The Sports Union with the biggest sports news, humor and whatever else is in the minds of the demented co-founders of The Sports Union. This week the guys give out their own end of the season awards; MLB Playoffs and who is in trouble; a “brief” explanation of college football; and the NFL good, bad and the ugly. Take a listen.
It is post-season baseball and that only means one thing: Six-Man Umpiring Crews! And as we’ve witnessed this post-season, that simply means six individuals who amazingly didn’t see a thing! From Chase Utley’s foul ball ruled a hit to Joe Mauer’s hit ruled a foul ball, we have seen it all and, well, it is as ugly as a newborn baby being plopped out and covered in all that goo. Umps have missed calls on base paths and in strike zones, and it is leaving fans demanding perfection or new robotic umps. However, is instant replay really the way to go? Do we need another thing to slow baseball down beyond the painstaking crawl it already is? Instead, why not shorten the game by seven innings to cut down on the potential of mistakes. Or better yet, let’s institute the childhood solution to ever missed call; Do Over!
The Pump Fake – The Weekly Podcast for The Sports Union with the biggest sports news, humor and whatever else is in the minds of the demented co-founders of The Sports Union. This week the guys tell you what coaches and players REALLY mean during post-game press conferences; MLB Divisional Series and who shouldn’t have marked down their prediction; the NFL good, bad and the ugly; and the AP Top 25 and the joke that it is. Take a listen.