Archive for May, 2008
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May
Posted by Colin Ward-Henninger in Man-Crush of the Week, baseball. Tagged: baseball, clayton, crush, debut, dodgers, kershaw, koufax, league, lefty, major, man, sandy, starter, week, young. Leave a Comment
It’s rare as a sports fan that you get to witness history. I may have done so on Sunday when I was fortunate enough to witness the highly-anticipated debut of one of the best prospects in baseball: 20 year old pitcher Clayton Kershaw. I watched the young lefty’s first start in the big leagues [...]
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19
May
Posted by Colin Ward-Henninger in Lists, baseball. Tagged: 25, a.j., anibal, bucholz, bud, burnett, career, clay, cy, eric, hitter, jimenez, jon, jose, justin, lester, list, milton, no, no-hitter, red, red sox, sanchez, smith, sox, verlander, young. 3 Comments
Tonight, John Lester accomplished one of the most sought-after feats for a pitcher: he threw a no-hitter. When it was mentioned that Lester is only 24 years old, I got to thinking about other young studs who have burst onto the Major League scene with no-hitters early in their careers. Unfortunately for Lester, the [...]
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19
May
Posted by Colin Ward-Henninger in Man-Crush of the Week, baseball. Tagged: baseball, braun, brewers, crush, dingers, homerun, james, lebron, man, milwaukee, mlb, NBA, paul, pierce, playoffs, ryan, week. Leave a Comment
With the NBA playoffs in full swing, I’m surprised my man crush has taken me in different direction. After Lebron and Paul Pierce went back and forth last night in Bird-Dominique fashion (or so I’m told by ESPN every five minutes), I was sure one of them would secure this week’s MCOW Award. Or maybe [...]
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15
May
Posted by Colin Ward-Henninger in Lists, NBA, baseball, basketball. Tagged: america, athletes, bears, blue jays, cecil, clippers, duckworth, fat, fielder, fridge, kevin, model, next, perry, plus, refrigerator, sized, thompson, tigers, top, whitney, william, yankees. 3 Comments
Last night, Whitney Thompson was named the winner of cycle 10 of America’s Next Top Model. She was the first “plus-sized” model (meaning she weighs more than 100 pounds) to win the crown since the show began in 2003. It was seen as a monumental step for the modeling industry, according to the show’s creator, [...]
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9
May
Posted by Colin Ward-Henninger in Man-Crush of the Week, NBA, basketball. Tagged: 2001, allen, basketball, crush, dwight, finals, howard, iverson, man, MVP, NBA, playoffs, team, week. Leave a Comment
Today I’d like to start my weekly installments of the MCOW Award, otherwise known as my Man Crush of the Week. For those of you not familiar with the term, “Man Crush,” it is simply an expression of one man’s respect and admiration for another man. Often times a MC extends beyond simple admiration [...]
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1
May
Posted by Colin Ward-Henninger in baseball. Tagged: ball, baseball, batting, coolbaugh, drive, foul, helmet, hit, hubbard, line, mike. Leave a Comment
While watching the Yale-Brown game Sunday (Yale lost, 7-0 and 9-0 at home), a foul ball flying at about 200 miles per hour hit an empty seat three rows away from me. Although I was putting on a tough facade for the crowd, I was cringing inside and thanking the baseball gods for not striking me down. [...]
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