THE 2014 SPEEDY AWARDS!!!

          It is award season and that means it is time for the 2014 Speedy Awards.

Your loyal blogger is too cheap to rent out a big hotel ballroom for an expensive ceremony, so the online presentation will have to do.

         

DECISION DIVISION

Grand Marshal of the Year: To the Tournament of Roses for selecting Vin Scully to be the Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade.

Bonehead Move of the Year (Pro Football Division): The winner is the Cleveland Browns for the decision to fire head coach Rob Chudzinski. First a fire sale (players for draft choices), then a fired coach. Runnerup: The New York Jets for keeping head coach Rex Ryan.

MEDIA DIVISION

Travelogue Blog of the Year: Where’s Hillary Wandering. Read this blog sometime. The writer’s travels to Central America during the summer and fall and now to Asia continue to be well documented and wonderfully photographed.

Oh No, Not Again of the Year: The Fox Network for insisting that what the nation really wants is more coverage of the NFC East Division in general and the Dallas Cowboys in particular.

Local Newscast of the Year: To Cleveland’s Channel 8 for its newscasts at four o’clock and five o’clock. Terrific coverage of northeast Ohio.

Daily Newspaper of the Year: The Akron Beacon Journal.

Weekly Newspaper of the Year: The Tallmadge Express.

Confusing Array of Blog Subjects of the Year: Thank you. Thank you very much.

SPORTS DIVISION

Sports Story of the Year: Brazil’s problems preparing for the upcoming World Cup. Runnerup: Russia’s problems preparing for the upcoming Olympic Games.

Driver of the Year: Not sure who it was, but the winner raced on Goodyear tires, I can tell you that much.

Dumb Driver of the Year: University of South Carolina defensive lineman Jadeveon Clowney. Runnerup: Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

College Football Team of the Year: Wisconsin-Whitewater for winning the NCAA Division III championship game.

Football Play of the Year: We are not going to talk about it.

High Quality Guy of the Year: Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron.

Big Splash of the Year: Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers. If he ever learns to hit the cutoff man, he could become a hero.

Wasted Space Award: The Associated Press, college basketball weekly Top 25, both for men and women. Why bother? We have a 65-team tournament. The top 25 schools will all participate.

          Hope you enjoyed this year’s Speedy Awards.

 
          Thanks for reading.