Hello fans, this is the NFL. The Official Beer withdrew from this game and wanted to issue a statement. The parties settled for an undisclosed amount and a hashtag: #Out4Turdsday. So tonight the NFL hosts an Open Bar, albeit with only two selections. Indulge freely on room temperature Olde English; independent NFL sommeliers certified that cold
Author: Don T
Photographs And Memories: BURN THEM [Titans 2016 Preview]
I was optimistic. The Bridgewater injury bummed me out, but the Bradford trade... It felt like a portent. I looked at the current roster--woof: very similar team to last year’s 3-13 squad. And then the narratives started bouncing inside my head. TITANS CROWN BRADFORD'S ASS Oh, you think that's impossible. Yet those
Live On Periscope: Tío Salamanca Gives Fantasy Draft Strategy
[3:30 sunlight shines into nursing home room with top production values.] Door Flies Open: Oh, Tío! Who knew that underneath your insatiable bloodlust there was an equally intense passion for fantasy football... DFO: Is it true that the Flex position was invented by a mule who ran with you back in Juárez? Tío Salamanca: DingDingDingDing. Nurse: Don’t
Request Line: Damaged Goods (Allegedly)
Mike Tyson is inside a radio studio, alone. His producer is behind the glass. MIKE TYSON: *looking at the glass* Turn that thermostat up. Damn! PRODUCER: *mouthing words, gesticulating to his head* MIKE TYSON: Speak up! What? *grunts, puts earphones on* PRODUCER: ...to 78, Champ. Oh, he’s here. JJ Watt walks slowly towards the producer,
Live On Periscope: The Oracle Talks Free Agent Signings
Your “Keep Yourself Alive” Open Thread
Today is July 13, which prompted this internal dialogue: LOGIC: The Hall of Fame Game is in 25 days. COMMON SENSE: We're almost there. Up top! *raises hand* EMOTIONS: *loud eye roll* Will you, uh, geniuses EVER understand that you can only live in the present. *walking away* Ess emm eich. Ess emm God
Euro 2016 Preview : Sweden Contemplates Retirement
Sweden’s goalkeeper, Andreas Isaakson, has 129 caps, is retiring from the national team, and plays occasionally for his club team (Kasimpasa - Turkey). The most the Guardian could muster is that Isaakson is a dependable old pro. That same paper says that Andreas Granqvist (31, FF Krasnodar, Russia) is the “defensive mainstay”,
Copa América Centenario – Group B: Uruguay (tl;dr A Toast For Great Teachers Everywhere)
Copa América Centenario – Group D: Argentina and the Tale of Messisyphus
For the last eight years, Lionel Messi has been in the handful of best players in the world and he will have the most accomplished club career in the history of the sport. Naturally, much of Argentina hates his guts. Argentinians were satisfied when this Pope was elected (Ché, he’s infallible already by
Offseason Diversions: Euro 2016 and Copa América Centenario Open POSTS and Thread
Mandatory minicamps start by mid-June. In the meantime, IT’S THE EURO AND COPA CENTENARIO! The U.S.A is hosting the Copa and already teams are dissing the travel arrangements. Are you gonna take this from invading Peter Kings? Many are leftists. Or are WE, COMMENTISTS, GONNA POST SOMETHING ABOUT IT!1!1 As humans, the
Live On Periscope: Jaqen H’gar Talks AFC South & 2016 Draft
Hardly illuminated video of shadowy, jumpy images. The audio is a bit grainy, but clear. Jaqen H’gar: *In a deliberate, paused enunciation* Come forth, please. Door Flies Open: *Shrill overanxious voice* There near the water? Good. Lemme just set this… *Thud* I’M HERE AT THE FAMOUS HOUSE OF BLACK AND WHI— JH: