Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 07/24/10

Yes, I used to think a Ron Guidry slider was a pure thing of beauty, that is, until I saw a picture of actress/model Carmen Electra the other day–decked out in a skin-tight, blue dress at a hotel in Las Vegas.  My goodness………TRIVIA QUESTION:  Who is the only member of the Florida Marlins to be named [...]

Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 7/16/10

Ah, yes, the “jockocracy”–a phenomena that Howard Cosell spoke so critically about–rears it ugly head once again as former NFL linebacker Antonio Pierce retires from the game and immediately joins ESPN as an analyst.  If you recall, Pierce was with gun-toting teammate Plaxico Burress back in 2008 when an unlicensed firearm went off in a nightclub; Pierce then drove [...]

Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 07/12/10

*Great cause:  Team Hole in the Wall is a terrific attempt/approach to generate funds in support of the mission of Hole in the Wall Camps–the world’s largest family of camps for children with life-threatening diseases.  Athletes can participate in bike races, marathons, 10K runs, triathlons, and various other events.  Participants are given the necessary online tools in [...]

Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 07/06/10

ITEM:  Three incoming UCLA football players–Joshua Shirley, Shaquille Richardson, and Paul Richardson–are arrested for allegedly stealing another student’s purse during the school’s summer session.  I’ll go out on a limb and say THIS:  The chances of just one of these “gentlemen” having been the valedictorian of his high school class are about the same as yours truly dating Jenny [...]

Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 06/25/10

ITEM: Former NFL defensive player Keith McCants is arrested on a charge of use and possession of drug paraphernalia in Mobile, Alabama; it’s at least the FOURTH arrest in less than a year for Mr. McCants. Call me crazy, but if this guy is allowed to continue to walk the streets, I’m predicting his total [...]

Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 6/20/10

ITEM: Florida sophomore wide receiver Frankie Hammond is arrested on a DUI charge; he failed a couple of sobriety tests while two open bottles of Crown Royal were found inside his vehicle (by the way, at least 28 Gator players have been arrested during the Urban Meyer era). Could it be that Meyer had already [...]

Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 06/05/10

ITEM: Kansas defensive tackle Jamal Greene is dismissed from the team after he and former teammate Vernon Brooks are arrested in connection with an attempted aggravated robbery (Brooks had ALREADY been dismissed from the team before spring practices for violating various team rules). My first thought? This will simply give these ‘outstanding’ young men more [...]

Memories of the “Stadium”

No–it wasn’t Shea, the old Yankee one, or even Three Rivers.  It was our wiffle ball venue as kids back in the 70′s–my next-door neighbor’s backyard serving as our nightly “home field” during those warm spring/summer days of yesteryear.  Yes–we called it “The Stadium.”  We’d meet there after dinner EVERY night (I’ll admit to eating much too quickly on [...]

Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 05/22/10

I used to think that watching “Dr. J”–Julius Erving–dunking a basketball was a pure thing of beauty. That all changed when I saw a recent picture of the red gown actress Salma Hayek was wearing at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival……….TRIVIA QUESTION: Michael Jordan possesses the all-time highest point total in an NBA post-season–scoring 759 [...]

So Long, Mr. Harwell

The Detroit Tigers happened to be out of town this past May 4th–playing at the new Target Field in Minnesota. Soon came the seventh-inning stretch and a picture of a smiling Ernie Harwell graced the stadium’s bright, new big screen. The news was then announced–though many fans were already privy to the inevitable: the Hall [...]

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