http://www.fantivity.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 21 May 2008 20:12:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Perfectly suited for a Fantivity response, the inquiries of Arlen Specter into the Spygate scandal must be speedily addressed by Your Humble Blogger. Check out Matt Burke's article at TheLiveFeed.net, for a pro new England stance. Dandies, look below. A sweet-song poem, a Haiku, this moment thou hath spake: Beholden: hatching ... http://www.fantivity.com/2008/05/21/the-specter-of-spygate/ Q: Mr. President, you haven’t been golfing in recent years. Is that related to Iraq? A: Yes, it really is. I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as — to ... http://www.fantivity.com/2008/05/15/bush-sacrifices-golf-thousands-of-young-blogs/ I hope that title wasn’t offensive to anybody out there. I was merely trying to say that as a Sports-Politics blog, the Olympics are pretty much our wheelhouse. The Olympics really capture what we’re trying to do here at Fantivity, because the nature of the event demands that politics spoil ... http://www.fantivity.com/2008/05/05/the-olympics-fantivity%e2%80%99s-bread-and-soy-sauce/ President Bush welcomed the Super Bowl champion New York Giants to the White House the other day, giving a warm speech which ran thorough the entire Giants season. You can watch an excerpt of the best parts here on YouTube. It’s traditional for the President to welcome championship sports teams ... http://www.fantivity.com/2008/05/02/underdog-new-york-giants-defeat-winless-white-house/ Caleb Campbell, a graduate of West Point’s army officer academy and star linebacker for the Army Black Knights, was drafted by the Detroit Lions this past weekend. The Lions’ newest rookie is headed to training camp, when just a few days ago he was all set to serve in Iraq ... http://www.fantivity.com/2008/05/01/caleb-campbell-is-the-reverse-pat-tillman/ Barack Obama played basketball against the North Carolina Tar Heels the other day. Obama has been playing more and more pickup games these days, but this one was of particular note because he played with some of the best college players in the country, including Tyler “Psycho-T” Hansbrough. Will Obama then ... http://www.fantivity.com/2008/04/30/obama-takes-break-pounding-psycho-b-plays-hoops-with-psycho-t/ A Congressman from Hawaii is taking on the Bowl Championship Series, or BCS, the organization which ranks college football teams and ultimately decides who plays in the big-money bowl games, including the national championship. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) is playing the role of aloof gumshoe, putting forth a bill that would ... http://www.fantivity.com/2008/04/29/superhero-congressman-justice-beams-college-football-monopoly-goons/ Barack Obama played three-on-three basketball with a few students at a Kokomo, Indiana high school. Apparently the Illinois Senator agreed to play a pickup basketball game against the student who registered the highest number of new voters. You can click here to watch the local TV news story about the ... http://www.fantivity.com/2008/04/28/obama-schools-high-schoolers/ Boxing is the Best Sports Metaphor for the 2008 Presidential Primaries John McCain knocks out Mitt Romney in the third round. Obama dances around Clinton, bobbing and weaving, and keeping out of reach so that he can win on points at the final bell. But wait, the judges are taking an ... http://www.fantivity.com/2008/04/25/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-final-decision/ In case you haven’t seen any coverage of the presidential primaries, you ought to note that there’s an alarming, if not entirely new trend that’s taking over the political punditry: using sports metaphors. It’s hard to describe anything, especially a competition like the Democratic and Republican primaries without dipping your ... http://www.fantivity.com/2008/04/23/the-search-for-the-perfect-sports-metaphor-for-the-primaries-enters-the-ninth-inning/