NFL Notes: Yeesh. Second-year Eagles WR Nelson Agholor is accused of raping / sexually assaulting a dancer at a strip club near the practice facility. Even worse for the Eagles is that there are reports of two other players with him at the club prior to the incident. UPDATE (7:15 pm)
Month: June 2016
CFL Beat: East Division Preview
Euro 2016 Preview–Romania
Request Line: I Shot the Deejay
Hard Ride To Nowhere (Chapter 34)
Your “It All Makes Sense” Thursday Open Thread
Euro 2016 Preview – France
France is hosting Euro 2016, which means the soccer (or "football" if you don't have American genitalia) team automatically qualified for the annual competition. As the tepid betting favorites for the competition, there is pressure on the French team to play well for the disaffected smelly home crowds. The last time
Hillary Clinton Gets a New Campaign Adviser
[BROOKLYN, NEW YORK: HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN OFFICE HEADQUARTERS] ROBBY MOOK: ...and that's why I'm no longer allowed at the Costco on 118th Street. But enough about my day off! As your Campaign Manager, I want to be the first to congratulate you on officially being declared the presumptive nominee! HILLARY CLINTON: Thank you,
Euro Preview: “If It’s Scottish Football – Sadly, It’s Crap!”, by John Angus MacBurns
Your “Home-Cooked Factory of Sadness Sadness” Wednesday Open Thread
A pretty full (Darnell) docket of NFL minutiae today: nfl.com: NFL investigators are looking into whether Aqib Talib shot himself. I expect the crack team that investigated Brady's deflated balls to eventually conclude "Touchdown Seahawks". If they would just read Crimebeat!, their problems would be solved. More musings that the
According to Google: Your Offensive Coordinator’s Playcalling is Too Conservative
No matter which team you support, it's very easy to find some mouthbreathing idiot whose only contribution to discussions is to proclaim that "Offensive coordinator X is TOO CONSERVATIVE!" You'll also find this particular breed exhorting that what the offense really needs to do is "ram that ball down their