Posted by Zach Bigalke on January 27, 2011 · 1 Comment
For the second straight year, we’re left wondering what might have been as Rafael Nadal fell in the quarterfinals on a Wednesday in Melbourne. Last year it was a knee injury that derailed his bid to repeat as the Australian Open champion following his breakthrough 2009 victory, causing him to withdraw from his match against Andy Murray while already down two sets to love. This year, once again overworked on a schedule that was pared down to... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on January 20, 2011 · 1 Comment
So here it is, Twenty-Eleven, and it’s about time I get the first edition of A Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America out of my brain and into the vortex for the fanatical consumption of the masses. One week’s absence was anticipated, as I have been compiling my first treatise on sports in the ardent hope it hits the presses by this spring. The lack of the column a second week was due primarily to finally catching the cold that my wife has been... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on January 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Only once before in the 90-year rivalry between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers have the two teams squared off for a spot in the NFL title game. That was seventy years ago, when Green Bay and Chicago finished the 1941 regular season with identical 10-1 records. They also split the season series, each winning on their rival’s turf and conceding defeat at home. When all was said and done, it all came down to one game, a week after the... Read More
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