Author: Don T

Early Games and 4th Commandment Open Thread

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Even us atheists sometimes look at the Bible and must acknowledge that working on Sundays is not the way of the righteous--unless you work on the hospital, utilities, tourist, or food service industry. And also, fuck work: there are decent games on. The League Cup final kicks off at 11:25 AM Eastern, with Liverpool against

DFO Radio: February Almost Done

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This blues playlist from last Friday features John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Son House, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan; a boatload of Mississippi Fred McDowell and Billie Holiday. Lest this group be accused of being too Smithsonian-y, some Thunder, JJ Cale & Leon Russell,

Request Line: February Done Me Wrong

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February is not over yet and the main story after the Super Bowl has been on Peyton Manning’s alleged testicles. Every offseason is the worst, but this one started on an honest-to-goodness deep funk. Broncos fans may differ; I hope all their keys fall down a sewer. Destiny toyed with the Steelers,

Fast Forwarding to WTF Super Bowl L Things

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Hey folks! This episode of WTF is courtesy of the good people at *SKIP* …What the Fuckaneers. I’m Marc Maron and this is WTF. On today’s episode, my interview with Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. First conversation ever with a Mexican druglord! Well, for the podcast anyway. Oh man! This conversation... I really uh *SKIP* …killed them

The Unabomber Sends His Thoughts on Super Bowl L

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Dear Editor: Ted asked me to politely request that you publish his thoughts on Super Bowl L. I'm sure you'll agree that his "Takes" are very, very unique. Personally, I admire your “open-door” policy on diverse opinions. Might I suggest that you transcribe the screed as-is? Mr. Kaczynski is very particular about edits and suggestions.

Week 17 Listening Guide

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As last week was nuts, this Sunday offers climactic games of the in / out variety only for Jet and Steeler fans, and a couple of head to head matches for seeding. There will be no backdoor entrants: 11 of the 12 playoff slots are stuffed. And some teams are so

NFL Week 16 Listening Guide

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Overall, Week 15 provided decent action, but the announcing was terrible--at least judging from Sunday’s open threads and the brief time I spent turning off the TV's close captioning. It will get worse: the playoff picture clears, more games will be meaningless, and the broadcasts will shift from angles to

Mute ‘Em: Week 15 Music Guide

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Last year I started to watch the Sunday games with the sound off, to let The Family put music. My hope was that they would tolerate 10+ hours of NFL on TV. (They didn't, and don't.) Still, I preferred watching games without SUDDENLY SO LOUD commercials, or narratives, tropes, and

Tuesday Open Thread: Luck, Conscientious Objectors, and Panamanian Punk

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Andrew Luck is out at least two weeks for a lacerated kidney (via all the Internet). Matt Hasselbeck Fantasy Owners now dominate the straw man population of sports scolds everywhere. Because the non-Colts AFC South fan contingent might as well not exist. Well, Texans fans cheered when Matt Schaub got injured

Curtains For Whiz

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The Titans just fired Ken Whisenhunt. He will not be missed. At least to Titans fans, all six of us. Whiz (gee, that's apt) did not have the sterling-est rep. He enjoyed success as an O.C. with Roethlisberger, hit the QB jackpot with Kurt Warner as Arizona’s HC, and had a

NFL Divorcee Week 3: Hell At Its Freshest

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On a Sunday afternoon, I'm sorry: using the sofa requires pants. Even if all friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, deliverymen, acquaintances, and Jehovah’s Witnesses always call before coming, why should only a layer of frayed cotton separate furniture from testicles? Brad's stand was not wearing pants, so we compromised on a