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Re: Life at the speed of sports By Duff McKagan Special to ESPN.com
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written by Duff McKagan: Life changes rapidly at the speed of sports, nearly everywhere -his weekly column @ESPN http://es.pn/fBXc7U
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Doug Pensinger/Getty ImagesMike Tomlin's Steelers lost the Super Bowl, but the Pittsburgh coach won big for manning up to the facts.
Jan. 8 and 9 was "Wildcard Weekend" in the NFL. The Jets beat the Colts. Packers over Eagles. Seahawks bested the Saints, etc.
On Jan. 10, Auburn beat Oregon 22-19 in the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game.
Jan. 1 marked the beginning of 2011. Do you remember where you were on New Year's Eve?
The movie "The Fighter," starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg, came out Dec. 19. In my opinion, the best movie of the season, and the best sports movie in a long, long time ("human sports" for all of you now shouting "But what about 'Seabiscuit'?!").
Santa Claus came to the McKagan house on Dec. 25. On Christmas Eve, we all watched "A Christmas Story."
On Dec. 19, the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the New York Jets, 22-17.
Four days later, on Dec. 23, the Steelers turned it around on the hapless Carolina Panthers, 27-3.
On Jan. 3, most of our K thru 12th-grade kids went back to school this year.
On Dec. 27, a blizzard hit New York, Boston, and most of the Northeast United States, burying cities in knee-deep snow and stranding countless thousands at airports around the country. Where were you?
Jan. 25 saw Motorhead start yet another world tour, this time for "The World Is Yours." Their gig in Anaheim, Calif., was so loud that Angels fans shouldn't be surprised if they can still hear remnants of the song "Ace Of Spades" reverberating around Angel Stadium come the first week of April when baseball season starts.
On Jan. 16, the Los Angeles Clippers beat the L.A. Lakers. I never did like the Lakers -- who, do-or-die, will always be an arch-enemy to my Seattle SuperSonics. Oh yeah, that's right, they were stolen from us.
On Dec. 22 at the Maaco Las Vegas Bowl, No. 10 Boise St. beat No. 19 Utah 26-3.
Feb. 6 at his Super Bowl postgame news conference, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin showed us all what having fortitude and balls is by stating that his team just simply got outplayed. No excuses. No B.S.
Jan. 19 brought us the return of NBC's "The Office." Oh, yeah!
On Feb 5, Desmond Howard "tweets that Phil Simms threatened him at some Super Bowl week pre-function after a spat over Howard's criticism about Simms' son as a college QB. Now, while I find this all intriguing, whatever happened to some good ol' fisticuffs in the back alley? Ah, the "Information Age" has had its "weenie effect" on even the toughest of us all, I guess …
Feb. 7 is when we all start the "pitchers and catchers report to spring training" talk on AM sports radio.
On Dec. 18, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 11,491.91. To this date, the DJIA has gone up roughly 706 points, to 12,197.00.
At 11 p.m. PT, Jan. 4, my first ESPN.com column appears. In that introductory piece, I state clearly that I am not a sportswriter.
At 11:05 p.m. PT, Jan. 4, a comment appears to my column from an anonymous and obviously miffed poster, asking why I am writing for ESPN, "he is not even a sportswriter!"
n Jan. 17, Ricky Gervais serves as host for the Golden Globe Awards show. He raises quite the ruckus whilst offending pretty much everyone in the room. Here is an example: "I hired him to star in a remake of a show I starred in, which he's now leaving, killing a cash cow for both of us. Please welcome Tina Fey and the ungrateful Steve Carell!"
On Jan. 4, Apple announced that the iPhone 4 will be available through Verizon; the people go crazy!
Jan. 17, Brett Favre files retirement paperwork with the league office of the NFL.
On Dec. 31, the Rex Ryan foot-fetish scandal takes root.
Why am I bringing up all of these random dates? I am just trying to bring some scope to how bad it has been for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season. All of the above-mentioned things have happened since …
Dec. 18, 2010. The last time that the Cleveland Cavaliers won a game, beating the Knicks 109-102.
Musician Duff McKagan, who writes for Seattle Weekly, has written for Playboy.com and is finishing his autobiography, writes a weekly sports column for ESPN.com.
Re: Life at the speed of sports By Duff McKagan Special to ESPN.com
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McKagan's Music Playlist
The Life asked columnist Duff McKagan to give us a glimpse into what music he has been listening to lately. Here's what he had to say:
In 1996, with the average age of the band being 16, Loudermilk made their first LP "Man With Gun." Given the age of this band, this first record was an insanely majestic and dark record that started the inevitable major-label bidding war.
The result was "The Red Record" (iTunes | Amazon), made down in Los Angeles in 2000 and 2001 with the full host of "it" producers of that time. This record is amazing, and of course it died a quick death. It was just too different then, I suppose. May I present, Loudermilk:
"Estrogen, Oxygen, Aches In My Teeth Again" ("The Red Record")
"California" ("The Red Record")
"Kreates A Presence To Blush" ("The Red Record")
In my opinion, every song on this record is special and different and really, anything I would have to comment on any of them would be just dumb words … pale and hollow if set against this majestic body of musical work.
