Special AFL Opening Day Late Night Insomniac-Heavy Open Thread

Congratulations!  You made it here!  On a weekday no less!  This realistically means that you are either an insomniac a huge AFL fan or you're lost.  Either way, welcome! Today's/Tonight's/This morning's Opening Day match features the Richmond Tigers taking on the Carlton Blues.  Even though Richmond made finals last year and the Blues

The “William Gaines Memorial Election” Wednesday Open Thread

Well, the NFL Competition Committee did the expected and passed the automatic ejection (or "Burfict") rule today. A quizzical second change was the addition of the touchback from a kick now being placed at the 25 instead of the 20, which is pretty much going to ensure placekickers try to aim for

“Where’s My Bazinga?” – Explaining the Week 2 Madness to Your Mother

Perhaps something similar happened to you last week? *phone rings Beerguyrob: “Whaddya want?” Mom: (calling from California) “Robert, it's Mom. Why can’t I watch ‘Big Bang Theory’? There’s basketball on.” BGR: “Yes, Mom. It’s the annual NCAA March Madness Tournament.” Mom: “So, it’s on every year?” BGR: *sighs “Yes.” Mom: “But it was already on this morning. I

Your “Let The Sports Comfort You” Tuesday Open Thread

It’s days like these that make sports such a great escape. In NFL news, as ballsofsteelandfury brought you earlier, the owners voted at the annual meeting today to: Ban all forms of chop block. I’m stunned how Tom Brady Robert Kraft let this pass. Keep the PAT at the 15 yard line. A “horse-collar tackle” has

CrimeBeat!: Rob Ford Memorial Edition

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!?!?!?

Ladies and gentlemen, sad news from the sporting world today as Toronto Councillo(u)r Rob Ford passed away at 46. We here at CrimeBeat! extend our best wishes to his family, his friends, and his dealers. Due to overwhelming sadness, and a complete goddamn lack of any newsworthy arrests, CrimeBeat! will

Mid-day News Roundup

Just a quick post to catch you up on what's going on in the world of the NFL to take the mind away from horrible things that happened in Europe today: All Chop Blocks are illegal!!  Hooray!!    Finally, an actual rule change that truly does promote safety! The head coaches (minus 4.

Balls’ Bedtime Stories – Chapter 13

Chapter 12 Who was that gorgeous blonde Russian track girl?  Who slipped that picture under the door?  It seemed that Balls had friends but the picture did not have any of the tell-tale codes that M would have ordered to be included.  Balls' mind was whirring with the possibilities. Balls had friends in

DFO Radio: I’m Gonna Crawl

Greetings!  I hope you made it through the first weekend of March Madness with your sanity (and by some divine Providence your final four bracket) intact.  I've been fielding a visit from my brother-in-law and his family and keeping everyone entertained has robbed me of significant sleep, so while this