August 2009

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Reading With the Roost: Between the Lines

Reading With the Roost: Between the Lines

By Ryan on August 31, 2009

by Ryan
The more you read sports books, the more you to understand their utility.
Some are truly great, and when you finish reading them you wonder how you watched the sport before picking it up. A good sports book can change everything about how you watch, and for the better.
In fact if you ask me, there are three different [...]

Tags: Between the Lines, Books, Hockey, Ray Scapinello, Reading with the Roost | 2 Comments

Tedy Bruschi: I Wish He Was My Dad

By Ryan on August 31, 2009

by Ryan
Tedy Bruschi, a once in a generation player, has retired. I think it’s fitting to memorialize his passing with a clip to honor his greatness.

Goodnight, sweet prince.

Tags: Football, New England Patriots, Retirement, Seriously screw you Tedy Bruschi, Tedy Bruschi | Leave a comment

All Year Baby, All Year

All Year Baby, All Year

By Ryan on August 30, 2009

“Harf harf harf. Bills stink.”

Tags: Buffalo Bills, Football, Pittsburgh Steelers, Preseason, We got Dick for less... | 3 Comments

Dick and The Fear

Dick and The Fear

By Ryan on August 28, 2009

by Ryan
We’re still inching closer to the football season, which means I’ve already had two fantasy football drafts thus far. I mention this because I came up with something special for one of Rich’s teams that I wanted to share with the rest of you. It’s not my best work, but it might be of some [...]

Tags: Buffalo Bills, Football, Photoblog, We got Dick for less... | 4 Comments

Wrists Slapped, $.20 becomes $125

Wrists Slapped, $.20 becomes $125

By Ryan on August 27, 2009

by Ryan
It appears our long local nightmare is finally over: Pat Kane is guilty.
Chief City Judge Thomas P. Amodeo granted them both conditional discharges and ordered them to make a written apologies(sic) to the cabbie and pay $125 each in court fees. Amodeo stressed that he was imposing the same type of sentence he would impose [...]

Tags: Hockey, Pat Kane | Leave a comment

Some Helpful Info

Some Helpful Info

By Ryan on August 27, 2009

by Ryan
Sometimes when you wander around some image-sharing sites you find something really interesting or useful. While trying to come up with an icon for Rich’s fantasy football team, I came across this, which has absolutely nothing to do with Johnny Depp.:

Considering I will be spending the day wearing a Red Sox 59fifty, I thought it was [...]

Tags: Baseball, Photoblog, Rambling | 1 Comment

Random YouTube Wednesday: The Comeback

By Ryan on August 26, 2009

by Ryan
Since I’m a bit late on this one, let’s go for a home run:

If you’ve never watched the NHL Films special about the AFC Wild Card against Houston, you need to get NFL Network right now. Or, buy it now. You won’t be sorry.

Tags: Buffalo Bills, Football, The Comeback, YouTube | Leave a comment

Starks Out For Season

By Chris on August 25, 2009

By Chris

The University at Buffalo’s chances of repeating as Mid-American Conference champions has taken a sudden turn for the worse.
Senior running back and Niagara Falls native James Starks, the school’s all-time leading rusher, has suffered a labral tear in his shoulder that will require surgery. The injury will cause him to miss the entire 2009 season.
Starks red-shirted as [...]

Tags: Injury, James Starks, Turner Gill, UB Football | Leave a comment

Football at One, Hockey at Seven

Football at One, Hockey at Seven

By Ryan on August 25, 2009

by Ryan
It seems that every year at about this time, this post gets written. It’s a strange sense of clockwork that is probably more emotional than physical, yet rings true nonetheless. We’ve officially reached that point in the summer where there’s simply no turning back: fall is right around the corner.
Now for the sports fan it means [...]

Tags: Football, Hockey, Rambling, Wah Wah Wah | 3 Comments

Intent To Dent?

By Ryan on August 23, 2009

by Ryan
If you are like me, you’ve already grown tired of the artificial Vick/Favre/T.O. drama and debate we’ve seen from this NFL season. Thankfully we’ve been given our first true controversy, courtesy of A.J. Trapasso.

Now here’s what everyone wants to know: did he do it on purpose? Watch the video a few times and let us know [...]

Tags: Dallas Cowboys, Football | 1 Comment

Swim trunks and flippy floppies

By Jon on August 21, 2009

By Jon
Ever since Katebits linked to this page a few weeks ago, I’ve found my new internet time-killer — looking up quotes on imdb from my favorite TV characters before breaking into hysterical, uncontrollable laughter.
It’s great. It’s like re-watching all of your favorite shows, but only with the funny parts. I mean, just try reading Tracy Jordan’s page and [...]

Tags: Brett Favre, Football, NFL | Leave a comment

Reading With the Roost: Benjamin Button and so on…

By Ryan on August 21, 2009

by Ryan
Despite the fact that our Reading With the Roost series has been in neutral for some time, I did get a lot of reading done while on vacation. However, some of that reading wasn’t on our original list. To remedy that, I’ll give a brief-to-medium length review of a handful of books today, then move [...]

Tags: Books, Reading with the Roost | 1 Comment

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