Cleaning out the Inbox

     Time to clean the inbox and post some articles that have piled up.

Awful Announcing writes of the San Francisco Giants announcing team of Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow's recent appearance on the Starkville podcast.

The duo, who I believe is the best pair in the game, discussed their health issues from recent years, how long they plan on continuing to call games, and how they plan on exiting the scene when the time arrives.

The Ring The Damn Bell blog writes of the downfall of the 1980s tag team "The New Breed".

Sean Royal and Chris Champion appeared to be on the horizon of becoming stars and champions before a car accident put the brakes on their rising career.

The momentum slowed after their return and soon after, the Breed were finished as a team.

The post talks to Sean Royal about the team, the accident, and how Royal tried to end the team before the comeback due to his bitterness towards Champion.

The Athletic writes of the Minnesota Timberwolves' decision to start veteran reserve Joe Ingles in a game against the New Orleans Pelicans.

Ingles is the father of an autistic son who couldn't last more than a minute or two watching a game, but on the first night, he was able to watch the entire game. Ingles, who is a seldom-used reserve, didn't play.

The game against the Pelicans was the final game of the year for the Ingles family, who were returning to their home in Florida after the contest.

Coach Chris Finch decided to make sure Ingles would play by starting Ingles.

Ingles didn't score in six minutes of play, but Minnesota won, stopping a losing streak.

I'm not sure how many of you remember Pro Beach Hockey from 1998-2000, the made-for-television roller hockey league from ESPN, but Winnipeg Jets goaltender Chris Driedger's injury in 2022 led to  Driedger discovering the PBH and developing a soon-to-be-released documentary on the league.

The league, originally conceived by the man who brought you the Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling, David McLane, was shown afternoons on ESPN after the season had been taped and featured a ball rather than a puck, ramps behind each net, a two point shot for goals shot from a certain distance and of course played on roller skates.

Cleaning out the inbox-Sports Version

I've been so busy with coverage that the inbox has become quite filled.
As a result,I'll be splitting the inbox into two sections, sports and non-sports, which I'll reserve for another slow day!
We start with a terrific read about the best local TV broadcasting team in baseball and the main reason that I became a Giants fan, but it's more than a baseball article-its about the friendship between Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper.
Krukow is quietly (for such a vocally upbeat guy) battling a muscle disease called Inclusion-Body Myositis that atrophies the muscles to the point of eventually requiring the use of a wheelchair.
It is nice to see that the two guys that make a team enjoyable to watch are good guys off the field as well...

Steve Wulf of ESPN looks

at the Cleveland Indians and their attempts to slowly step away from Chief Wahoo the beloved Indian logo.
Now, I am very sensitive to the Native American resentment of the Washington Redskins name and I can even see some problems with Wahoo, but I have to admit I'd miss the old guy.
Another issue for me is the dullness of the current Indians caps, the block C is painfully dull.
I could be fine with a return to the wishbone C (similar to the Reds) in either red or black as the team used in the '60s and early '70s, but the hat that I like the best that would not look like a ripoff of the Reds is the 74-78 hats.
I would like that best of all...

The Cleveland Plain Dealer has an article on a player that will likely be the Ohio State quarterback three or four years down the road in Massillon quarterback Danny Clark, who is committed to OSU, despite being just a high school sophomore.
Always interesting to hear about these guys before they hit the big time...

We wrap with two different articles on the recent football boom in Mississippi.
SBNation takes a look at the differences in the fan bases at Ole Miss and Mississippi State, while Wright Thompson, a tremendous ESPN writer, and Mississippi native. takes another tack in looking at the Mississippi people and how the programs affect a poor southern state's psyche...

That cleans the sports side until the next slow day when we hit the non-sports side...