2011 January - Fansmanship

- NBA
- Owen Main
The Big L (O) of the NBA

Lamar Odom’s inconsistency and enigmatic play has been written about almost too much. The words quirky, talented, frustrating, dominant, and enigma all came to mind and may have been used to...
Lost in Translation

You want more mysteries? I’ll just try and think, where the hell is the whiskey? Bill Murray as Bob, in Lost in Translation. As of now, the idea of Adam Morrison is dead....
- Andrew Stevens
- NBA
The All-Star Process: Griffin vs. Odom

We have all seen Steve Nash skip bounce passes into hanging buckets in rapid succession. We have all seen NBA and WNBA players collaborating in an exercise that is half a...
Soccer Not Dead in the USA

It has been a little over two days since I went to go see the US Men’s National Soccer Team play Chile in the first friendly of the year. My voice...
- Andrew Stevens
- NFL
Spit the Seeds Out: AFC and NFC Championship Games

If the casual observer were to open their morning newspaper this week and only glance at the seeds remaining in NFL playoff bracket, the majority of them might flip over to...
Mustangs Are Seeing Success

There is something cooking at Mott Gym for Cal Poly Men’s basketball. And it’s not the hot dogs or nachos. How do I know? The 7-8 record isn’t exactly remarkable. The...
- Andrew Stevens
- NFL
Green Inexperience and White Noise

The New York Jets – I used to see a classic uniform and respected franchise. Now I see green inexperience combined white noise, and that just doesn’t jive at all. Coach...
- Andrew Stevens
- College Football
Where Has the Huddle Gone?

Once a right of passage to the next play, a fixture reminiscent of fast-forwarded particles gravitating together in the cosmos, it seems today as the ref winds the play-clock, the huddle has...
- Andrew Stevens
- College Football
Played Out: The Corruption of College Presidents and the BCS

Good versus evil. It is a timeless theme generally reserved for fictional scripts played out in theatre. The friction needed for the war to wage is fabricated through pen, because no...
Another One Bites the Dust

Yesterday the 49ers inked Jim Harbaugh to a five-year, twenty-five million dollar contract. At first glance, the signing seems honorable. Harbaugh has rebuilt a storied college football program at Stanford, and has a dignified approach toward both the media and most...