Monthly Archives: March 2009

Your Tournament Week NCAA Tournament Preview of the Tournament

Posted on March 10, 2009 by JJH

During a particularly contrived segment of last Saturday’s ESPN Gameday, the usual talking heads paused from uncomfortably chuckling and nudging faux best-friend Bob Knight to ponder a typical tournament storyline – one which unnecessarily rears its ugly head each year … Continue reading →

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Miniature ruminations on aging, No. 67

Posted on March 9, 2009 by JJH

As you may or may not be aware, MFG is getting older. Shocker, I know. What gave me away, the incessant shouting at Twitter to get off my lawn? (This sounds unbelievable, but I’m considering getting a Twitter account for … Continue reading →

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Theory: Twitter murders competent writing; with jokes

Posted on March 7, 2009 by JJH

Occasionally, we’re extremely hard on Bill Simmons, ESPN’s highest-profile blogger. In interest of equal time, however, occasionally Simmons drops a nugget into an otherwise-interminable mailbag that makes us remember why we signed on with him in the first place. Often, … Continue reading →

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Trying not to work ‘smoking’ or ‘pole’ into the headline

Posted on March 5, 2009 by JJH

St. Louis promoters finally figured out how to pack their club with hundreds of eager StL. males. Nope, it’s not the sultry babe on the pole. Nope, it’s not the promise of more babes on poles. Nope, it’s not the … Continue reading →

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Brilliance from Brightness

Posted on March 4, 2009 by JJH

As you’re no doubt aware from years of reading about my exploits (often fraught with peril, or, alternatively, self-delusion), I have a bizarre aversion to classic literature of any kind. Though I like Catcher In the Rye, 1984 and select … Continue reading →

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Young men, there’s no place you can go…

Posted on March 3, 2009 by JJH

Selection Sunday looms only two weeks away, and I know you’ve frantically been refreshing your browsers, yearning for Mister Faded Glory’s annual pre-tournament guide to Who’s Gonna Win. Well, sorry, but I failed you. But, as always, it wasn’t totally … Continue reading →

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