Sports Notes
I'm not normally a big Phil Mushnick fan. He's a curmudgeon, basically. But anyone who trashes Joe Theismann and Monday Night Football is okay by me. Mushnick notes that Suzy Kolber interviewed the Williams sisters on the sidelines during the game:

Kolber tried to make the session football-relevant. Noting that the Dolphins are out of the hunt, "playing for pride," she then asked, "So if you're on the court and [there's] no title at the end of the match, what motivates you?"

Of course, the tennis played by the Williams sisters is overwhelmingly single-elimination - lose and you're out. And until you lose, there's always a title at stake. But these days, ESPN's bus to Stupidtown - far, far from the game - leaves every few minutes. All aboard!

I like Suzy Kolber, and this is one of those interviews that you have to do during MNF, but Mushnick has a point. For other examples of stupidity by our buddy Joe, read the whole article.

In other sports news, the Scarlet Knights won their first bowl game ever last night defeating Kansas St. 37-10.

Meanwhile, also at the Post, Steve Serby finally shows some love to Chad Pennington and the Jets. Base10 will be watching closely on Sunday. Click here for a preview. In other good news, the NFL is letting both CBS and FOX broadcast two double headers on Sunday.

Finally, Base10's NCAAF Bowl pool is still going on. He is 6 for 12. Not too shabby, but Base10 is hardly running away with it. There are seveal games today, although none are particularly compelling. The only ranked team playing is 24th rated Oregon St. against Missouri. Tomorrow's game of interest is Texas and Iowa. Base10 will be watching.
- posted by Base10 @ 10:38 AM