OBSERVATIONS: Burrow hopes Super Bowl goes up in smoke
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and with snow up to the bottom of Malachi Smith’s basketball shorts, what else can I do but slap together another ‘Observations.’ —Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is a boon to the cigar industry. . .well, at least to the La Flor Dominicana Mysterio. That’s the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Are the Reds paying attention to the Bengals?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if MLB teams will use their spring training facilities this year for tractor pulls, wrestling matches, beauty pageants and Jarts competition. —Now that the fans have been lit on fire by the Cincinnati Bengals and their trip to the Super Bowl, does anybody think it […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some final words of Bonds, Clemens
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave awaiting 11 1/2 inches of snow Thursday, wondering if Nadine should attack Kroger before everybody buys all the bread, milk, canned goods and Frito’s. —Some final words (In this space) on the cause celebres, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. They no longer are an issue for […]
OBSERVATIONS: Stephen A. Smith: Rose before Bonds, Clemens
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, reading the latest Jackie Robinson book by —It isn’t often that I agree with Stephen A. Smith, ESPN’s ‘Mouth That Roars.’ But I stand beside him on his Hall of Fame take. Smith said David Ortiz, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens all had Hall of Fame […]
OBSERVATIONS: Bengals, 49ers get the kicks that keep on kicking
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, dreaming of spring training, but wondering if it will ever come. —They do call it FOOTball for a reason. And never was it more FOOTball than it was for the Cincinnati Bengals Saturday against the Tennessee Titans. How do you win a game when you score […]
OBSERVATIONS: UD’s Flyers dominate A-10 ‘Rookie’ award
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, in search of a stronger heater because it is colder there when the heater shuts down than Mammoth Cave, Ky. —There is an abundance of freshmen and first-year basketball players in the Atlantic 10 Conference, but folks must wonder if the University of Dayton cornered the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Was he Pedro Borbon or Pedro Serrano?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave prior to getting my Pfizer booster and hoping I’ll be able to type over the next few days. —When Pedro Borbon pitched out of The Big Red Machine’s bullpen, opposing hitters could just as well leave their bats in the rack. They weren’t going to hit […]
OBSERVATIONS: Poll says baseball is slip-sliding away
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave on a bitterly cold day from a bitterly upset baseball writer. About the CFB titlte game: Can Alabama and Georgia both lose? Please? —Baseball’s owners and the players union continue to sit on their pompous posteriors, apparently unwilling to recognize or admit that they are sinking […]
OBSERVATIONS: He tried to ‘Cash’ in with a table leg
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, cranking up the garage heater to extra hot to shoo away the chills. —In my never-ending quest to bring you something baseball-related during these dismal baseball times — Thank you, commissioner Rob Manfred and the players union — I stumbled upon this gem: How tough was […]