The World Doesn't Need Another Sports Blog (But You're Getting One Anyway)

Image via WikipediaWelcome to the Owljock Gazette.  It is dedicated to the proposition that those who can, do.  And those who can't, write sports blogs.

What we're going to do here should be familiar to anyone who's read my other blog, The Bludog Chronicle (and you really should if you haven't already.  You can find it at http://thebludogchronicle.blogspot.com/.  Sometimes, it's actually worth reading.)  Over there, we chew the proverbial fat on current events, the media and popular culture.  Over here, it's sports.

To get things rolling, here's some totally unsolicited random thoughts:

• The Minnesota Vikings' implosion is worse than we thought.  But coach Brad Childress will keep his job for the rest of the season.
• If Kevin Love scores 31 points and 31 rebounds in a game for the Timberwolves and few people see it, does it still count?
• The University of Minnesota football Gophers finally win a Big 10 game this season.  Just their luck.  Thousands of Twin Cities fans couldn't watch it because a snowstorm knocked out power.
• Ron Gardenhire finally wins the American League's Manager of the Year award.  Would he have gotten this honor if the Twins hadn't been swept by the New York Yankees in the first round of the playoffs?
• Does anyone still want to be Tiger Woods?
• Eva Longoria no longer wants to be a real-life Desperate Housewife, so she's shedding Tony Parker and his last name.
• What's the point of paying good money for a seat at a college basketball game if you're going to stand the whole time?  And you're the one who has to sit behind the student section?
• Baseball wants to expand its playoffs by adding two wild card teams.  If they insist on keeping the schedule as it is, maybe it's time to move the World Series to a neutral site and have Game 7 on Thanksgiving.
• Does anyone think it ironic that the better safety equipment is on athletes, the more violent the collisions are and the greater the chance of serious injury?
• Boxing used to be an important sport in America.  Now that it costs at least fifty dollars to watch a fight on TV and its numerous champions are so anonymous, does anyone still care?

Look for more of these so-called insights in the weeks, months, and maybe even years to come.