Watching winning baseball is a lot of fun. While I wouldn’t exactly say the world’s at my feet, at least I had a handful of respectful Friday night options. Ultimately I decided to reward the New York Yankees for a solid week of work by grabbing a pizza, two liter of cola and staying in … Read More
Let’s make one thing abundantly clear before proceeding. When on the pages of MoranAlytics you’ll refer to Kenny Loggins as “Sir” Kenny Loggins. You’ll do so without fail. Neglecting to address the utlimate movie soundtrack performer of all the times as anything other than Sir Kenny Loggins will find you eternally banished in these eyes. If … Read More
It took nine games to arrive there but the New York Yankees got over the .500 hump tonight. Aaron Hicks went deep twice to deliver all the offense, Luis Severino was superb on the bump and the highly touted tandem of Dellin Betances and Aroldis Chapman closed the door on the Tampa Rays as the … Read More
I woke up this morning and within minutes was ready to throw up all over my laptop rather than enjoy my breakfast. It’s not attributed to food poisoning, drinking expired milk or an illness such as cough due to cold No, it’s because of a Tweet from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport—that bastard. According to Rapoport … Read More
If you want to be the one that categorizes “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” as Cyndi Lauper’s signature song you’re within your rights. However, I have but one ditty of hers on this countdown and which one for me is a no-brainer. “Time After Time” is an exquisite love song. With the exception of my … Read More
Through four innings at least, the Tampa Rays completely muzzled the sweltering New York Yankee bats. The way the Bomber offense is going these days, that’s not nearly enough. The Yanks trailed, 3-0 going into their half of the fifth inning before exploding for eight unanswered runs over the next three frames and winning, 8-4 It’s … Read More
I hope the Buffalo Sabres can begin reversing their fortunes next season, if for no other incentive than Tim Murray staying on as general manager forever. Unlike so many executives and their vanilla commentary, a Tim Murray presser is typically pure gold. Whereas the Sabres 2016-17 campaign yet again left fans disenchanted, Wednesday’s 31 minute, … Read More
Being born and raised in the great state of New York, it can’t be overstated how smooth Billy Joel is. He’s a New York City icon and his music is treasured by New Yorkers everywhere. If he couldn’t get any cooler, the dude dated supermodels and not just any — we’re talking Elle Macpherson and … Read More
I was praying Smackdown would kick off with paramedics wheeling out the corpse of Roman Reigns— still strapped on the stretcher from Monday night thanks to our conqueror Braun Strowman and revealed as the newest member of the brand. That didn’t happen. Oh well. ♦ Instead, the show in Boston opened with newcomer Kevin Owens … Read More
There’s two things I recall so vividly when “Papa Don’t Preach” was released in 1986—Instantaneously it turned into one of my favorite Madonna songs (with plenty of other contenders), and even more so the total shit-storm it caused from haters protestors. Critics in general and women particularly lost their damn minds over some of the lyrics— … Read More
