Archive for 2008

I could not believe my eyes as I watched this. The Chargers first got robbed on a pick play that tied the game when Reggie Wayne freed up Anthony Gonzalez as the first half ended. But the real jam job occured in the beginning of the 4th quarter where a sequence of unbelievably horrendous calls cost the Chargers 3 points and [...]

If you saw the USC-Cal game last  at the LA Colesium, you no doubt noticed 3 things: Patrick Turner caught a touchdown pass in the second quarter to put USC up 10-3 Replays showed that Turner bobled the catch and the ball it hit the ground, a reviewable play that would have been overturned had it [...]

As I tuned into this year’s World Series between the Rays and Phillies, I began to hear myself say things to myself like “That looked like a balk to me.” And then “Boy, sure looked like he tagged him”. And then “Wow. Those look like strikes to me.” Finally I had it figured out, or [...]

Only hours before tip-off of game 3 of the NBA finals, a letter sent by Tim Donaghy’s lawyer attempting to gain leniency as the penal phase of his trial begins, was made public. To no one’s surprise, it made references to playoff series in 2002 and 2005 that were allegedly tainted by rigged officiating and [...]

Maybe it’s because Derek Jeter isn’t kown as a guy who complains, or maybe it’s because the left field foul pole at Yankee Stadium does not line up with the left field baseline. Either way, the umpires reversed a Carlos Delgado home run by calling it foul instead, and it suggests that a renewed look [...]

David Stern has screwed the Suns again. During last night’s testy game 4 in Atlanta between the Hawks and the Celtics, tempers escalated after Boston forwward Kevin Garnett threw a late elbow at Atlanta back-up Center Zaza Pachulia. TV replays showed players stepping off both benches and, it was assumed, that because of last year’s “Rules [...]