Clyde E. Dawkins
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I'm a big sports fan, especially hockey, and I've been a fan of villainesses since I was eight! My favorite shows are The Simpsons and Family Guy, etc.
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CFL Week 20 Recap: Close to the Finish Line
We are down to the final week of the season, but let's take a look back at Week 20, the penultimate week. Only three games were played in Week 20, the last abbreviated week of the season, but the only one with any relevance was the game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Ottawa Redblacks. No, I'm not just saying that because I'm an Argos fan. It's because the other two games had nothing to play for. The lone Friday game featured the Calgary Stampeders and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, two of the three eliminated teams this year. TiCats blasted the Stamps to kick off Week 20. The other game featured the BC Lions and the Montréal Alouettes--two teams who were locked in to their playoff positions. The Lions won, 27-3, to finish at 9-9 this season.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
So Nice, It Has to be Said Twice
The Colorado Avalanche are on the verge of getting back on track, having won three straight games after a strange and odd 0-4 start. The streak started with an overtime win against the Anaheim Ducks, and it was followed by wins in San Jose and Seattle--the latter coming in the NHL's annual Frozen Frenzy evening. Regarding Game 8, this was the last leg of the Avs' three-game road trip, and for the first time ever, we were in Salt Lake City against the Utah Hockey Club.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
2024 World Series Preview
A wild, crazy, and thrilling 2024 season will end with, perhaps, the greatest World Series in the last 30 years. I do love the Fall Classic, it's a terrific end to the marathon known as the baseball season. The World Series, in its current form, has existed since 1903, and had served as the only form of postseason baseball for almost seven decades. Since 1969, the road to the Fall Classic has added more bumps in the road, but the end result is always awesome.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
The Magic Number
Things are slowly looking up for the Colorado Avalanche. After an 0-4 start, the Avs have racked up back-to-back wins. Yes, the wins were against the Anaheim Ducks and the San Jose Sharks, not exactly the cream of the crop, but one has to crawl before one can walk. The win in San Jose was the first game in a brief three game road trip. Regarding Game 7 of this season, it would take place in Seattle against the Kraken.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
The Devil and Isadore Freleng
I mentioned before, in an earlier Looney Tunes story, that Friz Freleng does have an affinity for the macabre in his Looney Tunes cartoons. A big part of it is his depictions of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with three shorts playing out that story. But the affinity also includes an even darker depiction: the Devil. We have seen Heaven and Hell depicted in classic cartoons before. Tom and Jerry gave us the famous short, Heavenly Daze, where Tom ends up in Heaven after his latest chase, but faces heading to "the other place" if he can't receive documented forgiveness from Jerry.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
NFL Week 7 Recap: Cleveland, You Will Have an October to Forget
Well, Cleveland, the worst is over? The first meeting this season between the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals began with a bang--an opening kickoff touchdown for the Bengals, and that...well...pretty much did it. This was a gift win for the Bengals, though it was much closer than it should have been. But the main story from the this game was DeShaun Watson. He ended up injured during that game and was out. Instantly, the update was that it was a torn ACL. He's done for the year. Again.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
What Went Wrong: Mets' Magical Run Ends in LA
Wow! What a run, huh? I've said many times before that the scrutiny that has been hurled towards the New York Mets has been unfair. Yes, it's easy to make fun of the Mets and say that the team's a bunch of screwups, but here's the thing: they've won a pennant in the last decade. Until a few days ago, not even the Yankees could say that. The sentiment a few months ago was that this season was dead, the Mets would not go anywhere, and Pete Alonso would be gone after this year. Even as the Atlanta Braves struggled due to an immense number of injuries, nobody had the Mets joining the postseason party.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
An Ice COLT Glass of Juice
The Colorado Avalanche were coming off finally picking up Win #1 in this young 2024-25 season, which is actually our 30th season since moving out of Quebec City (our 29th in play). The Avs defeated the Anaheim Ducks in overtime for our first win of the season; vibes are positive, and now, it was time to go back-to-back. Our opponents for Game #6 were the San Jose Sharks. It's always interesting when the Avs and Sharks get together, and I'm speaking as an Avs fan who remembers those early years when the Avs and Sharks were both strong playoff contenders. Sadly, those days are behind both teams, especially the Sharks, who are still rebuilding and trying to get something going in the midst of their longest playoff drought in franchise history.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
What Went Wrong: 76 Years
First off, let's get the happiness part over with! The New York Yankees are in the World Series for the first time since 2009! Now, I know that 15 years is a cup of coffee in baseball. I'm not one of those "woe is me" Yankees fans who act like 15 years without a pennant is the end of the world, when so many other teams have it much worse. But even so, this is a huge deal, and I'm over the moon! So yeah, I am in happiness overload right now.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
Top Scoring Players on Fantasy Football (Week 6)
We are currently in the pivotal weeks of the Fantasy Football season. Not close to playoffs yet, but Week 6 (which came and went) truly is the final week before struggling teams may have to call it a season. It's usually in this part of the season that the trade offers come in, as Fantasy trade deadlines are usually about a month away--if that.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
Fifth Time's the Charm
Boy, did we need this! The Colorado Avalanche were 0-4 for the first time since the 1998-99 season, which actually ended with the Avs winning the newly formed Northwest Division and falling one win short of reaching the Stanley Cup Final. So based on that, while this 0-4 start sucks, it's not the end of the world. But even so, we needed a win. 1998-99 was also the last time the Avs went winless in our first five games of the season; that year saw the Avs tie our fifth game of the season.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Unbalanced
