Tailgate Time! Week 2 and I’m Losing Faith

Greetings all. Week 2 of the NFL has begun and it's already panic time for half of the franchises. Falling behind 0-2 isn't a death sentence but it takes until week 4 minimum if you want to just get back to .500. While I'm not panicking yet, I did lose

Rejoice! More EPL and JV NFL and Open Thread Saturday Goodness for Glorious Commentist Party

So much football has been consumed, and we aren't even 10% into the regular season.  Doesn't that feel good?  Let it sink in, deep into your soul... Now, on to your early Saturday Premier League apertif!  Schedule spacing is most excellent this weekend, with interesting fixtures each timeslot.  No reason to

DFO Late Night / International Open Thread

Well, it's been quite a day!  Martin brought back Sexy Friday with a vengeance that seemed to be squarely aimed at two of my favorite things.  As I was driving home, the radio was on and it was a cool dj mix of current pop hits but remixed in an

The Bastard Review

The two-hour pilot to Kurt Sutter's new FX series The Bastard Executioner is, among other things, a prime example of the difficulty inherent in making a good pilot. All pilots tempt their writers toward exposition, and the bigger the story the writer wants to tell, the greater the temptation. Few can resist,

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Finals Week One

Programming Note:  I decided to post this on the eve of Finals Week Two because 1)  NFL just started WOOOOOOOO!!! 2) this post was going to get drowned out with all the NFL #content, and 3) This is a Late Night sport and it deserves a Late Night post. So, did

Your Thursday Nighter Open Thread

Man, I love the fact that there is football on Thursday nights. It's not as though I expect a good game or anything like that. (Giants/Washington next week folks!) Let me back up a bit-Mondays I tend to drag my ass at work a bit but I get through it