Is Johnny Manziel a turbo-charged version of Russell Wilson ready to light the league on fire? Or is he Tim Tebow, without the “amen chorus” behind him? We’re gonna find out. The juicy thing about the NFL draft – and sports, in broader terms – is that we still haven’t cracked the code on what […] Read more

Richard Sherman is not a thug. He’s a punk. Jackass. Self-promoter. It doesn’t mean thugs don’t exist, or that the word needs to be banned. Thug is a perfectly useful word that works for a variety of actors in the public sphere. To me, in the sports world a thug is an irresponsible, self-absorbed, quasi-criminal, […] Read more

Excited, everybody? I hope so. Not me. I’m going to be weak-kneed, nervous wreck watching these games next weekend. I know, I know. You are only supposed to be nervous when it is your team in a massive stakes games like these. I’ll be nervous because I simply can’t stomach the thought of either the Niners or the Pats in the […] Read more

I have some unsolicited advice for Jay Gruden as we welcome him to town, and hope earnestly that he can turn around this listing, wayward ship of bad football. And it’s as simple as “Do This, Don’t Do That…” Don’t have dinners with the owner. You don’t need him as a friend, and neither does […] Read more