Welcome to my blog! Here's a little about me... posted by Scott Sudikoff

Hello!  I just wanted to take this time and introduce myself to anyone reading this...

I'm a 22-year old graduate of the University of Maryland-College Park (GO TERPS!) and while there I was the Assistant Sports Director at the campus radio station, WMUC.  The time I spent at WMUC was amazing, as I was able to be a play-by-play announcer for numerous ACC Football, Basketball and Baseball games.  Play-by-play announcing is what I've wanted to do for many years now, and the excellent journalism program at Maryland was the main reason why I attended the university.  If you are at all interested, you can listen to my play-by-play demos at my "official" website: www.ScottSudikoff.com.

So, you can guess that sports have been a huge part of my life.  At school I was able to travel all over the country with the different athletic teams.  I can now say that I have been to Cedar Falls, Iowa and Spokane, Washington as well as many other colleges like Coastal Carolina, Clemson, Virginia, Wake Forest, Rutgers, Boston College, Miami and Georgia Tech in order to sit in a press box and call the action live on the radio.  Over the summer I was an announcer for the Worcester Tornadoes Baseball Club in Worcester, Mass.  Currently I am on the look-out for my next on-air job.

I have lived in New England my entire life, and have been a Boston sports fan the entire time.  Without a doubt my biggest allegiance lies with the Boston Celtics.  My family has had season tickets since the day I was born, and I have bled Celtic green for 22 years.  Of course winning the 2008 NBA Championship was quite a feeling, but I've had other great moments as a Celtics fan and plenty of bad moments.  Through the thick and thing I have stuck with this team, including the drafting of Chauncey Billups and Ron Mercer instead of Tim Duncan.  It has all been worth it.  I've had the privilege of being at the then-FleetCenter for

Monday Mourning posted by Bob Lalor

So I normally title my Monday blog: Monday Mourning due to being hungover from a full day of drinking and watching sports, hence the “mourning” because I have to get up, go to work, puke in the bathroom, and subsequently fall asleep in all of my meetings and get absolutely no work done. But today is different, mainly due to the fact that CBS’s and Fox’s regional coverage of NFL games in my area was HORRIBLE. Games that had a spread of +11 with no fantasy implications at all were being aired, so I went and watched polo (you know, the sport where guys on horses trot around and whack a ball with mallets). I had never been to a polo game before but we decided to go due to the possibility of attractive females (there are always beautiful women at horse events). We mingled with a few and made up some elaborate lies that we were just checking out the competition and had our horses stabled a few miles away. We were obviously out of place, with our cheers of “nice pass man!” and “shoooooot it!” but we wholeheartedly plan on attending it every Sunday for the rest of the season – pending what NFL games are on of course.

Sorry about getting off on that tangent of girls and horses, I will actually talk about sports in this column. We’ll start with college football. 4 words: Sam Bradford is good! Did you see his stats by halftime? The Sooners look phenomenal. I’m not as hot on ‘Bama as I was last week, even though Coffee had more yards than the entire Kentucky offense. The news of the week is Ball State cracking the Top 25. Ball State? Really? They won’t be there by the time my column next week comes out. A quick note on a kid that made a huge impression on me: Evan Royster from Penn St. Ladies and Gents, we have a future NFL star on our hands. Everyone needs to watch a Penn State game just to watch this kid run and catch. The match-up to look forward to and help get you through this week: Sooners/Longhorns.

Economic Crisis posted by John Barfield

              The economic “crisis" is not that complicated. The stock market always wants positive press to continue its trading, if not, speculators sell. Wow, what a surprise. Meanwhile the businesses that gave bad mortgages, and they don’t want to take the loss. A $10,000 loss on a house by a lender adds up over thousands of loans. But they can’t afford to wait for the capital to come back. They could liquidate much of these by selling at a cheaper price (free market go figure!), but they refuse to do this because the profit possibilities are amazing. I say sell them at a reduced price, get some capital, and quit whining. That is EXACTLY what the government would expect of the small businessman. Also, LOCAL (not foreign) investors would have a field day.Continue reading "Economic Crisis"

Funny Sports Quotes posted by John Barfield

This is an ongoing record of the funniest sports' quotes from the major and local sports talk shows like ATH, PTI, Jim Rome, etc.  I missed a few during Hurricane Ike and could use your help. Feel free to contribute some of you own from TV and radio or comment on the ones you see here. Your new quotes will be integrated daily as part of the ongoing record.  To post a quote or make a comment just follow the comment link at the bottom.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

"Carlos turned into marmalade last night." - Woody Paige of ESPN(ATH) and the Denver Post on the performance of Carlos Marmol of MLB's Chicago Cubs.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

" . . . Mike Ditka who is the Principal of the Old School." - Mike Greenberg on Hall of Fameer Mike Ditka 

Monday, September 8, 2008

"Stupid is as stupid does." - Mike Ditka on DeAngelo Hall of the NFL's Oakland Raiders late hit out of bounds versus the Denver Broncos. (which was immediately folloed by another late hit by Hall)

"We don't know about quarterbacks in Chicago, 'cause we don't have 'em."- Michael Wilbon of ESPN

