Month: September 2015

Manual or Automatic?

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I’m deep in the throes of a different car purchase, and there are so many fantastic automatic gearboxes out there. Still, my first love was a 1986 Audi 4000 CS Quattro, and that manual 5-speed was a badge of honor because you couldn’t have the Quattro system without it. These days there’s

A Brief Liturgical Interlude

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[Scene: Interior of a Temple in Bristol, Connecticut. Eight large men are gathered in the first two rows, speaking reverently in hushed tones.] Nate Ebner: Good Yontiv, boys! Mark Herzlich: Gmar Tov, and I hope everyone is having an easy fast. Good Yontiv. Geoff Schwartz: Thanks to everyone for coming today. As you

Local Beat Reporter Bud Winston’s Special Injury Report

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Dateline: September 23rd, 2015 Greetings, loyal Winstonians! Long time readers know that for years, I've been telling my learned readership that Week 2 in the NFL is often a singular moment of specialized disaster, and this year was no exception! Up was down, wrong was right, and even the Raiders won

THERE IS NO “STEELER WAY”

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Never has been. From the (perfectly legally) ‘roided up teams of the 70s to the Dastardly Duo currently under center, the “Steeler Way” has always been the same “Way” as every other franchise: Win At All Costs. That’s it. The sanctimonious moaning and wailing from the Confluence over the Michael Vick signing would be

NFL Broadcast Maps, Week Three

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Here's 506 Sports' Broadcast maps for Week 3. As always, these are subject to change, and I'll post the updated one on Sunday morning. Week Three, Broadcast Maps National primetime games are as follows: TNF: [*Redacted] s @ Giants SNF: Broncos @ Lions MNF: Chiefs @ Packers Except the Chiefs @ Packers, this is a poor slate

Return of the Kam

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Per ESPN, Seahawks Safety Kam Chancellor will end his holdout today and return to the Seahawks this afternoon. The news was formally broke by Stephen A. Smith, a noted #contentgenerator who you may remember as being referred to as "rusty ass cancer" (or the like) in Monday's [DFO] comment section. One may suspect Smith only

Kirk Cousins Visits A Subway

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[WASHINGTON D.C., SUBWAY INTERIOR] Sandwich Architect: Hey man, don't you think it's about time we took down that RGIII cardboard cutout we've got by the door? He's not even starting for the [*Redacted] s anymore. Assistant Manager: Yeah, you're probably right. Someone said the same thing yesterday. Is there room for it in