Email Author Sean Pendergast

2009 Stories by Sean Pendergast

• Game Time: Stop Me If You've Heard This Before -- So The Texans Are Going To Tie The Game....

  published Nov 24, 2009

  There are certain teams around the NFL where having the national stage all to themselves -- say, on a Thursday night, Sunday night, or especially on Monday night -- is seen as just another day at the ... More >>

• Game Time: Texans Battle Titans Tonight In The Most Important Athletic Event In Our's Nation's History

  published Nov 23, 2009

  Ladies and gentlemen, I've been to Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and I can say without hyperbole that this is a million times worse than all of them put together." -- Kent Brockman, Channel 6, Spri... More >>

• Game Time: Rating The Smack Of Mark Mangino

  published Nov 20, 2009

  Less than two years removed from taking home the Bear Bryant Award which goes to college football's top head coach, Kansas coach Mark Mangino's mouth is getting him in trouble. No, I'm not talking abo... More >>

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  Game Time: The 10 Greatest Sopranos Episodes Of All Time

  published Nov 19, 2009

  rThe Sopranos is the greatest television show of all time. I know that sentence right there will be enough to start plenty of discussion, tweets, and emails, both in support of and in disagreement... More >>

• Game Time: Charlie Weis Getting Canned; Business Is About To Pick Up

  published Nov 18, 2009

  I remember my tenth grade Economics teacher Mr. Amstutz telling our class one time about how, whenever there's a recession or a depression, one thing that can "pull the economy out of the dumper is a ... More >>

• Game Time: In Defense Of TCU, An Open Letter To The Chron's Richard Justice

  published Nov 17, 2009

  Dear Richard,I'm not sure if you are aware of this but your Monday column entitled "10-0 TCU Not Equal of 10-0 Texas" has caused quite an uproar among the Horned Frog faithful. I am going to assume y... More >>

• Game Time: Road Trip Edition, The Middle And The End

  published Nov 16, 2009

  (Cue cheesy announcer voice:) "When we last left our our venerable 1560 The Game crew of Pendergast, Nuno and Ramzanali, they were checking into the Norman, Oklahoma Days Inn at 2:30 in the morning, r... More >>

• Game Time: Road Trip Edition

  published Nov 13, 2009

  At some point, there is an age you reach where climbing into an SUV with three of your buddies to drive a ridiculous distance to a backwater town to watch football, drink beer, fart, and pretend you'r... More >>

• Game Time: Bad Boys, What'cha Gonna Do

  published Nov 12, 2009

  That noise you hear is Florida coach Urban Meyer laughing his ass off. In case you missed it, news broke this morning that three University of Tennessee Volunteer football players -- freshman defensi... More >>

• Game Time: The Dysfunctional Macs

  published Nov 11, 2009

  I'm sure if all of you have heard, but Tracy McGrady has set a target date to return from microfracture surgery, and that date is November 18. What he's going to do once he comes back or whether he's... More >>

• Game Time: The Larry Johnson Situation

  published Nov 10, 2009

  Every spring I bring my kids to the Blue-Gold spring football game at the University of Notre Dame. Most seasons, we purchase tickets to that event that allow us (and several hundred other Notre Dame... More >>

• Game Time: Kick In The Junk...Wide Left

  published Nov 09, 2009

  I woke up Sunday morning thinking that things had to get better. After a week that started off with a right cross from Kobe, a left hook from the Yankees, and a sucker punch in the junk from Notre Da... More >>

• Game Time: The Cable Guy

  published Nov 06, 2009

  For most of his tenure in Oakland, Tom Cable has been your run-of-the-mill, overmatched, "dead man walking" NFL head coach. When he was hired last season in the wake of Lane Kiffin's firing, the thin... More >>

• Game Time: The Lost Speech Of Yankee GM Brian Cashman

  published Nov 05, 2009

  So the Yankees are World Champions. Yippee. Between watching Kobe tear out the Rockets' collective heart last night, and then having to flip over to Fox to watch Alex Rodriguez' post-game celebratio... More >>

• Game Time: Larusso Vs. Skywalker, The Death Match

  published Nov 04, 2009

  I'm not afraid to admit it, I'm a huge fan of The Karate Kid. And I'm not just talking "guilty pleasure" fan.No sir, not only do I actually own all three DVD's in the Karate Kid trilogy, but my Karat... More >>

• Game Time: The Horrible Turn Of The Texans' Owen Daniels

  published Nov 03, 2009

  (I want you all to watch in amazement while I introduce you to the literary technique known as the "shplegue". This stands for "shameless plug that turns into a segue." Watch and learn...)I'm not sur... More >>

• Game Time: Weekend Review

  published Nov 02, 2009

  rI hope everyone had a great weekend, and that you were all able to enjoy the nice weather by moving your television and recliner into your driveway to watch football on TV.  I'd like to star... More >>

• Game Time: Friday Broken Glass

  published Oct 30, 2009

  Just cleaning up some random broken glass in my "Blog" folder on a Friday ... Can You Guess This Teamr Channeling my inner Cosmo Kramer... WHO WANTS TO HAVE SOME FUNr! Ok, well, I'm going to describ... More >>

• Game Time: Brad Mills Shows Bald Is Beautiful

  published Oct 29, 2009

  rThe biggest story locally this week has probably been the Astros hiring of Brad Mills. While some see it as the dawning of a new era for the Astros, I for one am sad to see the pageant that was S... More >>

• Game Time: Sex For World Series Tickets

  published Oct 28, 2009

  There are people who like to go to sporting events, there are people who would pay anything to go to sporting events, and then there are people who would pleasure a complete stranger for World Series ... More >>

• Game Time: Woke Up This Morning, Got Myself LeBron

  published Oct 27, 2009

  Those of you who listen to my show know that I am fond of placing the "occasional" friendly wager. While handicapping the day-to-day and week-to-week ebb and flow of a football, basketball, or (if you... More >>

• Game Time: Inside The Mind Of The Houston Texans Fan

  published Oct 26, 2009

  Pretty much every social instinct I employ comes from George Costanza of Seinfeld fame.  (... and yes, the fact that it's been 11-plus years since the Seinfeld finale means I officially have to r... More >>

• Game Time: Time To Take Over

  published Oct 23, 2009

  I will get the pleasantries out of the way ....My name is Sean Pendergast, and I am a sports talk show host at 1560 The Game.I realize that sentence has the sound and feel of a self-introduction at an... More >>