RyanandBrent Sports Update: Covering All Things Sports (And Hockey Too)

Upsets...


In Baseball, the Red Sox did what no team in history had done before, and came back from a 3-0 defecit to beat the Yankees in the ALCS. In College Football, Appalachian State defeated Michigan in what some called "the biggest upset in American sports" and in Ice Hockey, the USA upset the USSR in what is now referred to as "The Miracle on Ice".

Checkers had never had an upset story of it's own, its always played second fiddle to slightly more popular sports such as Chess, Backgammon, and Ice Hockey...that is until Tuesday November 24th. A day which will forever be remembered in Checkers history as the day the "Miracle on the Checkerboard" took place.

The game started out as a back and forth affair...that is until my opponent executed a clever "double jump" to obtain the games first "king". She soon executed another double jump, and things began to look bleak for me. I had thoughts of giving up, I was prepared to throw the rest of the game just to get it over with. But that's when I came to my senses. I thought about my favourite Checkers player Leon H. Goans, and my dreams of one day playing in the NCA (National Checkers Association). I thought about my favourite team, the Seattle TripleJumpers, and the comeback they had vs. the Sacramento Kings in game 3 of the Checkers Cup. I thought about the fact I was playing a girl, and how embarrassing it would be to lose. And as these thoughts raced through my head, I felt that competitive fire burning in my heart once again. I couldn't just give up, I was going to give this game everything I had...

At this point in time she had 5 kings compared to my 1 king and 1 single. I knew the only chance I had was to get that single to become a King, and with that I raced that single across the board one space at a time faster than a lightning bolt until he became a king. it was now 5-2 in her favour, a defecit that no checker player had ever overcome. My next step was to run, and wait for an opening to attack, and soon enough after getting frustrated at my constant hiding she made a mistake leading to a double jump by me. The defecit was down to 3-2, and I now had momentum on my side. We soon after exchanged blows making it 2-1.

Now usually 2-1 is an insurmountable lead in checkers. But she was rattled...I could see it her in moves, she was no longer playing to win, she was playing not to lose. And soon after making it even...I trapped her in the corner capping off "the miracle on the checkerboard"

and now all I all have to do is wait for next June's Checker draft where I can only assume I will be a top pick. Looks like things are finally falling into place...

And In Other News:

Ryan moves into 1st Place in Fantasy Basketball Pool!!!

Revenge is a Dish Best Served in Equal, Constant, Tiny Doses

I'm going to get you for this, and when you least expect it.

I wouldn't expect it right now, not like right after you just said that.

Really? Or are you just saying that because you do expect it, but want me to think that you don't.

Well....if you can't tell that now how are you going to be able to pinpoint the exact moment of my least expectations in the future? I assumed when you made that threat that you had some sort of expectation gauge.

I hadn't really thought that far ahead. I guess I was going to go home, plan my revenge, then use random.com, the number one random number generating website to randomly pick a number between one and thirty. Then I would get you on that day next month. Probably at night time, because I think sleepy people have lower expectations of someone hiding under their bed and then grabbing their leg and yelling "Boo" than an awake person would.

Now I'm just going to have equal expectations of you doing that every night next month to cover my bases.

Hmm, in that case then I can either scare you once, or I could split that scare into thirty equal mini-scares every day. If your expectations are equal the whole month it works out the same for me. Would you not expect that?

Actually now after all this talk the thing that I would expect the least is if you just gave up your plans and hung out in your apartment instead.

You can come over and we can play Smash Brothers if you want.

Sure.

Alright, but I'm going to Final Smash you when you least expect it! Would you expect it less if I was Kirby or Ness? Ooh or King Deedee?

Zero Suit Samus.

Wait, nevermind. I'm outta here.

See ya later buddy!