Monthly Archives: May 2010
IN MEMORIAM
Pat Tillman was different. By now, everybody knows this for reasons that continue to sadden and anger me (fruitlessly, of course). I know it because I was fortunate enough to have a best friend that happened to be an All-American … Continue reading
IT MIGHT GET COLD
It is official: the wussification of America is 100% complete. I am aghast at the number of sorry, whining, soft, wine-drinking-and-cheese-eating, corporate luxury box-inhabiting, finesse football-coddling takes I have heard in opposition to holding the Super Bowl outdoors in New … Continue reading
FAV-RUH-PALOOZA 2010
Brett Favre is playing. And by that, I mean he is playing the entire NFL universe, especially the media. All the confirmation I required arrived this week in the form of a Favre comment that, if the Southern Miss University … Continue reading
THE LEGEND OF THE BONECRUSHER
I am keeping Bernard Pollard on my MFL roster this year, which in a sense brings my fantasy rebuilding effort full circle. You see, when he collapsed Tom Brady’s knee in the ’08 season opener, my MFL fate met head-on … Continue reading
HI, MY NAME IS RYAN, AND I HAVE A FOOTBALL SICKNESS. (“HI, RYAN.”)
Let’s start here: when it comes to sports, baseball was my first love. For a long time, I knew baseball backwards and forwards. I knew stats from countless summer days, and I mean whole days sometimes, spent watching baseball games … Continue reading