Picked-up pieces while waiting for the Edgar Allan Poe Bowl . . .
That’s right, Edgar Allan Poe. The Ravens get their name from the poet, who spent much of his life in Baltimore and is buried in Maryland. However, Poe was born in Boston and legend holds that his story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” was inspired by a tale he heard when he served in the military at Castle Island. Beatle John Lennon famously referenced the Boston/Baltimore poet in “I Am The Walrus” when he sang, “Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.’’ That song also contains the lyric, “I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together,’’ which is believed to be Bill Belichick’s inspiration for, “It is what it is.’’
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Speechless at the cannon shot fired at Bill Simmons. Dan, any sense at all that the object of your derision and disdain comes off fine, but that the taker of the shot comes off as a petty, egomaniacal, totally out of touch old man lashing out at his world a-changin'? Your editors should have give you some help here, and saved you from your poor impulses!
Taking shots at Grady Little 10 years later? OK, but from a guy who is still afraid to ask about a gaffe that was far worse: 12 men on the field in last year's Super Bowl which got a TD called back, and cost the Pats the game. Why don't you write about that? You, and the rest of the "tough Boston media" are more afraid of BB than the Texans.
What is hilarious about Shaughnessy's rip on Bill Simmons here is that he accuses Bill of rambling in a column where Shaughnessy himself couldn't summon the effort to string two consecutive paragraphs together that had anything to do with one another.
Hey Dan it's a brave new world of sports journalism. Simmons isn't too bad but he does ramble. He was funny on AOL Boston rating Boston sportscasters. Blausham now has a great blog for college sports and can get a little more in- depth. Unfortunately for you text is cheaper to produce on line than on a press.
I have to believe that the goal of this writer's columns is to shock and anger readers. I don't believe he is truly as mean-spirited and thoughtless as he let's on. The perpetrator of the atrocity at Penn State is in jail. The handful of people even remotely involved with this atrocity have been disgraced and lost their jobs. Now, 40,000+ innocent students are being punished, most notably the dozens of athletes who don't get athletic scholarships and other students who are affected by the $60M fine. But this column's writer says that isn't enough. The entire Penn State football program should be shut down, which would cancel out more scholarships and take revenues from the host of sports supported by football revenues. And the rest of the 40,000 innocent students get to sit in a still stadium on Homecoming Day.
So because he has innocent children to support the bank robber shouldn't go to jail?
The purpose of sanctions is to make sure THAT school never does it again and to scare other like thinkers into rethinking.
The Nittany Lyings are the example. TS. The pennsy pols should be saying "it coulda been worse"
I agree with you Frank. We are obsessed in this country with punishing, and rarely consider the collateral damage to innocent folks. And only those folks who had nothing to do with Sandusky continue to suffer the consequences of his actions. How, exactly, is that fair?
I don't think UMass really cares about their 1996 Final Four appearance being erased from the record books. Like in MLB, the thought that 100 years from now, the only source of information will be some old thick history book on the shelf, is just silly. Everyone knows what happened, and everyone enjoyed the ride. Don't you get how big time college sports work?
"Not to be negative, but "
Why would you stop now?
Dan_what have you been drinking? This is one of the craziest articles that you have ever written.
Harbaugh & Ravens should be afriad, very afriad.
I'm actually glad he took a shot at Simmons. I used to read Simmons religiously, but now I don't because he prattlkes on endlessly about the NBA or other silliness that is basically unreadable. I actually like Shaughnessy better! (I know! I'm a glutton for punishment.)
That said, Dan does seem to be saying, "Get off my lawn" in that paragraph. Which is apt, given he's a bit of a curmudgeon.
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Rahim Moore is Denver’s Bill Buckner.
Not quite! Buckner failed to adjust quickly enough to a bad hop despite being in proper position to make the play.
Moore made a bone-headed decision that left the receiver behind him.
No comparison.
Pretty soon, everyone can just stay home, watch TV, and write their rambling opinions in 5,000 clever words. So, pretty soon every reporter/columnist can be like you Dan? All Boston sports teams should ban you from their facilities!
I have a legitimate size 8 head. I can't believe they are all that rare.