Jerome Cusson

Jerome Cusson is a proud graduate of Columbia College Chicago. Currently, he is a freelance writer and a contributer to such websites as The Cool Kids' Table and giveawaytheending.com. Check out his NSR blog as well.

Recent Posts By Jerome Cusson

White Sox vs. Rays 8/24/08

12:13 Welcome to the second consecutive day of live-blogging action. Today the White Sox try to avoid the sweep against the very game Tampa Bay Rays. For a team that doesn’t have three of their big guns, they certainly have found ways to win each of these first two games. They really have the look of a special team as much [read more...]

Sox vs. Rays Blog 8/23/08

2:44 It’s time for another live blog. Today’s game is a big one, not only because it’s a battle of two pennant contenders, but because the Tampa Bay Ray Devil Rays actually get a nationally televised game.  This is one of the benefits of actually being good. Last night was a rough game for the home team. John Danks pitched well, [read more...]

Chicago White Sox Ongoing Diary, Part Deux

Welcome to another ongoing blog (Blog is far hipper than diary these days.) of the White Sox game. Over the next several hours, I’ll be bring you some thoughts and observations about today’s get away day fame featuring the Chicago White Sox against the Kansas City Royals. I will try to make the observations poignant and funny. The odds are [read more...]

An Ongoing Sox Diary

4:47 I’ve been at the ballpark for an hour or so. In that time, I interviewed Kenny Williams (which went about as well as Rex Grossman running the first team offense), watched the heavens pour down onto the tarp (of course sponsored by Ace Hardware), and meet more Japanese people in five minutes then I had in the last five years. [read more...]

Arena Bowl Preview: Philadelphia v San Jose

Philadelphia Soul (15-3) vs. San Jose Sabercats (13-5) Sunday, July 27, 3:00 pm New Orleans Arena (ABC HD) A long Arena Football League season is about to come to an end. The AFL's 22nd season has seen more scoring than ever; it's seen the resurrection of a lost city in Grand Rapids; another city, Cleveland, has quickly become one of the best markets [read more...]

Long Day for the Sox

After a long day that included a statue unveiling, a major milestone, a trip to the DL for one Sox starter, and two starting pitchers who didn't see the fifth inning, the Chicago White Sox finally lost to the Kansas City Royals 8-7 After the pomp and circumstance of the pre-game ceremony honoring Harold Baines ended, starters John Danks and Bryan [read more...]

Sky Eclipse the Sun

The gloomy clouds are beginning to cover the Connecticut Sun, as they continued a five-game losing streak by losing 73-65 to the Chicago Sky Friday. Five players scored in double figures for the Sky, led by guard Jia Perkins' 15. But it was not one player that won the game, but rather a team effort that withstood the third quarter onslaught [read more...]

Sky's Comback Falls Short

Although the Chicago Sky lost by only eight points Thursday night to the San Antonio Silver Stars, the stats don't tell the whole story of the 75-67 defeat. The second and third quarters proved to be the end for the Sky on this night as they shot 28 and 33 percent from the field respectively. The Silver Stars were led by [read more...]

AFL Playoff Preview - Conference Championships

Saturday, July 12 National Conference Championship Game Cleveland Gladiators (11-7) at Philadelphia Soul (14-3) on 1 p.m. ET (ESPN HD, ESPN360.com, SIRIUS Satellite Radio – Channel 127) Last Week: Cleveland continued its hot streak by defeating the Georgia Force 73-70. It was a dramatic game with odd bounces and poor special teams play on both sides. Philadelphia got into the conference championship [read more...]

One Final Rush Post

(Jerome Cusson: The following are the thoughts of Adam Rosen. He sent this to me yesterday after the Rush loss. These aren't my thoughts, but please enjoy them anyway.) In a game that was dominated by the rhinos from Michigan, there was really no true turning point.  They wanted it more.  Did they play dirty?  Yes.  Did the Rush lose focus [read more...]