X It Out

Posted by Max On March - 1 - 2010

To help understand why Michigan fell from a #15 preseaon ranking to two games under .500 overall and four games in the Big Ten, our crack statistical team here at WLA.com have created another PUNCH YOU IN THE MOUTH Graphic.
[Note: These graphs are interactive, due to the amazing powers of the internet and represent actual [...]

Laval Lucas-Perry Goes For Participation Medal

Posted by CPS On February - 28 - 2010

February 27 – 14 minutes, 0/1 shooting, 0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists.
By now we’ve tried our best, dear reader, to let you know that Laval Lucas-Perry exists.  Really, he does.  He’s always been there, living life just below the water level.  Subtle.  Undetected.  Impalpable.
But did you know that Laval has been extending his mere [...]

West Virginia is Still Butt Hurt

Posted by chrisgocomment On February - 26 - 2010

When Rich Rodriguez left West Virginia University in December of 2007 chaos ensued.  Rodriguez spurned his alma-mater for greener pastures and left behind a jilted school and community that obviously was and is too sensitive to handle the departure.
We are now over 2 years past that sloppy divorce, and since then things haven’t gotten any [...]

FIFA World-Mastery: The Official Power Rankings

Posted by SethPa On March - 5 - 20107 COMMENTS
Every four years, the stars align. The Winter Olympics fizzle out, having fallen victim to their own inherent uselessness; dejected non-American, non-Norwegian, non-German sportsfans turn to drink, licentiousness, and ABDC to dull the pain of yet another humiliation. But then a screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now. It’s the fanfare introducing the return of World-Mastery, la Copa Mundial, the FIFA World Cup. Indeed: the only compelling international sporting event—except the World Junior Football Classic, which is always a gripper—you’re going to get for the rest of the year.

All reactionary rumors to the contrary notwithstanding, this is and remains a resolutely internationalist e-blog. Much like the publications of the International Workingman’s Association, which earned their pride of place by lending an ear to EVERY tale of exploitation, to those set in Erfurt as well as in Manchester, the WLA insists upon the importance of keeping up with global affairs. The rhythm of the ticking clock impels us toward that time and place, 95 days hence in South Africa, when the bol is first footed and the game’s truly afoot.

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Popularity: 11%

X It Out

Posted by Max On March - 1 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

To help understand why Michigan fell from a #15 preseaon ranking to two games under .500 overall and four games in the Big Ten, our crack statistical team here at WLA.com have created another PUNCH YOU IN THE MOUTH Graphic.

[Note: These graphs are interactive, due to the amazing powers of the internet and represent actual stats.]

Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 20%

Laval Lucas-Perry Goes For Participation Medal

Posted by CPS On February - 28 - 20101 COMMENT

February 27 – 14 minutes, 0/1 shooting, 0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists.

By now we’ve tried our best, dear reader, to let you know that Laval Lucas-Perry exists.  Really, he does.  He’s always been there, living life just below the water level.  Subtle.  Undetected.  Impalpable.

But did you know that Laval has been extending his mere presence to other sports besides basketball?  It’s true.  Of course, you would never have noticed even if it was staring you right in the face.  He’s that good.

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Popularity: 18%

West Virginia is Still Butt Hurt

Posted by chrisgocomment On February - 26 - 201010 COMMENTS

When Rich Rodriguez left West Virginia University in December of 2007 chaos ensued.  Rodriguez spurned his alma-mater for greener pastures and left behind a jilted school and community that obviously was and is too sensitive to handle the departure.

We are now over 2 years past that sloppy divorce, and since then things haven’t gotten any better for Rodriguez.  He’s gone 8-16 over 2 seasons and is now facing an NCAA investigation to boot.  The media in Detroit has been merciless in their dedication to pound whatever is left of Rodriguez’s will and desire to build his program, and there are questions abound about whether or not figures within the Athletic Department at Michigan even support him fully.

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Popularity: 34%

BOOM MALLETT’D

Posted by Maize4Blue On February - 25 - 20102 COMMENTS

 

Popularity: 38%