I'm all for new ideas — creative things to keep sports from getting stale. But I'm not for stupid ideas and stupid is knocking on the NFL’s door and it looks like the NFL is going to let stupid in at the Pro Bowl this year. Read more
It still feels to me that Lamar Jackson is being needlessly graded on a curve by some pundits and ex-players in the NFL commentariat. If slavery is indeed America's "original sin" that still haunts our efforts at racial conciliation, then the running, athletic, black quarterback is the NFL's equivalent. Sunday, as Lamar Jackson struggled mightily against the Chargers in a lose-and-stay-home elimination playoff game, one couldn't help but feel the... Read more
The Washington Redskins are an utterly failed state. There are no governing principles, and the failed state’s downtown capital city (in our case, our “home” stadium FedEx Field) is a shoddy, depressing, scary place. Aside from hostiles, it’s a ghost town of law abiding citizens. Dan Snyder is the all powerful dictator who lords over […] Read more
In the 2000 election cliffhanger between Bush and Gore, the late Tim Russert gained political TV immortality with a simple dry erase board and a single word written 3 times. Florida. Florida. Florida. Russert knew, that no matter what else was happening in all the other state returns that night, the entire election was coming […] Read more
Today was a glorious day for the Replay Resistance movement. The oppressive regime of "rules nerds" and machines suffered several humiliating defeats in front of the eyes of Football America. Read more
Trump saw an easy chance to score a walk-in touchdown with his base over the kneeling by NFL players during the National Anthem and spike it in Roger Goodell's face. So, of course, he did. Read more
The Cleveland Browns are idiots. They have new idiots in charge, but idiots, they remain. So let’s just get this straight. They offered CB Joe Haden a reduced salary of $7M per year, instead of the $11M he was owed, and he turned it down. So they cut him. The Browns can now throw that […] Read more
