Poor Richard's Scorecard

A Thoroughly Un-American Confession Regarding the Winter Olympics

I have a problem of Olympian proportions: I am nowhere near as into the 2010 Winter Olympic Games as I feel I should be. I know that The World Is Watching. I know that America's Greatest Athletes Are Striving for Olympic Gold. I know that every athlete there has a charming back story meant to entice me to fall in love for the 45 seconds or so he or she is on-screen.

Philadelphia Fans, Profanely Preserving Childhood Memories for Generations

Any broadcaster planning on augmenting his or her World Series commentary with the usual tired reference to the infamous booing of Santa Claus by Philadelphia fans is advised to read this, from a response to a question on Ask Metafilter from a Yankees fan who wants to watch the Series in a Center City bar "where I won't be lynched":

Same Great Coverage, Now In More Places Than Ever!

Time for a little shifting around here at Poor Richard's Scorecard. Recently I became aware that Examiner.com, a national blogging network that's developing a presence in various regions around the country, was in need of Philadelphia sports bloggers. I applied and, lo and behold, they brought me on board. So for the foreseeable future I'll be posting most of my sports-related observations there, but linking to them here just to keep you aware of things. Non-sports posts examining the silliness we know as Philadelphia will continue to appear here.

A Open Letter to John Gonzalez

Dear John (note that it's not "Dear Gonzo"; more on that later),

Welcome!

As an Inquirer subscriber and longtime local blogger, I'm happy to have a younger, less ossified voice spilling ink in the region's paper of record. You have a week's worth of columns under your belt by now, so the rest of us are getting a feel for what we can expect out of you: Sports and pop culture mixed together, to be sure, with more irreverence than is usually seen in the Inky's pages. A Philadelphia-oriented Bill Simmons, if you will, which is rather what lots of us here in the Phlogosphere have aspired to.

Some random thoughts, observations, and bits of advice that are worth every nickel you paid for them: