The “using golf as a metaphor for father-son relationships” angle for a sportswriting piece is, to me, something that 99,999 out of 100,000 times should never be broached. It might have made for good reading back in the ’60′s when Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer could be appreciated by both Establishment parents and their Baby [...]
Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category
March 7, 2011
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Some Dude & Some Guy NFL Podcast (2010-11 Year In Review)
By MDS in Opinion, PodcastThe Some Dude & Some Guy NFL Podcast, “Michael Vick Is Reformed, Brett Favre Is Still A Dickbag” Edition On this episode Brian and Mike talk about some of the happenings of this past NFL season. We start by talking about the bad predictions that permeated throughout all of the talking heads’ agendas on radio [...]
February 22, 2011
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Some Dude & Some Guy Podcast (2010 Year In Review)
By MDS in Opinion, Podcast2010 may have ended a while ago but who cares. If magazine and news shows can have year-end wrap-up shows being published and aired before the year even ends, then Brian and I can release our own year-end wrap-up well after the year has ended. The Some Dude & Some Guy Podcast, “2010 Took Its [...]
October 10, 2010
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10 Nonfiction Books You Should Read Before You Die
By MDS in Books, Opinion#10 Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman If you been reading any of my writing for a little while you will have noticed that I quote Chuck Klosterman quite a bit and Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is the primary reason why I do. This was the first book of his that I [...]
October 6, 2010
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Nonfiction Books You Should Read Before You Die (Honorable Mentions)
By MDS in Books, OpinionThis coming Sunday is 10/10/10 and to celebrate it I will be posting a top 10 list called “10 Nonfiction Books You Should Read Before You Die.” But before I delve into that I wanted to post an Honorable Mentions list first. These are books that were left off the main list either because they [...]
August 30, 2010
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Twenty Years Ago
By MDS in Opinion, Sports, WrestlingThe term “life changing” is one that by default has a percentage of hyperbole attached to it. I can say unequivocally that the first time I listened to The Velvet Underground & Nico it changed my life within the confines of how I listened to music and ingested art in general. But to someone who [...]
December 26, 2009
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Best TV Shows Of The ’00′s
By MDS in Opinion, TelevisionWith 2009 winding down so too are the aught years. So, while everyone else has put together their “Best Of The Aughts” I figured I would whip up something as well. [NOTE: this list is solely comprised of shows that I have seen. Therefore, do not take it personal that I have not included The [...]
October 8, 2009
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If I Were King Of The Sports World
By MDS in Opinion, Sports[Full disclosure: this idea stems from a Sports Guy article (I believe from a mailbag article or a chat) on espn.com. Ever since I read this idea I have tried to figure out how it could all work and I think I have found out how to do it. The idea is to completely re-vamp [...]
August 29, 2009
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2009-2010 NFL Preview (NFC)
By MDS in Football, OpinionNFC East (non-division games — AFC West and NFC South) Dallas Cowboys — There’s really no other way to put this: the Cowboys are officially becoming the porn star or stripper that’s kind of getting unofficially too old. They still make good money to the point that it kind of fools people into believing that [...]
August 23, 2009
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2009-2010 NFL Preview (AFC)
By MDS in Football, OpinionAFC East (non-division games — NFC South and AFC South) Buffalo Bills — Quite honestly, everything with this team begins and ends with Dick Jauron. Yes, the Bills acquired an ’01 version of a Nissan Altima in Terrell Owens (somewhat reliable, lots of mileage on it, when it acts problematic it becomes pretty expensive) and, [...]