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A Genius Is A Guy Like Norman Einstein

hroman — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:59:37 +0000

We had to endure three tedious, lopsided matches, and the prospect of a lost weekend before we got a decent NFL playoff game. But boy, was it ever decent. Here’s hoping this mini-quiz is as exciting as the Cardinals/Packers tilt was.

The following are OLD logos that current NFL teams once used as either their primary or alternate logos. Can you identify all twelve teams? Good luck.

Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like Some Sort Of Honey Producing Arthropod

hroman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:28:40 +0000

This past Sunday, two athletes added to their already legendary dominance. In honor of their achievements, here’s a quiz that requires you to identify athletic “giants” from a variety of sports. You know what to do.

(Yeah, chess may not be a sport, but nerds can dream!)

CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING ATHLETES?

Click Here To Start (HAPPY SCHEMING)


Tennis	Golf	Basketball

Baseball	American Football	Hockey

Auto Racing	Swimming	Boxing

Football	Gymnastics	Chess

Now Where Have I Seen This Before?

hroman — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:18:32 +0000

Is TSN having an identity crisis?

First, you had this:

Then, there was this:

Followed immediately by this:

Now, there’s this:

I SENSE A TREND

Next perhaps we’ll see this?

No Rose Without A Thorn, Or Love Without A Rival

hroman — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:45:03 +0000

Oh, it’s on.

We’re All Individuals, We’re All Individuals

hroman — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:10:22 +0000

On Saturday, my chances of winning my NCAA pool slipped down the proverbial drain of despair when UCONN lost to Michigan State. I had a whole 10 bucks riding on that game.

Perhaps you’ll have better luck with this short quiz than I did with my pool. The task is to identify the NAME (and team if you like) of the following sports mascots.

Happy Scheming.

(click on any image for a slightly better view)

Follow-Up: One of the four NHL mascots pictured above is also the league’s oldest mascot. Which one is it?

Follow-Follow-Up: In the Simpsons Episode “Dancin’ Homer,” Homer Simpson gets to share the stage with which legendary Capital City mascot?

The Zephyrs Playing Me The Fool

hroman — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:49:16 +0000

April Fool’s day should be renamed “smother-some-feces-on-everyone-day,” for all I’m concerned.

This past Wednesday, my employer played a cruel – nay, dastardly! – trick on its employees*.

As a preface, I’d like to inform people that I work for an employer (insert disclaimer here!) whose industry peers include an organization that owns a majority stake in Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment (aka the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors). Additionally, rumors surfaced about a week ago that owner George Gillett was interested in selling the Montreal Canadiens hockey franchise.

Using that as kindling, the communications group sent out an employees-only wire with a headline stating that the company had purchased a major stake in the Montreal Canadiens. From the mini-prelude above, you’ll note that this was not out of the realm of possibility. I was ready to call everyone I knew to announce I was by default a part-owner of the Canadiens – the team I grew up cheering for! A boy’s dream come true – (that is, after you realize you’re not good enough to play the sport for a living). Everything was right in the world.

Needless to say, it only took me a few minutes of re-reading the communique to realize what was going on – but not after I had fooled myself into thinking how awesome this could be.

*(In all honesty it was a well-executed piece of bravura).

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And now for something completely different.
Last night’s Cavs-Wizards basketball game was an exercise in enlightenment. For it seems that the Washington Wizards, for a brief period from 1962-1963, were known as the Chicago Zephyrs. In a remembrance of things past, the Wizards wore vintage “Zephyrs” jerseys (not so much throwbacks, but still very nice).

I must say, despite not having worn a jersey of any kind since high school, I want one. Even if it is for the sole purpose of telling Mattingly to shave those sideburns.