An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened Tuesday, December 16, 2014?
Golden State loses, finally: After winning 16 games in a row, the Golden State Warriors finally lost an NBA basketball game. The game was to the Memphis Grizzlies and they lost 105-98. The Grizzlies are like a photo-negative of the Warriors. The Grizzlies are all about their big men who play near the basket and the Warriors are a team whose best players are little dudes who shoot well from the outside. Line: I guess the streak had to end sometime. It’s still impressive though.
If the Blues don’t get you: The St. Louis Blues are a prototypical young, talented team that’s just waiting to break through and win the Stanley Cup. Last night they beat the Stanley Cup Champions, the Los Angeles Kings, 5-2. The game was 2-1 in favor of the Kings after two periods but the Blues absolutely exploded in the third period with four unanswered goals, two of them on the power play. Line: The Blues have the talent to win it all, games like this will help get them the experience needed.
Down goes Southampton: One of the great things about British soccer is that there are a few tournaments throughout the year that pit the teams from the top league, the Premiere League, against what should be inferior teams from lower leagues. The Capital One Cup, commonly called the League Cup, is one of those tournaments. It’s a single elimination deal with the 20 Premiere League teams and 72 teams from the Football League which is the next league down. This kind of competition is inconceivable in the United States, but it seems like a lot of fun. Yesterday, a Football League team, Sheffield United, beat a Premiere League team, Southampton 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the tournament! Line: Sheffield United beating Southampton is like if the Durham Bulls beat the Baltimore Orioles.
