Twistity Sports Exclusive: A Loss is a Win, Tiger Woods, and the Heat
Not many days ago, fans of the US World Cup team rode the zipline of emotion in a 2-2 tie with Portugal. Portugal scored in the waning seconds, and a tie, for the US,...
View ArticleWill Tanaka Pitch in the All-Star Game?
Will Tanaka Pitch? One of the greatest attractions in baseball today is Masahiro Tanaka a New York Yankee. Well so you thought, according to Joe Girardi attractions are for the zoo. With Yankee fans...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: Baseline Baseball
The holiday weekend puts baseball in the spotlight as it rolls toward its All-Star game on July 14 in Minneapolis. Maybe the spotlight is not the best idea. This has not been a season...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: THE PACKERS’ PACKAGE
No NFL team does training camp the way the Green Bay Packers do. Players report today and practice begins on Saturday in the NFL’s version of Tiny Town. Fans pour down Lombardi Avenue and...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive WEEKEND IN REVIEW: Football, futbol and golf
Football and futbol were headliners on a summer weekend that marks the pivot into the fall (believe it or not). The NFL, after a couple of weeks of practices and scrimmages, held its annual...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME
Brett Favre is going home. Years after a nasty split with the Green Bay Packers and a nomadic end to his fascinating NFL career, Favre will go back to northeast Wisconsin for an honor...
View ArticleTwistity Eye on Football: PRESEASON TREATS
The Twistity sports blog expands its scope with weekly special football editions, beginning right here and right now. We’ll bring you previews, reviews, notes, etc., from the NFL and college football...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: FINE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS INDEED
When the University of Maryland bailed on the Atlantic Coast Conference, of which it was a founding member, it claimed its alliance with the Big Ten put it in the company of better research...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: THE RACE IS ON
If there has been campaigning, we didn’t see any ads on TV. Perhaps it has all been done quietly, and with some propriety. The election? It’s for commissioner of Major League Baseball. Thirty team...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: TAMING A TIGER
Pardon the old joke, but here goes … “What’s the matter with you?” “Weak back.” “Since when?” “Oh, a week back.” We’ll wait until you have composed yourself. OK. There was a temptation to...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: JOHNNY MANZIEL IS NO. 1 (SORT OF)
The Cleveland Browns warned Johnny Manziel about excess partying and cavorting with celebrities. They admonished him for being late to a meeting. Now they’re learning the oldest lesson of all – if...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: THE MASTER BUILDER
Howard Schnellenberger built programs and won titles. More than just a coach, he was an engineer of success. He reconstituted the University of Miami’s football program and won a national title. He...
View ArticleTwistity Eye on Football: NFL PREVIEW
The third preseason game is when most NFL teams let their starters play, often into the third quarter. This weekend’s contests should resemble most closely ‘real’ NFL games, with at least a bit of...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: STEWART NOT DRIVING
Tony Stewart’s season seems to be over. It’s understandable. It’s also sad. Stewart hasn’t driven in a race since the Aug. 9 accident in upstate New York that took the life of a fellow...
View ArticleTwistity Eye on Football: NFL WRAPS THE PRESEASON
The NFL packs a lot into one evening. All 32 teams conclude their preseason on the same night, with 16 games on Thursday leading up to Saturday’s final roster cut. In a week, the...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: GOOD FOR GOODELL
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell took two important steps on Thursday. First, he admitted he was wrong. Second, he changed a terrible policy that made light of a serious crime. Goodell acknowledged...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: RICE REDUX
And how, exactly, did we all figure Janay Rice had become unconscious in that elevator? Now that we’ve seen what Ray Rice did, we are all appropriately horrified. Perhaps not because he did it...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive: COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
UCLA entered the season ranked No. 7 in the country and has managed to parlay a 2-0 record into a drop to No. 12. An uninspiring victory over Virginia (albeit all the way across...
View ArticleTwistity Eye on Football: NFL PREVIEW
The NFL’s Thursday night matchup lacks a little oomph. Consider this one casual viewing rather than appointment TV. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-2) venture to Atlanta to meet the Falcons (1-1) in an...
View ArticleTwistity Sports Exclusive Weekend In Review: NFL, Baseball, NASCAR and More
The NFL needed a solid Sunday to put some of the uglier bits of news behind it, at least temporarily. The games did not disappoint. Start with the Seattle Seahawks’ 26-20 overtime win against...
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