An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Monday, November 17, 2014?
Closer than expected, but still a Steelers win: I (and I think most other football fans) expected the Monday Night Football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans to be a bit of a joke. We thought the Steelers would absolutely crush the Titans. That wasn’t the case, it was a close game, but the Steelers won anyway, thanks largely to an almost incomprehensibly good game from their running back Le’Veon Bell. Line: The Titans made it interesting but in the end, it was the Steelers.
Not a good day for NBA basketball teams starting with the letter ‘C’: The Denver Nuggets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 106 to 97 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Los Angeles Clippers 105 to 89. Both those games were upsets with (only slightly in the Bulls’ case) less feared teams beating the more highly thought of team in their own lair. Line: Good night for the road underdog in the NBA.
Captains return: Last season, the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers traded their captains to each other. Last night, in their first game against each other in NY, both former captains, Ryan Callahan and Martin St. Louis stepped up and scored a goal for their new teams. Unfortunately for St. Louis and the Rangers, his was the only goal scored for their team while the Lightning scored four other goals to win the game 5-1. Line: Nice symmetry in this game with both traded captains scoring for their new team.
An early upset in college basketball: The college basketball season got started in earnest with a wild game between the Miami Hurricanes and Florida Gaters. The Gators were ranked seventh in the country but that didn’t stop Miami from going toe-to-toe with them and eventually winning on a series of last minute clutch shots. Line: It’s early in the season but not too early to watch a really enjoyable game!
