An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Sunday, November 2, 2014?
Football happened: As is true on all fall Sundays, the biggest sports story was the National Football League. Six teams had the weekend off, so there were fewer games than on most weekends. That’ll make catching up on them easier, especially if you read our NFL One Liners.
Major League Soccer playoffs: America’s men’s professional soccer league began its semifinals this weekend. They are organized as a home-and-home or two-leg series. That means each semi-final consists of two games (called legs) one at each team’s home field. Yesterday, the D.C. United lost to the NY Red Bulls 2-0 and FC Dallas tied Seattle’s Sounders FC 1-1. It’s weird to have ties in the playoffs, but that just means the second leg of the series will decide the outcome. Line: Ties in the playoffs? What’s up with that?
Are the Miami Heat Mark Twain? After losing LeBron James during the off-season, a lot of people (myself included) thought the Miami Heat were going to be a bad basketball season this year. They’ve come out at the start of the season and answered their critics by rattling off three straight wins. Last night they beat the Toronto Rapters 107-102. Line: I guess the Heat are still going to be okay, even without LeBron James.
Flames off to a hot (get it? get it?) start: Talk about surprising teams at the start of the season! In the NHL, the biggest surprise might be the Calgary Flames who, after many bad seasons in a row, are off to a great start. After yesterday’s 6-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens, the Flames are 7-4-2. Line: The Flames are off to a very… good start. No pun intended, no pun executed.
New York Marathon: Wilson Kipsang and Mary Keitany, both from Kenya, won the New York City marathon yesterday on a clear but windy day. The most exciting moment was in the last few hundred yards of the men’s race. Two runners were alone at the front, Kipsang and the enjoyably named Lelisa Desisa. Desisa hung sneakily behind Kipsang until a moment of his choosing when he decided to make a move and sprinted around and past Kipsang. He bumped Kipsang a little on his way around, which must have bugged the tall Kenyan. Kipsang did a double take, followed by a look of haughty disdain, as if to say, “what? you little bug! why would you even bother trying to beat me in this race?” Then he absolutely left Desisa in the dust. Line: Did you see the look Kipsang gave Desisa? LOL!
