An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Sunday, December 28, 2014?
The last Sunday of the NFL regular season: That’s right, it’s all over but the shouting… and the playoffs. The shouting and the playoffs begin this coming weekend. Until then, the sports world will be buzzing with talk about the NFL season. For all your football talking needs, check out our last 2014 regular season edition of our NFL One Liner recaps.
Gridlock at the top of the Premier League: You could easily be forgiven for thinking that yesterday might have been a dynamic day for the standings in British Soccer’s Premier League. Instead, the first place team (Chelsea) played the fourth place team (Southampton) and… tied. The second place team (Manchester City) could have taken advantage of that by beating up on the second to last place team (Burnley) but they… tied. And the third place team (Manchester United) would have moved up as well if it could have beaten the seventh place team (Tottenham Hotspur) but they… tied. Gah! Line: Well, they are British soccer teams, maybe they were just being polite to one another?
Time for change in Cleveland?: The Cleveland Cavaliers lost badly (103-80) to the Detroit Pistons in Cleveland yesterday. This is notable because the Pistons are among the worst teams in the NBA and the Cavaliers were supposed to be a super team built around the greatest player in this era of NBA history, LeBron James. The Cavaliers have a fine record (18-12) but I wonder if at some point, the embarrassing performance will lead to their coach getting fired. Line: It feels like coach David Blatt’s rope gets shorter and shorter with every bad loss.
