10 Awesome Things That Happened This Past Weekend (1/20-1/22)

PROGRAMMING ALERT: No Credentials was on the road all day Friday and Saturday, so we kept original analysis really short. Hopefully real life events will allow us to be back to our usual word count next week.

10. Ryan Braun Accepts NL MVP Award

            I’ll say this for Braun…it took some major onions to get up in front of a crowd of sports writers and make a speech. Most guys facing steroid allegations duck events like this. I want to believe him when he says his positive test was a mistake, but unfortunately the past 20 years of baseball history make it difficult to do so.

9. Dale Inman

8. Glen Wood
7. Richie Evans
6. Cale Yarborough
5. And Darrell Waltrip Inducted Into 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame
            For further info on this list of inductees, read this fabulous column by ESPN’s Ed Hinton.

4. Bruins Outlast Flyers

            I didn’t watch a second of this game (good job by the NHL for starting this game at the exact same time as the AFC Championship Game. That’s a good way to get viewers), but any time two clubs combine for 75 shots it’s list worthy.

3. Joe Paterno Passes Away

            Death isn’t awesome, but the fact that events other than Paterno’s failure to report Jerry Sandusky have been discussed is.

2. 49ers Punt Returner Kyle Williams MVP of NFC Championship Game for New York Giants

            It’s obvious that Williams was the reason the 49ers lost, but seriously folks, we need to lay off making death threats to the guy on Twitter. Stay classy San Francisco.

1. Billy Cundiff Chokes, Hands New England AFC Championship   

            If I were Billy Cundiff, I would be blaming Steven Tyler’s awful rendition of “The National Anthem” as the reason I shanked the game tying field goal attempt.