#QBANON: Your 2018 New England Patriots Preview

[EXT. - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS TRAINING CAMP.] [The sun is shining over Gillette Stadium. No clouds are in the sky, and the stadium is beautiful.] [CUT to INT. - A dark, candlelit dungeon. A tall, hooded figure sits alone at a rough-hewn wooden table, with stacks of ancient, leather-bound volumes piled high.

AFL Beat 2018 Round 23

This week, Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 23 Recaps and Highlights The final Round of the Home and Away season started with the Port Adelaide Power's last and best chance to sneak into the Eight after falling out last week.  All they had to do was beat the Essendon Bombers

Your “Cincy vs Buffalo, I Wouldn’t Even Watch This In Regular Season So Why Am I Watching It Now?” Midday Sunday Thread Of Apathy

Yeah, some signals got crossed.  So there's not going to be much here. Sorry, not sorry. But that's good because you don't want me to get to talking about Jaime Pressly again.  OR DO YOU?????? Oh dammit, I forgot to call her earlier.  No wonder women hate me. - Cincy at Buffalo Nobody cares but Redshirt

No Ones Chargers 2018 Season Preview

INTERIOR - ST. SOPHIA CATHEDRAL, LOS ANGELES - MIDDAY [A decent group of formal, yet lavishly dressed people sit in the pews as the funeral for Faye Spanos is about to get underway. However, due to the vast size of the church, the audience seems dwarfed by comparison. The organ softly

AFL Beat 2018 Round 22

This week, Welcome To Balls Of Steel’s AFL Beat! Round 22 Recaps and Highlights The Round started on Australian Friday Night with Essendon's last and only hope of staying in the finals picture:  Beating Richmond at the MCG. Yeah, that wasn't really going to happen, right? To their credit, the Bombers kept it

Your “It’s Tuesday Which Means…At Least It’s not Monday????” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Wow, what a day. I ended a relationship and got accused of hit and run. OK, for the record, those two things are unrelated.  I was not accused of hit and run by the young lady I ended the relationship with. Well, that's not exactly true.  But she didn't say it in those

Vikings Season Preview: Coach Zimmer reads a tweet.

Exterior - Vikings Training Camp. Day. The team practices in full pads. Coach Zimmer is observed at a distance and is unusually quiet. Vikings GM Rick Speilman addresses the media. Rick Speilman: "Coach Zimmer doesn't have any statement to make as of today but I can answer any team related questions you may

AFL Beat 2018 Round 21

This week, Welcome To Balls Of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 21 Recaps and Highlights The Round started,  as usual,  with Australian Friday Night Footy and the Essendon Bombers hosting the St. Kilda Saints in a desperate attempt to keep their faint finals hopes alive. On the bright side for the Bombers,  it was the

Your “The Pre-Season Zombie-Like Apathy Is Palpable” Sunday Evening Open Thread

The first weekend of Pre-Season Footbaw seems to have taken its toll.  Some folks (us) seem sort of apathetic. But it also seems to have some other folks feeling....well... not so apathetic... The brawl spilled over into the crowd. Media wasn’t able to record during this period, but there’s gonna be some

AFL Beat 2018 Round 20

This week, It was that kind of week... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 20 Recaps and Highlights Strap yourselves in, kids,  because this week's games gave us quite a ride. It all started on Friday morning when I woke up early enough to catch the second part of the third quarter

PTO 2: The Base

The Factory Training Center - Sherman Oaks, CA - EXT, Day Four men alternate between running scripted plays and navigating neon green cones via plyometric exercises. Though the facility is otherwise empty, the intensity level of the group is high. The grunts and cheers of the men echo off the small

AFL Beat 2018 Round 19

This week, Welcome to Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat! *** Round 18 Recaps and Highlights The Round started off with an Elimination game for Essendon.  The Bombers were hosting the Sydney Swans and desperately needed to win to maintain any hopes of playing finals. The game was close for about three quarters and then