Week Sauce: Where Steve Nash Is In All Of Us
Here’s a recap of the weirdest or most overlooked sports stories on the Interweb this week. Plus, as you’ve come to expect, Steve Nash’s wife is suddenly having second thoughts.
Critic Al’s Football Week 7 Pick ‘Em
Game of the Week: Falcons at Cowboys
Cool Geezer Disappointingly Kicks Soccer Ball Like Lame Geezer
merciful heavens! Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood can’t kick a soccer ball. He was born in the Jurassic period, I know. But still. In France for the Lyon Film Festival last week, he kicked that soccer ball in front of thousands of Lyon futbol fans like a toddler at the park.
Picture This: No One Told Ethier They Weren’t Growing Playoff Hair
Sometimes the hardest part of losing the playoff is saying goodbye. Cleaning out the ol’ locker, preparing to reconnect with the family after a long summer, steal a few keepsakes from the clubhouse, take one last canoe ride around the lake, try to sneak one last kiss from camp counselor Jenna.
I’ve never noticed until just now how similar ending a season was to the finals days of summer camp.
I guess that explains why Manny Ramirez’s last encounter with Andre Ethier Thursday afternoon brought a nostalgic tear to my eye.
No One Wins When You Bet On The Hawks
In 2008, the Celtics were supposed to waltz into the playoffs, then jitterbug into Finals and once they got to the Finals they were supposed to, I dunno … paso doble their way into a championship. In 2008 they did all those things, except for one little misstep in the first round.
With the Hawks that year, the Celtics developed two left feet.
