Mute ‘Em: Week 15 Music Guide

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

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

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

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

Enemy Of My Enemy: Honchos On Brady Decision

At a Washington DC office with Rooms to Go couches and light yellow walls with pictures of socialist ideologues scattered among Hall of Famers. A phone rings: Camille: NFLPA headquarters this is Camille how may I—sir. Sir! Mr. Goodell! Via Very Smart Brothas Roger Goodell: Dee. DEE!!!! Goes to door, looks at numbers