The Sporting Life
My beloved Seahawks lost against the Steelers on Sunday. The worst part is that Mack Strong is forced to retire due to injury that could cause spinal damage. I’m happy that he seems to have dodged the bullet of permanent damage and I wish him nothing but the best. He was a fantastic player and the Seahawks benefited greatly from his plays. Alexander is a great running back and with Strong blocking for him the results were always amazing to watch.
Now if my adopted West Ham could just shake the curse of injuries that they are under…
The Rugby World Cup has proven to be more interesting than I expected. England is still in it and Australia and heavily favoured New Zealand aren’t. I admit, as a Yank, I don’t know a whole lot about rugby. I view it from my experience of American football so at times it makes sense and at times it veers off into bizzaro world. I am happy that England is still in it especially when all the nay-sayers — read English people — were predicting an early and humiliating exit. I have no idea if they’ll make it to the finals or win the cup again, but I will be watching the match against France this weekend. So go England! Yay rugby!
Cartoon from xkcd of course.
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October 14th, 2007 at 6:22 am
That is to bad about your team and the player that had to retire.
October 16th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
I dislike American Football and Rugby. They give thugs the chance to deal you a crippling injury that’ll follow you for the rest of your life.
October 20th, 2007 at 3:11 am
I played both Football, (both kinds hehe) and Rugby. Rugby is such an awesome sport…one minute your tackling, then the next your running with the ball; TigerTom how can you denounce it…”thugs” lol. Absolutely ridiculous..you can get crippled falling down stairs. Life is short. Sorry to hear about your Seahawks…the Steelers are looking tougghh this year. My good friend lives in Seattle and always tells me how great it is…does the rain bother you?
October 20th, 2007 at 11:16 am
I disagree with calling the players thugs. These are physical sports and there will always be injuries.
Steelers do seem to be looking good, and I do like them as a team. Just not when they’re playing Seattle. As far as the rain goes, I live in London now which rains even more than Seattle. I prefer the sunshine.
July 31st, 2008 at 1:24 am
you can get crippled falling down stairs. Life is short. Sorry to hear about your Seahawks…the Steelers are looking tougghh this year. My good friend lives in Seattle and always tells me how great it is…