The 506

For some Labor Day marks the unofficial transition of summer to fall. Some, the changing of the foilage from verdant green to a rich panoply of red, orange, yellow and so forth provides the division. Still others the advent of countless scores of pumpkin based products even though it's not

Hard Knocks: Fare Thee Well Intrepid Traveler

We bid adieu to another installment of Hard Knocks. Last preseason game and final round of cuts should feature prominently tonight. Good bye Houston, I hope you enjoy your inevitable 9-7 season because of your lack of a front line QB in an age that practically exclusively favors that position to

COLLEGE FOOTBALL KICKOFF OPEN THREAD

Time for meaningful organized football again, at least at the college level. These match-ups are probably the most worthwhile tonight: 1. North Carolina - South Carolina: COCKS!!!!!! Once again the FBS commences with Steve Spurrier growing increasingly frustrated on the sidelines. 2. Michigan - Utah: Crazy Harbs returns to the college scene with

Hard Knocks: A Day in the Life of a Brian Cushing Brain Cell

5:00 AM: Time to wake up, another day at training camp. 5:15 AM: Let's have some breakfast [insert command (ic): unscrew bottle cap, ingest pill] energy surge, muscles strengthen, balls shrink. Time to rock. On Practice Field 6:45 AM: Head takes hit Ohhh, I feel woosy, what am I doing again, oh right

Hard Knocks: Vince Wilfork Prodigious Sweating Edition

What's in store for us for Week 3? More JJ Watt self extolling of his work habits? Brian Cushing counting down the number of hits his head takes before he develops a life-long 1000 yard stare? DeAndre Hopkins dressing like a fop? Bill O'Brien and Mike Vrabel squeezing in