Fox Network orders Bud Selig to cancel World Series
"You honestly don't expect us to actually broadcast a postseason series without the Yankees, do you?" says Fox exec

Selig "considering" Fox order to shut down


In other news, arrogant sportswriters and snobby sports bloggers write and blog (for the umpteenth time) that they "don't care" about this upcoming World Series

John Arnold "Jack" Brown Play-by-play Announcer 1960-present Brown was a 25 year-old part-time disc jockey in California struggling to make it in the business when the AFL was formed and teams hired or held tryouts for play-by-play announcers. Brown auditioned for the Los Angeles Chargers job and didn't get it, but did land the Sharks job. He later found out that owner Martin Dole hired him because he was young and new and could be paid like it. Brown did the TV pbp by himself for five...

Some of the characters from my history of the Honolulu Sharks:

Matthew Jensen-QB-K Philadelphia Eagles 1958-59; Honolulu Sharks 1960-61-Jensen was a benchwarmer for the Eagles who went on to be the first quarterback in Shark history, and not a very good one at that. he was also the team's placekicker. At one point in 1961, the Sharks are so bad that they are 0-5 and have scored only 15 points-all of them field goals by Jensen.

John Peter "Pete" Hester-head Coach...

Autumn and a young man's thoughts turn to...football. Hm. Funny how that never caught on like the saying about springtime.

Football season is upon us, however, and with it comes thoughts of something else I did when I was young and hormonal and in need of a date-created my very own football team.

I don't remember where or when the actual idea for a football team came to me-I had always imagined fictional football players the same way I had imagined fictional baseball...

I can't edit this "headline anymore since the thread is closed, so I am putting my revisions here. I know it seems a waste since this is four years old, but I liked those threads and I like writing. So I go back and revisit them, they appeal to my desire to write "Onion" type headlines.


Shani Davis wins gold
Davis wears Sox hat; befuddled foreigners ask "vat es 'ess-oh-ex?'"
Isaacson: Cubs hat would've been easily recognized

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