Well of course I signed up for spot duty here. I love top-flight football, in many ways the opposite of the NFL. The NFL is micromanaged, start-and-stop lawyerball with armored athletic specimens banging into each other—all under the watch of a dozen officials on the field and the ether. Fútbol is the
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What’s The Point: LA-B @ Chefs ONLY on NFLN Open Thread
You’d think a Saturday divisional game for the playoffs would warrant the broadest audience possible. Who the hell knows anymore. The NFL does not seem concerned with bringing the game to the widest audience, or at least enjoys—much more—petty turf wars with TV-signal providers who refuse to indulge the league with
For These Holidays, You Can Get Toys to Needy Kids in PR
According to legend / Fact, the Three Kings traveled from afar to bring gifts to the newborn Jesus: gold, for a king; incense, for a god; and… Myrrh. In Puerto Rico, each January 6 is Three Kings Day. The night before, children pick grass and put it in a box,
Titans Bye Report: In The Mix
Monday Night Feast! Colts @ Titans Open Thread
Both teams are 2-3, and fill the bottom half of the lowest wattage division in the NFL. Luck is out. Mariota (hamstring - questionable) says he'll go--i.e., Cassel is definitely in the mix. But enough table-setting. This is my position on "Pfft, baseball's on" taeks: Artist's lesss handome conception via lolafilms.com IND-TEN is
Boots On The Ground: Hurricane María
NFL Week 1 Bettors’ Guide
Two Word Review: Chic Sandwich – Titans 2017 Preview
Last year the Titans finished 9-7, and have been generating buzz ever since. Since February, I've been reading that they're expected to win the AFC South this season. The offensive linemen became celebrities thanks to a Stanley Cup run by the Predators and catfish fetishists: Even schedule makers are complicit in
Holy Sh*t! Jerry Lewis Was Alive?
Jerry Lewis died today. He was 91, and here's what AP says. My cool grandma loved him, and he was great in everything I saw. He'll live forever in Krusty, and deserves better than a smart-ass headline.
White Men Deserve a Break
Happy Fourth of July. During lunch at work, I came across Roland Merullo's "In Defense of The White Male", published in the Boston Globe yesterday. It's reproduced below in normal font, commentary on italics. EVERYWHERE I TURN these days I encounter the term “white male,” almost always used in a pejorative
Anti-Millenial Gloating Achieves Apex
The over-29 Internet contingent is claiming a resounding victory for truth. "See, SEE; I told ya" was the general outcry of every person with a cellphone that recalls having used a payphone out of necessity. "I'm sure those You Tube kids were constantly praised by their parents. Could've used a
Your “The Offseason Is Over–OVER I TELLS YA!” Open Thread
Well, it’s been a long wait, and it was rough. Was. For the naysayers: June ends tomorrow and training camps start in July. The science is unimpeachable. No more speculations based on drills in shorts—it’s over! Oh man, you can almost smell the Toradol. The wait gets worse every year, as all offseason