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Oct
03

One rout, much to consider


Posted by pblackwell | 10/03/07

For an all-too-predictable result, the high school football “game” of Sept. 29 between Westhill and LaFayette/Fabius-Pompey has generated more conversation and controversy than anything that has taken place in the fall season so far.
It wasn’t that the Warriors won, or that it won by a big margin. Both of those things were expected. But that margin – 90-0 – has cast an immense shadow.
Mostly, what that single result has done is reopen the old, tread-worn question of whether it is right, or ethical, for teams to “run up the score”, as the detractors would put it, when games have long since been decided.
When such criticisms are made, the coaches are inevitably targeted - in this case, Westhill’s Gary Griffo...





Oct
10

Bad Boss, Good Boss


Posted by pblackwell | 10/10/07

Late on a Monday night – and within a span of minutes, I had equal opportunities to shout praise to the sporting gods and curse those same spirits, which is instructive unto itself and keeps any person humble.
The happy part came first, with Cleveland taking out the Yankees in the Bronx. When Joe Borowski struck out Jorge Posada after an evening of complete and utter tension, I let out a few justified screams, gave a few fist pumps, and looked forward to Boston and the ALCS. It’s Tribe time, baby!
Then flip the remote to ESPN, and watch the end of the Buffalo Bills’ conquest of unbeaten Dallas...





Oct
18

Eli and friends


Posted by pblackwell | 10/18/07

We just got through the autumn high-school ritual of Homecoming. In every place where they have a football team, the routine repeats itself – goofy floats conjured up by students, a parade through the town, the big game (usually with a local rival) with a big crowd on hand, and the crowning of a king and queen.
So if an unsuspecting visitor went to Michigan, to the suburbs of Flint, to Lake Fenton’s game against Mount Morris on the night of Oct. 5, they would have found nothing unusual about the setting, even if 2,000 were on hand to see if Mount Morris could stay unbeaten.
Until halftime, that is...





Oct
30

You just can’t win


Posted by pblackwell | 10/30/07

You knew it had become too crazy when helicopters started circling Joe Torre’s house.
A successful – no, make that a great – manager decides to exit the door of the asylum known as the New York Yankees before getting shoved out, and the coverage is rather intense.
When Torre came out to explain his side of the story in an Oct. 19 press conference, it got shown live – on CNN, not just ESPN. The analysis and finger-pointing went on, immediately followed by the speculation as to who would next hold the throne.
But in reality, it doesn’t matter which person claims that electric chair (wait a minute, it might be a bench) and that cozy Bronx jail cell (wait a minute, it might be an office), for their tenure will inevitably end in ruin...





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