Sports

what could have been

Try not to think about what could have been, because that was then. And we have taken different paths. That’s the lyrics to the song What Might Have Been, by the country band Little Texas. Excuse me, as I have listened to this piece of music several times since hearing the news of the Jeff…

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Chelsea 08-09 Season Preview

Chelsea’s latest campaign offered a revealing commentary on the high stakes of modern top-flight football and the narrow margin between perceived success and failure. For the Blues, it was a season dominated by a generally unloved manager’s attempt to take the team further than his beloved predecessor had taken it. Following José Mourinho at Stamford…

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Sports dice games that are fun

This is an introduction to a world of incredibly fun games played with dice. No, I’m not going to teach you to gamble. Rather, I am going to show you how just 2 to 8 dice can allow you to play various sports. In this first installment I am going to teach you how to…

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Ness’s Notes (February 7)

In Monday’s NBA, the 76ers went more than 15 minutes without an FG (0-for-19) in the second half and lost to Houston, 87-81. The Rockets are now 13-6 with both Ming and McGrady in the lineup and could make the playoffs by the end of the season. New Jersey won its 11th straight home game…