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6.18.2018
1.27.2017
1.05.2017
12.07.2016
Cleveland Browns Dumpster Fire
A couple of my old college pals have started a podcast that chronicles the Cleveland Browns' miserable, inexorable march to an 0-16 season, and I was pleased...nay, thrilled...to contribute their cover art! Look it up and listen on iTunes, but beware...'tis not for the weak of heart!
6.09.2016
Let's Go O's
I worked up this commission for an Orioles season ticket holder, and as an extra little touch I added their specific seats from Camden Yards as a background element!
6.05.2016
5.30.2016
Stanley Cup Final - Do it for Duper
Between 2007 and about 2011, I predicted a Penguins/Sharks Stanley Cup Final matchup every single year. Doubters, look no further than this interview, which a much younger me did with the Washington Post Express at SPX in 2007.
(please, skip ahead to the very end and spare up both the embarrassment)
At the time it seemed inevitable that they'd both eventually break through and face off for the Cup, but by 2013 or so, after years and years of disappointments and choke-jobs by both teams, it seemed somewhere between improbable and impossible. Now, a decade later and out of nowhere, here it is. Hockey's funny that way. If it was San Jose matched up against virtually any team from the east besides Pittsburgh, I would be right there in the shark tank with them. There are a lot of things to like about the Sharks...their fanbase, their style, their suffering...and I fully expect most of the hockey watching world, on an emotional level, to be rooting for them to beat the Penguins in these finals.
Well, let them. My emotions are firmly with my team, these players, these Penguins. Oh, and this guy.
I haven't missed a finals pick in five years, and only twice in the ten years I've been doing this. True, this one's a lot harder than most, because, obviously, I'm totally incapable of impartial analysis. I mean, it seems like the Pens' speed ought be able to wear down the Sharks' older lineup...it feels like Evgeni Malkin is due to break out and score some big goals...you'd think that Pittsburgh ought to be able to score some goals on Martin Jones, after getting the best of Henrik Lundqvist and Braden Holtby in the previous rounds. But like I said, hockey is funny, and the only thing you can be sure about when making predictions is that things could turn out the exact opposite of how you think they will. The Sharks are a great team, and I fully expect their huge defense and terrifying power play to give me heart palpitations and nightmares over the next two weeks. But I'm gonna stick by my record and emphatically say Penguins in seven.
Buckle up, baby...this is gonna be a blast!
(please, skip ahead to the very end and spare up both the embarrassment)
At the time it seemed inevitable that they'd both eventually break through and face off for the Cup, but by 2013 or so, after years and years of disappointments and choke-jobs by both teams, it seemed somewhere between improbable and impossible. Now, a decade later and out of nowhere, here it is. Hockey's funny that way. If it was San Jose matched up against virtually any team from the east besides Pittsburgh, I would be right there in the shark tank with them. There are a lot of things to like about the Sharks...their fanbase, their style, their suffering...and I fully expect most of the hockey watching world, on an emotional level, to be rooting for them to beat the Penguins in these finals.
Well, let them. My emotions are firmly with my team, these players, these Penguins. Oh, and this guy.
I haven't missed a finals pick in five years, and only twice in the ten years I've been doing this. True, this one's a lot harder than most, because, obviously, I'm totally incapable of impartial analysis. I mean, it seems like the Pens' speed ought be able to wear down the Sharks' older lineup...it feels like Evgeni Malkin is due to break out and score some big goals...you'd think that Pittsburgh ought to be able to score some goals on Martin Jones, after getting the best of Henrik Lundqvist and Braden Holtby in the previous rounds. But like I said, hockey is funny, and the only thing you can be sure about when making predictions is that things could turn out the exact opposite of how you think they will. The Sharks are a great team, and I fully expect their huge defense and terrifying power play to give me heart palpitations and nightmares over the next two weeks. But I'm gonna stick by my record and emphatically say Penguins in seven.
Buckle up, baby...this is gonna be a blast!
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