Rex, Rex … what are we going to do with you?

CHICAGO, IL -- The economy? We can fix that. The war in Iraq? Yeah, we’ll figure that out. Rex Grossman’s inability to hit receivers? Not even Barack Obama is up to tackling that challenge. But how did this happen? How does a man go from being a first round draft pick and a Super Bowl quarterback [read more...]

First Annual Karma Squad

Wikipedia defines karma as "the effects of all deeds actively create past, present, and future experiences, thus making one responsible for one's own life, and the pain and joy it brings to him/her and others." John Lennon believed in the idea of "Instant Karma", which refers to a more immediate concept of accountability for your actions. Basically, what comes around, [read more...]

NFC North Offensive Lines: Vikings Stake Claim To Top Spot

The Minnesota Vikings may have made a big splash in the offseason by acquiring defensive lineman Jared Allen from Kansas City, but the team's biggest asset is on the offensive side of the ball. The Vikings are not only the top-rated offensive line in their conference and division, but they might very well be the best in the National Football [read more...]

Notes: On the Obamas New Yorker Cover; Raffa, Manual Beltran, Lance and Dr. Fuentes; Matt Jones’ Daddy Gets in the Act; Brett Favre; Lute Olson on 1-and-Done’s; Mauricia Grant Mention

So what's been happening lately? Scoop Jackson mentioned Mauricia Grant in a meaningful fashion - a first for MSM - on ESPN's First and 10 segment of its First Take morning show. Claps for Scoop, boo for the WWL for bitching up in its - lack of - coverage of the lawsuit. High school basketball point guard phenom Brandon Jennings chose Europe instead [read more...]

A Business Decision

Last week we were reminded that sports are nothing more than a business. Elton Brand supposedly had an agreement to stay with the Los Angeles Clippers, only to sign a five-year contract with the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. Some people were shocked, but they shouldn't have been. Remember, it's a business. So, quickly to my point, I understand why Brett Favre is [read more...]

Favre’s Possible Return a Blessing - For the Bears

Four months ago, Brett Favre claimed he was done with football. Done with two-a-day practices, done with the Lambeau Leap, done with throwing bullet screen passes and beautiful deep balls. After 15 years, one Super Bowl title and countless NFL records, Favre left the Green Bay Packers for a whole lot of nothing on his land in Mississippi. Now that has [read more...]

Summerfest Sports Orgy Blitzkrieg Quiz

I'm feeling a little more A.D.D. than usual today. And being the super-spaz child that I am inside, I'm looking for answers to a thousand (and one) questions. Discuss amongst yourselves... please help me answer my most pressing doubts, concerns, and fears. Take your time... this is one of [read more...]

Leave Brett Favre’s Locker Alone

The Green Bay Packers have kept Brett Favre's locker intact. No really, the Packer organization is keeping the recently-retired QB's locker in place for posterity. See, this is because Brett Favre is the greatest quarterback in the history of the NFL. He is the league's all-time leader in virtually every significant passing category - touchdowns (442), completions (5,377), attempts (8,758) and [read more...]

Can Home Field Advantage Boost NFL Fantasy Stats?

When you look at the advantages of playing in front of the home crowd, the numbers clearly support it makes a difference. In 2007, home teams won 38 more times than they lost. And 21 of the 32 teams were .500 or better at home. In a previous post, it was suggested that formula translates to success in fantasy leagues [read more...]

Defending the Sports Fan

I have recently been thrust into the unenviable position of having an in-law move in with my wife and me. A brief respite from the despair is the fact that it is the father-in-law, not the dreaded monster-in-law. However, from the sports-viewing perspective, the household has taken a hit. While my wife was always tolerable of me watching various things [read more...]

If Toby Keith wrote sports clichés …

Greatest Hits Volume I It's a Do or Die Situation (and I'm Drunk) I Love This Game (but not as much as this bar) I'm in a Zone (so gimme' another shot) Favre's a Hard Working Man Can't Buy a Bucket (to piss in) Sox is a Four Letter Word I Bet You're a Cubs Fan (and a Dixie Chicks Fan Too) Bar Clearing Brawl I Only Get Drunk [read more...]

Burned Out

ESPN has been notorious for inflating the importance of trivial games and news, but lately the trend of over-emphasizing the expected or mundane has gotten worse for the media monolith.Take, for instance, college hoops. The build up to the Tennessee vs. Memphis match was similar to a Democratic Primary debate, as ESPN disputed, dramatized, and advertised the game to the [read more...]

A Priviliged Career

It was fitting that on a Monday night, the day after Brett Favre's father Irv died of a heart attack at age 58, Favre threw for 399 yards and four touchdowns. It might have been the best game of his football career.It was equally fitting that Brett Favre's final pass as an NFL quarterback was an interception. The two examples personify [read more...]

Giant Deer in Headlights

If you've ever driven through Wisconsin late at night, you know all too well to watch out for the single greatest danger to drivers on twisting, turning, single-lane roads. No, it's not drunken Cheeseheads bombed out of their sausage-lined skulls on Jaegermeister and Leinenkugel - though that is a real danger. Rather, it is the innocent deer that wanders into [read more...]

Somewhere, Bill Belichick is licking his fingers

Somewhere in a bunker-like war room in New England, Bill Belichick is licking his fingers. And it's not because he ate a great bowl of clam chowder.In what is regularly billed as the best weekend of NFL football every year, there certainly was little disappointment. Little disappointment, that is, if you're from Massachusetts or anywhere north. With Dallas and Indy [read more...]

Kobe, Barry, Adam and Tank: The Black Villains Club

On ESPN radio and television simulcast show Mike and Mike in the Morning, baseball guy Buster Olney, sitting in for Mike Golic, called Kobe Bryant, "the biggest baby in sports." Further, he implied that Bryant is a cancer with the rhetorical question: "Is Kobe Bryant a cancer?"Olney's question comes on the heels of word from Bryant's camp (whatever that means) [read more...]

New Year’s Resolutions

I can't believe it's already been a year since I wrote last year's list of New Year's resolutions. Although, it's nice to know that I don't have to worry about my favorite baseball team anymore. I'd like to send a shout-out right now to Ozzie Guillen and his crew for allowing me to scratch "I never got to see the [read more...]