Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 6, 2016

Be warned - I feel like shit physically, and am still uber depressed from JV Saturday. Kinda mailing it in this week. Fleeting hope is just the fucking worst. I fucking know better. Your top story has to be DAK! shitting all over the Favrenis slurpfest. It's

Full Lesser Footy Saturday Returns!

You want, nay, DEMAND wake until passout Lesser Footy...and by gum, you gets it today. Sometimes the breakfast fixture is worth skipping, but Chelski hosting Leicester (7:30 EST, NBCSN) is a solid opener, especially after such a long starvation diet. Our defending champion Foxes need to string some wins together

TGISF…aka Your “Praise Joe Pesci” Sexy Friday Open Thread

[Door Flies Open] tWBS stumbles into the [DFO] clubhouse, mildly drunk (yeah right...mildly).  He is wearing no pants.   He's holding a nearly empty fifth bottle of Grey Goose.  There are cuts and bruising above his left eye.  And he smells at least mildly (yeah right...mildly) of vodka, beer and shame.  He

CFL Beat: Week 17

With just four weeks left in the regular season, the October 12th trade deadline has now passed for teams still in the thick of the playoff race. In the West, all three playoff berths have been awarded, and the frontrunner Calgary Stampeders have clinched the division, a first-round bye, and home-field

Hard Ride To Nowhere (Chapter 51)

The scene: The Door Flies Open clubhouse. A meeting is in progress. In attendance are Darkest Timeline Zach Morris, Ballsofsteelandfury, WCS, Marc Trestmans Windowless Van, Sill Bimmons, Doktor Zymm and Cookiethulhu. They're sitting at a wooden table. It has the club logo in it. It's pretty cool. Hey, remember when

Vikings Bye Week Update: Week 6 and The Living is Easy.

What we've witnessed so far for the 2016 Vikings season has been a mix-up of inspirational, tragic, head-scratching, awe-inspiring, ferocious and a lot of goddamn fun. The Vikings enter their bye week as the last undefeated team in the NFL at 5-0. First of all, what the fuck is it with these

CrimeBeat!: The White Album Edition

Hello and welcome back to CrimeBeat!, the internet’s only source for NFL crime-related news not beholden to donors, party politics or special interests. Brought to you by Combos™. Combos: They Might Not Give You Taint Cancer! Oh men. MEN! No CB! for the last three weeks, as I was in trial