“Soar, You Mighty Wing’d Beasts” – The Falcons at their Bye

Look - can I be honest here for a second? A Week 5 bye is hardly something to measure a team against unless they are 4-0 or 0-4. The Falcons at 2-2 are the worst kind of temperate because of how they got here: Week 1 - lost to the Bucs by

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Monastery

So, Senorita Weaselo and I were upstate this past weekend. Well, the Hudson Valley counts as upstate. If you're from the city. Which we are. So, sure. It's a welcome respite, and as we know I normally work like a dog in June and early July, so it's nice to do

GHOSTS ON THE GROUND 14: FLOATING THROUGH HOGTOWN

  Unlocking my spirit to "The Six" I KNOW I SAY IT EVERY EXCURSION BUT THAT MAY BE THE BEST PHOTO I'VE EVER TAKEN   Woke up with no plans, "Lets get some food!" I yell out to Y.R. Down the street we went then turned left. Let's get into the adventure of trying to

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Travelogue! Toronto, The Food!

Good morning. Happy Memorial Day Weekend and shit! Woo! We'll be changing things up a bit for today's home version of Sunday Gravy. Rather than doing the traditional recipes and such, I thought we could do a food based travelogue as kind of a companion piece to Brother Taj's ongoing Canada series. Who

GHOSTS ON THE GROUND 12: TORONTO

A LOVE Letter To Canada   "Tu seras a jamais une partie de moi"   Hey dude, why are we going to Canada? Good question. So, are you going to answer the question,or? Something about meeting some people and to correct a long ago wrong was the wrought response. To which I didn't know how to reply. I like

Wednesday AM Champions League Match Day 8 Open Thread

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As many of you know, the UEFA Champions League has a new format this year. The field has been expanded to 36 with each team playing 8 games against 8 different teams in the competition with 4 at home and 4 on the road. The top 8 at the end

Thursday AM EuroFooty Open Thread

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We have several scintillating European football/soccer games on tap for your viewing pleasure today. All times Pacific: Europa League English League One Wrexham v Birmingham As Al Michaels would say, this is a YUUGE game in Wrexham's quest to secure yet another promotion, this time into the English Championship. In their way are the runaway

Sunday Footy Finals Open Thread

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We have TWO scintillating Championship games on tap for your viewing pleasure today. First up: Euro 2024 Spain v England All the English are banging on about Bringing It Home and all that shit but the Scots, Welsh, Irish, and pretty much every country that was conquered or harassed by the English