The Flip Side
Mr. Flip emerges each week, bag on head, to seek out impertinent stories from the world of sports. It's not that he's hiding from you. He just doesn't want you to know who he is.
April 27, 2009
The Flip Side: A clothes call or 2
It could be the movie sequel no one is waiting for, starring Brandi Chastain: Dude, Where's My Bra?
April 13, 2009
The Flip Side: The height of ridiculousness?
Don't want no short people? That might be fine for Randy Newman, but don't tell it to the York Revolution.
March 30, 2009
The Flip Side: CBS' Bill Raftery knows his onions, and more
We've just completed another NCAA tournament with CBS' Bill Raftery, whose distinctive phrasing makes him a less annoying Dick Vitale. A recent piece in The New York Times reports that Raftery hasn't limited his jargon to basketball broadcasts.
March 23, 2009
The Flip Side: Pet dog inspires fetching career
The boxing business certainly can be a dog-eat-dog world. That's something world champion Manny Pacquiao should know.
March 16, 2009
The Flip Side: How to go deep in your pool
Once again, in his role as public servant, Mr.Flip advises you on how to fill out your NCAA tournament bracket, making you the envy of everyone in your office pool. (As opposed to a regular pool, where Mr. Flip's appearance elicits not envy, but pity for Mrs. Flip.)
March 2, 2009
The Flip Side: Color NFL market on eBay black and gold
Wow, talk about having too much time on your hands.
February 16, 2009
The Flip Side: Expanding Games' pool of athletes?
It sounds like an idea for a Saturday Night Live sketch, but if England's Olympics minister has her way, you could see male synchronized swimming at the London Games in 2012.
February 9, 2009
The Flip Side: Hypnosis: One way to keep players' heads in game
Whatever happened to making the team run laps?
January 26, 2009
The Flip Side: Have I got a proposition for you
It's no secret that much interest in the NFL is driven by gambling. The Super Bowl, therefore, is the ultimate stop for the "proposition" bet, which, given that we're dealing with a Roman numeraled event in all its overblown glory, long ago went beyond the simple "Who will score the first touchdown?"
January 19, 2009
The Flip Side: Family court: Player's brother upset by noncall
Normally, nonplayers wait until after the game to come onto the basketball court. But in the same week in which Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban drew a $25,000 fine from the NBA for walking out to confront the Denver Nuggets' J.R. Smith, Cuban was topped by an incident at the Providence-Marquette game Saturday night.
January 12, 2009
The Flip Side: A lot of sour notes in Music City
Let's just enjoy the Ravens' 13-10 win Saturday over the Tennessee Titans in Nashville. Mr. Flip certainly would not want to engage in any mean-spirited, small-minded trolling of, say, The Tennessean's Web site in order to pass along the comments for the amusement of fans here reveling in the Ravens' success.
January 5, 2009
The Flip Side: Scorecard needed for this team
Keeping up when you're a Kardashian apparently means hooking up with an athlete.
December 8, 2008
The Flip Side: Let Phelps have fun, Beard says
Go easy on Michael Phelps. That's the message from fellow Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard.
September 15, 2008
The Flip Side: On SNL, in a bit over his head
Say this much for Michael Phelps: At least he didn't fall down. Baltimore's swimming superstar didn't exactly add a ninth gold medal for his Saturday Night Live performance. Here are a few reviews:
August 18, 2008
The Flip Side
Heady moment
And now for another episode of "Great Minds Think Alike."
June 14, 2007
The Flip Side
Ripken bobbleheads a nod to resale market
It didn't take long. The Orioles gave away a Cal Ripken Jr. bobblehead doll Sunday, and now, they are on eBay.
March 21, 2007
The Flip Side
Watered down? Not this swimming event
So how much better would swimming be if Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe could have kicked at each other beneath the surface while racing?
January 11, 2007
The Flip Side
Late-night laughs with Cal and Tony
In case you didn't stay up late last night, Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn read the Top 10 list on David Letterman's show. Here are Ripken's "Good Things About Being Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame":
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