Monday, July 16, 2007

MONDAY JULY 16TH

Things have been a little hectic here at Coast2Coast's headquarters, so we're doing everything we can to keep bringing you news, notes, and other information from around the world of sports.

Be patient, please.


WHERE HAVE ALL THE RIVALRIES GONE? PART 2
In part two of this two-part series, Courtland Olson delves further into that question.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

TUESDAY JULY 10TH


<=> MLB All-Star Game, 8:07 pm Eastern, FOX - This time, it counts. Or something like that. Baseball's best go head-to-head in San Fransisco with the winning league earning home-field advantage in the World Series. Of course, there are other reason's to watch this game. Like Barry Bonds. Not only is he playing in the only stadium that won't boo him every time he breathes, but he's batting second. The last time Bonds batted second was either when he came in to pinch-hit on a double switch, or when he was half his current size and playing in Pittsburgh. The National League hasn't won since 1996, although they came close in 2002, which was also the year the American League didn't win either.





WHERE HAVE ALL THE RIVALRIES GONE? PART 1
In the first of a two-part series, Courtland Olson takes a look at the slowly-disappearing rivalry

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

TUESDAY JULY 3RD


- Gilbert Arenas loves video games, and if you want to pretend to almost maybe but not quite be like Agent 0 himself, you should play these titles.

- Apparently, Tank Johnson wasn't drunk when he was pulled over in Arizona a couple of weeks ago. It's good news for him, because he didn't do anything illegal - other than put himself in another situation that could only result in a negative outcome for himself. Which isn't really illegal - just dumb.



ONE CITY, TWO STORIES
Grant Tunkel looks at how the beginning of the NHL's free agency period hit New York, whose two teams went in opposite directions

Monday, July 2, 2007

MONDAY JULY 2ND

We here at Coast2Coast Sports would like to apologize for our absence from the Internet over the last couple of days. Some technical difficulties beyond our control (namely: thunderstorm-induced loss of Internet access) have prevented us from putting our blog up. But don't worry - we said we'd last longer than Roger Clemens, and so we'll keep on going.


- The Israel Baseball League survived its first week, and it looks like Bet Shemesh is already running away with it. The squad leads the 6-team league with a perfect 5-0 record, and the Blue Sox - yep, the Blue Sox - are led by 26-year old first baseman Johnny Lopez, who leads the team with four home runs in five games. Unfortunately, he doesn't appear to have a MySpace page, but some of his fellow league members do, and their pages can be found at this link on the league website.



I'LL MISS YOU, METRODOME
Courtland Olson gets all choked up a couple of years early and he reminisces about the Metrodome, which will close up at the decade's end.