SPORTS WITHOUT CHARM
By Weston Bruner on Jun 9th, 2012
Last night’s Celtics-Heat game thankfully did not come down to any “clutch” moments as Miami proceeded to shellac Boston to force Game 7 in which should be the most exciting game of these 2012 playoffs. Now, I don’t say “thankfully” because I am some closet Heat fan or have some tremendous ill-will towards the Celtics…
By Weston Bruner on May 19th, 2012
With their comeback win over the Royals, the O’s maintained their spot atop the AL East standings as they entered an important series against the cross-state Nationals, who have continued their emergence as a contender in the crowded NL East. Every series is important for these Orioles however, who have yet to convince anyone (myself…
By Weston Bruner on May 5th, 2012
This week has been bookended by two players at the top of their sports being cut down, at least for the year (I am not buying Terrell Suggs’ optimism that he will be back in November). Suggs tore his Achilles playing a pick-up game of basketball while Yankees star closer Mariano Rivera tore his ACL…
By Weston Bruner on Apr 28th, 2012
While the city of Baltimore remains inexplicably allied to the Washington Capitals’ playoff run (Why?! I will never understand it. I wouldn’t root for the Wizards and the Redskins and Nats are not my #2 teams in football and baseball so why in god’s name would I root for the Caps? Go Flyers.), the NFL…
By Weston Bruner on Apr 21st, 2012
The Dwight Howard saga is done for the remainder of the season. Correction: Dwight Howard is done for the remainder of the season. Thanks to machinations both externally and of his own creation, the star center- one of the few true centers with anything resembling a well-rounded game- the headlines aren’t set to quiet down…
By Weston Bruner on Apr 14th, 2012
Bobby Petrino is a great football coach, and despite his ignominious background and unceremonious ouster from the University of Arkansas, he will find a job somewhere else- and sooner rather than later. But Petrino is not unique, as countless coaches have found themselves on the wrong end of a scandal in the last few years. …
By Weston Bruner on Mar 24th, 2012
I thought I would mix things up a bit this year in my bracket. I saw all my family members picking Kentucky or North Carolina to win it all with a couple of lower seeds making it to the Elite Eight. I thought after all the tumult of the last two seasons things in March…
By Weston Bruner on Mar 17th, 2012
Earlier this week, Cory Redding signed on with the Indianapolis Colts and he caught a lot of grief from Ravens fans for making the switch. The same fans who rooted for him through his years in Baltimore now found themselves railing against him for making the same kind of decision that brought him to the…
By Weston Bruner on Mar 10th, 2012
The Peyton Manning sweepstakes is on, with the latest report putting the former Colts legend on a flight to Denver to talk with the currently Tim Tebow-led Broncos. I imagine when John Elway said that the Broncos would look to add a few quarterbacks Tebow wasn’t thinking about Peyton Manning walking into the locker room. …
By Weston Bruner on Mar 3rd, 2012
I have to be honest; I am lukewarm on the addition of two new playoff spots for major league baseball. It feels like terribly manufactured drama to me, where we are content with days off between games in the playoffs yet this sudden death game is crammed right after the regular season, one contest which is completely…