“You ain’t got no high octane. You‘re going on that regular gas.” – Chris Carter of ESPN on the New England Patriots without Tom Brady

Sunday, September 7, 2008

“Don’t tell me about the pain. Just deliver the baby.” – Trent Dilfer of ESPN on the New England Patriots without Tom Brady

Basketball Recruits Leaving for European Basketball Problem for the NCAA??? posted by IMO Sports

Defections... NBA has nothing to worry about. Josh Childress will be an anomaly of a sort. Simply put young players goals are to make it to the NBA and be successful and on the most minimum of scales at least survive to have a long mediocre NBA career in hopes of landing on the right team at the right time to get that life long shiney piece jewelry that Mike can't fit on one hand and Phil can barely fit on two. (A Ring for all of you not following that rant to well). The League is special 12 (13-15 for the playoffs) man rosters, only 30 teams, do the math and there are not that many spots available for you to say "Hey I play(ed) in the NBA" its exclusive like Heisman and college success does not guarentee a chance to step to the next level. Enough with the Association...

 ATTENTION: DEFECTION NCAA BASKETBALL - BEWARE

Brandon Jennings has travelled a road that has not yet been travelled by such a highly touted player. Reasons for such were 1) The rules prior to last season would let a stellar player (Which he is, his talent is not a GIMMICK OR OVERATTED) simply enter the draft directly out of high school and go to the afforemention League, get a handsome salary, struggle because of youth, and if given proper guidance, persistent coaching by the time the VETERAN of 7 years in the league is 24 YEARS OLD he becomes a STAR. (If you do not believe this look at every straight from high schooler that has been successful they struggle then they excel why B/C

Hurricane information posted by John Barfield

   I just wanted to let you know that I may be unable to post for a few days. I live south of Houston, near Galveston, Texas. As hurricane Ike approaches there may be power outages and loss of internet access. If that is the case, I will be unable to write my column. Remember though, there are things much more important than sports. If you need Ike information, you can go to:

www.weather.com

Otherwise, if you are in the path of this storm, you should stay updated though the local media. My prayers are with us all. Good luck and see you soon!

Injury Update posted by John Barfield

Houston Texans injury update:

Megan Manfull of the Houston Chronicle has reported these injuries -

               Running back Ahman Green - It wasn't a cramp that limited his play Sunday. He has a sprained ankle.

             Defensive end Stanley McGlover - He has a torn meniscus in his left knee. He will have surgery and may return before the end of the season.

Others major injuries around the league:

        New Orleans Saints           Marcus Colston - Out 4 to 6 weeks  (thumb) 

                                            Hollis Thomas - Out for Season (triceps)

      Cleveland Browns              Sean Jones - Out 4 weeks (knee)   

      San Francisco 49ers         Alex Smith - Out for Season (shoulder)

      San Diego Chargers        Shawne Merriman - Out for Season (knee)

Jack Buck's Poem remembering 9-11 posted by John Barfield

Here is the great Jack Buck's poem that was given on September 17, 2001.

Believe! posted by John Barfield

Believe. Believe. It’s the one word in sports that says so much but says so little. You’ve seen signs in every NFL stadium at some point with this simple word. ”Believe.” When MLB baseball approaches the postseason every year, the word reappears. “Believe.” But believe in what I ask you? Do the Chicago Cubs “believe” that they will win a World Championship? Or do they “believe” that some strange twist of fate will ruin another promising season. What does your team “believe” in?

After week 1 of the NFL season there is a definite divide in the NFL. At no other time in every season is there such a black and white line. As the season moves on, the line becomes blurry and grey. Until finally after week sixteen, the playoff line is drawn in the sand. Then drawn again after the Super Bowl, the penultimate line is drawn-“Champion.”

At this very moment, your team is either undefeated and winning its division; or it is winless and in last place. The Tennessee Titans are in first, while the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Indianapolis Colts, and the Houston Texans are all in last place. Soon, however, astigmatism will set in. Winners will lose and losers will win.

The Denver Broncos looked like world-beaters in its first game. Throw into that category the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Chicago Bears, and even the Atlanta Falcons - the Falcons?  Meanwhile, the Oakland Raiders, the Detroit Lions, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Indianapolis Colts, and the Houston Texans looked like they forgot that the preseason was over -the Colts - our beloved Texans? Maybe, they just didn’t get the memo.

NFL SCOREBOARD posted by John Barfield

NFL Week 1 Results
NY Giants 16 Wahington 7
Pittsburgh 38 Houston 17
Atlanta 34 Detroit 21
Tennessee 17 Jacksonville 10
Baltimore 17 Cincinnati 10
Philadelphia 38 St. Louis 3
Carolina 26 San Diego 24
Chicago 29 Indianapolis 13
NY Jets 20 Miami 14
Buffalo 34 Seattle 10
New Orleans 24 Tampa Bay 20
New England 17 Kansas City 10
Arizona 23 San Fransisco 13
Dallas 28 Cleveland 10
Green Bay 24 Minnesota 19
Denver 41 Oakland 14 Continue reading "NFL SCOREBOARD"