This struck me as an interesting concept. The Times provides readers with bird’s eye and players’ perspectives on how various playoff teams’ formations unfold. Check it out here.
Entries from December 30th, 2008
The New York Times does NFL Animation
December 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Rawley
Tags:NFL·Technology
A little help here
December 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · T-Willikers
Ok, so I’m currently in the process of developing a 300-level (sophomore, junior, senior) class on sports in culture and media. The emphasis is going to be on the history of sport and media (more than enough to talk about there, eh?) but I’m also going to address broader issues of sport’s relationship to politics [...]
Tags:Sports and Media·Teaching
I Am Angry About Salary Caps
December 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Seamus McGee
Once again, the profligate ways of the New York Yankees have revived talk of a salary cap in MLB. While I generally approve of salary caps in team sports, and while I hate the Yankees, several recurrent claims in the current discussion irk me:
1. The Yankees should rein in spending because of the bad economy. [...]
Tags:Salary Cap·Yankees
TDGP Grows Up
December 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Doc Hollywood
So the TDGP wanted a new, sleeker look. We wanted to keep it simple and clean. Not everything is up to speed yet, but it will be soon. We will try to this out for awhile and see what happens.
Tags:redesign
A Rivers Runs Thru It
December 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Doc Hollywood
If the Bolts beat the Colts then it will be confirmed: He’s the devil.
Tags:Devil·Philip Rivers
The Good, The Great, And The Greaterest of 2008
December 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Rawley
As I sit in my spacious chalet high in the Alps, I cannot help but think back upon a momentous year in sports and, more importantly, The Dwight Gooden Poster’s coverage of sports. Below you will find my favorite TDGP and sports memories from the past 12 months.
10. Giants beat Patriots I hate the [...]
Tags:Best of 2008
Stupid Quote of the Day: Steve Phillips
December 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Doc Hollywood
When asked about the Yankees and whether MLB should have a salary cap, Steve Phillips, ESPN analyst and failed NY Mets GM, said this:
“How do they unfairly do it? The reality is this. . . this is America. . . this isn’t, this isn’t some other, you know. . . area where we got communism [...]
Tags:Salary Cap
Happy Holidays!!
December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Doc Hollywood
Red and white are often associated with that big ole fatty St. Nick, but here in Indiana red and white often mean this:
Best wishes to all TDGP readers throughout the holiday season!
Tags:Holiday Cheer!
TDGP Poll Result: Who has the best hair?
December 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Doc Hollywood
So, the best tennis player of all time (8) sure gave the winner a run for his money.
But, in the end, internet denizens came to their senses and notimated:
Brian Bosworth (15) as the best haired dude in sports. This guys’ nasta-mullet has been helpfully compared to:
and:
and:
Anyway, you get the point: athletes love the mullet, [...]
Tags:TDGP Poll Result
Dont Kiss and Tell
December 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Doc Hollywood
Eric Gordon, Prodigal Son of the “let’s make a phone call!” era of IU basketball said this . I dunno. It seems kinda raw to me. Are we talking puff-puff-give drugs or “the clear”? Either way it doesn’t seem like Gordon will be making friends with either Ricky Williams or Barry Bonds anytime soon. I [...]
Tags:Eric Gordon
