Regarding yesterday's rant about the Town of Orono.. I talked to someone with relatively insider knowledge, and was told that the reason the town told the state to check out the Bear Brew is because their liquor license was up for renewal, and it is routine to check on the food license at the same time. I was also told that one of the reasons the town hates the Bear Brew and Ushuaia is that the owners of both establishments act like pompous assholes at the town meetings. Having met both of them.. Let's just say I have no trouble believing that. None of this changes the fact that Orono refuses to admit that it is a college town.
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In a new and interesting (at least to me) topic, Jim Caple at ESPN takes on the argument that football isn't actually more popular than baseball.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/060124
He makes some good points anyways. Not sure which side I fall on, except to say that baseball is probably second to soccer internationally, followed by basketball, tennis, golf, and many more before you would get to football. Hell, swimming might be more popular internationally.
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I see where you're coming from Joey. And actually, I was talking more about the impression that football is the most popular sport. But since you mentioned it...
Doesn't the fact that the last four teams to win the World Series are Chicago, Boston, Florida and Anaheim count for anything?
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