The Last Domino?
The bike might have saved our life. If we were left-handed, or if cars drove on the opposite side of the road in America, we'd probably be writing this newsletter from a wheelchair. Or maybe from hell. The bones healed correctly, our lower right leg is weirdly unsexy and hairless because of the skin graft, and we recovered well enough to run seven marathons since it happened.

Stardate 05-20101112 - Just Turn The Damn Firehose On Already
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A lot of people talk about what's wrong with the beginning of the college basketball season. They complain about the lack of a real start date, how that keeps the sport from grabbing the attention of the Sporting Public, who apparently is some kind of stupid, overweight straw man who likes drinking himself into a trance while watching American-Style Football.

Dribblings 2/10/2005 (Rivalry Week Edition)
Firstly, a big "yo" to all Philadelphia Inquirer readers who scoped Janet Paskin's piece instead of the sports-section leader about Donovan McNabb's vomit. Welcome to TMM, here's the first page. Despite both what The Official Wife Of The Mid-Majority™ says and Herculean efforts by the gentlemanly John Costello, I don't photograph well at all. Onward..

How Ravine Was My Valley
For the very good part of a decade, the Missouri Valley could be counted on for solid, multi-bid performance. In the nine seasons between 1999 to 2007, the league collected 22 NCAA berths — peaking in 2006 with four — and won 14 tournament games during that stretch. (Take that, Billy Packer!) But it very well could be another decade before the conference sends a second team again.

Tourney Central 3-6-2008 (Day 3)
All four Patriot League quarters were decided by three points or less, and the round featured two upsets as No. 7 Bucknell and No. 5 Army advanced. Bucknell beat No. 2 Navy 87-86 on a John Griffin 40-foot buzzer-beater in triple overtime.