Mickey: We have a hostage situation, and I don’t think either Kevin Spacey or Samuel L. Jackson is walking through that door to save this team. Much has been written (in fact, full posts have been devoted to scanning the Interwebs to see everyone’s opinion) about Jake Delhomme’s utter decline and how he’s potentially bringing [...]
NFL Week 5 Status Meeting: Party in the USA
Mickey: When the Panthers schedule came out in the spring, I reviewed it and immediately emailed Joseph to ask, “Charlotte road trip October 11th?” That’s right, we signed up for the first official Cubicle GM field trip. Besides the inevitable epic battle betwixt the Panthers and Redskins that would pit the two of us against [...]
NFL Week 3 Status Meeting: Fandom as Masochism
Mickey: Three weeks in, and you should know the shape of your team. For me, tonight, this is incredibly disturbing. The Carolina Panthers have limped into the 2009 season, standing as one of six teams sitting at 0-3. In the eight games the Carolina Panthers have played in 2009 — one playoff game, four preseason [...]
The Cube Book Review: Shooting Stars by LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger
I would like to say I go to St. Vincent for the fine academics, but that would not be true. I go there to play basketball with three friends who have become my brothers, Little Dru and Sian and Willie. From the opening page of the prologue, you know the story of LeBron James and [...]
NFL Oh-Nine Previews: NFC North
Back when Smokey and I were doing our own thang at the Sports Brethren, we would double-team a weekly post about every Carolina Panthers game. We might not see eye-to-eye on everything, but we always brung the heat and the passion in our weekly chronicles of the NFL’s greatest team. Here at the Cube, we’re [...]
NFL Oh-Nine Previews: NFC East
Back when Smokey and I were doing our own thang at the Sports Brethren, we would double-team a weekly post about every Carolina Panthers game. We might not see eye-to-eye on everything, but we always brung the heat and the passion in our weekly chronicles of the NFL’s greatest team. Here at the Cube, we’re [...]
NFL Oh-Nine Previews: AFC East
Back when Smokey and I were doing our own thang at the Sports Brethren, we would double-team a weekly post about every Carolina Panthers game. We might not see eye-to-eye on everything, but we always brung the heat and the passion in our weekly chronicles of the NFL’s greatest team. Here at the Cube, we’re [...]
Friends in the MLB
Often in college, J. Price and I would sit around and talk about our athletic careers of yesteryear — specifically our baseball careers — and talk about how if this injury hadn’t occurred, or if that coach had just recognized our brilliance, we woulda seriously considered finding a little D-III school and tried to play [...]
Assassins to Watch, Bred in the Best City in the South
The NBA’s Summer League got off to its inoncuous start this past week. Not usually terribly fan-friendly for most followers of the League — or at least not a very meaningful exercise in fandom — this year has proven to be no exception, as only 21 of the 30 NBA franchises have actually fielded a [...]
Enjoying the Beauty of Summer Sports
I tend to travel more and pay a little less attention to the sporting world during the summer months. The Summer of Awesome 2009 has been no exception. I’ve traversed to Charlottesville, VA, Cancun, Mexico, Chicago, Illinois, and Washington, DC all in the past 10 weeks for various get-togethers with family and friends, and I’ve enjoyed the hell out of it.
Which makes it just a perfect time for the summer sports of golf and tennis.
