http://davidferrell.com/blog The official blog Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:16:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en He's got the voice, but does he have the arm?  That was the question as I prepared for one of the more unusual experiences of my writing life--playing catch with famed tenor Placido Domingo on the field at Dodger Stadium. I've been remiss in not blogging about the event until now.  Several ... http://davidferrell.com/blog/?p=13 MEMO TO FABRICE SANTORO:  Buck up, man!  Cool it with the whining, cry-baby shtick.  Show some backbone. Santoro is the lily-livered professional tennis player who got blown out by Andy Roddick in the first round of the U.S. Open in New York.  Did I say professional? Santoro looked anything but as ... http://davidferrell.com/blog/?p=12 TODAY'S MUSING:   National Public Radio just aired yet another update on American casualties in Iraq.  Now there's a fascinating word:  casualties.   According to Webster's, the military usage refers to the loss of personnel from active service due to "death, injury, etc." Not to pick on NPR, which generally does a great ... http://davidferrell.com/blog/?p=11 No one's a bigger SportsCenter junkie than I am, but the geniuses at ESPN apparently missed--or chose to ignore, maybe for legal reasons--the significance of troubled Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones dropping his nickname, "Pacman." The network guys dutifully reported that Jones has asked the media to stop using the name as part of ... http://davidferrell.com/blog/?p=10 What a time of year for any sports fan. So far, the NBA and NHL playoffs have produced an abundant number of thrills, with more to follow. One of more fascinating angles has been the emergence, on a national stage, of the New Orleans Hornets' sensational Chris Paul. Paul's mastery of ... http://davidferrell.com/blog/?p=8 It's been three months since the New York Giants' stunning upset of the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, and I can't believe the sportswriting nation still hasn't come up with a suitable nickname for the desperate, game-changing pass from Eli Manning to David Tyree -- heralded by many, ... http://davidferrell.com/blog/?p=7 If you could ignore that it's tainted, and swallow Barry Bonds' straight-faced denial that it's tainted, the new all-time home-run brought us some great theater, at least. Bonds was fortunate enough to surpass Henry Aaron at home in San Francisco, where he is beloved. There was no doubt about the ... http://davidferrell.com/blog/?p=6 What a time to begin my blog!  The sports world (not to mention the world at large)  seems caught in a harmonic convergence of scandal and negativity.  The NBA is facing the greatest crisis of integrity, or lack of it, that any professional league has faced since 1919.  The NFL has the Michael ... http://davidferrell.com/blog/?p=5 Welcome to my blog.  Comments will begin soon. Thank you for reading! http://davidferrell.com/blog/?p=4