October 2, 2008 – 2:03 pm by California Correspondent
I’m betting against “Barklays”, since it’s spelled wrong. And I’m putting money on Goldman taking the title.
October 2, 2008 – 9:41 am by King Ing
Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price made a unbelievable save against the Detroit Red Wings Brian Rafalski a couple nights ago. I can’t imagine the reflexes involved in tending goal, but this play took it to another level.
-Hattrick to PuckDaddy
[ A good cause ]
October 1, 2008 – 8:55 pm by California Correspondent
If you’d like to write a guest post on SportsCracklePop while supporting kids in under-funded schools, please keep reading….
DonorsChoose.org is an organization that provides resources for high-need public schools, and today they launched their 2008 Blogger Challenge where they’ve invited bloggers and their readers to compete by purchasing resources for these kids in need.
We’ve setup a SportsCracklePop community page on their site and we’ve selected teachers who are in need of sports equipment (soccer balls, basketballs, footballs, and more) as well as classroom materials (like books for improving literacy). In reality, after school sports and physical education are two of the first things to get cut when a school is operating on a tight budget (along with music programs), and the problem is compounded by the fact that kids in poverty-level schools don’t have parents who can enroll them in sports programs or encourage physical fitness. You can visit our page and donate any amount of money, which will go directly to purchasing these things.
You might ask, so, what’s in this for you? Well…in addition to you feeling good about making a donation to a worthwhile cause, we will award the SportsCraklePop reader who makes the largest donation a free guest post on SportsCracklePop. Yes, you can link drop your buddies website and give a shout out to your mom — plus your donation might actually go to purchasing a baseball bat for the next Derek Jeter or a basketball for the next Lebron James.
We’re competing against a bunch of other bloggers in raising money for these kids — and we invite the other sports blogs to participate and try to beat us. Yes, WithLeather, Cuzoogle, YardBarker, DeadSpin, World of Isaac, Extra Mustard, SportsByBrooks, BallHype, TheBigLead, Duece of Davenport, and all you other sports blogs, please create a page on DonorsChoose and see if your readers can raise more money than ours!
The Blogger Challenge just started today and got a good write up in Fortune. We’ve embedded our widget below to show our progress. I started things off with a $100 donation to provide track & field equipment for a track team at a high poverty middle school in Lawrenceville, Georgia. We’ll post the widget in our sidebar to keep track of our progress.
NOTE: When you donate to a classroom project, Donor’s Choose actually purchases the items the classroom needs and sends it right to the teacher. So those basketballs that you buy for the high school in the Bronx are bought by Donor’s Choose and go straight to the teachers. And all donations are tax-deductible. Please join us in this good cause!
October 1, 2008 – 5:09 pm by Justin
This gem comes from Newsday Knicks writer Alan Hahn.
Eddy Curry has been dealing with a stomach bug for the first couple days of camp. In the old days, that might have led management and fans to once again question the big center’s physical fitness or commitment to team.
But not Mike D’Antoni. He sees the brightside in Curry’s illness:
October 1, 2008 – 12:54 pm by Justin
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Round two is underway. check out the bracket.
Today’s matchup:
1. Bill Belichick vs. 3. Bobby Petrino
Bigger Douche
- 1. Bill Belichick (55%)
- 3. Bobby Petrino (45%)
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October 1, 2008 – 12:30 pm by King Ing
Since we at Sports Crackle Pop are so awesome at everything, we decided to give you our predictions for the MLB postseason. Pay attention as we will bring this up again as the come true (or delete the post when everything goes wrong).
Justin
AL
Rays over White Sox in 5
Angels over Red Sox in 4
ALCS: Angels over Rays in 5
NL
Brewers over Phillies in 5
Cubs over Dodgers in 4
NLCS: Cubs over Brewers in 4
World Series: Angels over Cubs in 5
October 1, 2008 – 10:53 am by King Ing
What happened to Hank? Page Six reports that Kendra Wilkinson was seen with the “Girls Gone Wild” head Joe Francis around Miami.
“They were making out at Karu&Y on Friday before Francis went to club Heathrow. There, an onlooker said, “He was texting Kendra on his BlackBerry all night until she finally showed up at 2 a.m. . . . they stayed out until 5.” Francis told us, “If you were Kendra and you looked at the Playboy stock price lately [which closed at $3.94 yesterday, down from $12 a year ago], wouldn’t you think about upgrading, too?”
One bad game from Hank Baskett and he gets waived. Not a good look!
October 1, 2008 – 9:28 am by King Ing
How come this never happens to me? I guess David Beckham is a big fan of the show “Entourage.” He was at Jermaine Dupri’s birthday party in Chicago when Becks thought he met the real “Lloyd.” There was one problem:
Lucky bastard. I went to Chicago and all I did was get verbally assaulted by disgruntled Bears fans. Typical!
[ Highlight Reel ]
October 1, 2008 – 8:34 am by King Ing
The MLB playoff picture is now complete as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins thanks in part to the pitching of John Danks and the moon-blast from Jim Thome. Now lets see if they can get over the celebratory hangover and beat the upstart Rays.
Look for the Sports Crackle Pop playoff predictions later today.
-H/T AwfulAnnouncing
