Category Archives: Stakes

Greetings from La-La Land, as fine a location as any for a nonwhite person to shelter-in-place in America in 2017.

DodgerStadiumDailyDouble from Steven Unite on Vimeo. Did you know that at Dodger Stadium, when the home side registers a 2-base hit, the promotional tie-in is ‘DAILY DOUBLE PRESENTED BY JEOPARDY!’, complete with the sound-effect? You could look it up!

Good afternoon across all North American Time Zones this time. Good afternoon now.

Opening Night of your 2017-18 English Premier League season, and what a curtain-raiser it was. A 7-goal thriller at the Emirates finds the Arse fighting back from two 1-goal deficits to defeat Leicester City, 4-3. Arsenal Manager Arsène Wenger’s substitutions … Continue reading →

Scrub over to the 16:16 mark for the Boston starting lineup. Remember watching this game in New Orleans, on a black-and-white portable set with the telescoping antenna built-in, and one of the fraternity brothers said, ‘I only root for teams … Continue reading →

The 2017-18 English Premier League season begins in earnest this coming Friday when the Arse host Leicester City. Today the Gunners had their final preseason tuneup, defeating Chelski F.C., 1-1 (4-1 pen.), in the Community Shield. This would be like … Continue reading →

Neymar Jnr No. 1 (or is that No. 11?) always.

Ara Parseghian, R.I.P. Remember watching his youth-oriented TV show ‘Ara’s Sports World’. Who was this mope named Ara Parseghian? We had to ask an adult, and even Dad, who knew as much about ’murrikan Gridiron Throwball as you and we … Continue reading →