Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

Your “Football Is the Madness’ Sorbet” Monday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: today, the Competition Committee proposed: shortening overtime to 10-minutes; making all referees full-time employees by the end of the decade I get that itches need to be scratched, but what benefit does Marshawn Lynch to the Raiders hold? maybe it's to work with the sweet, sweet hands of

“Mad About the Maddening Madness” – Dealing With Mom’s Eventual Phone Call

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First, a little musical accompaniment to accompany your reading pleasure: Are you enjoying your day so far? Excellent. We've already been treated to quite a spectacle. I myself started the morning games with a Mighty Leaf vanilla tea, because it was 10:00 AM and beer hasn't gone with Cheerios since university. Also, I

Your “Calm Before the Storm” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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Kind of a quiet day publicly, as teams talk with players about mountains of green and all the gray they can slay. Tomorrow will be the same, as no deal can be publicly announced until after the start of the League year on March 9 at 4:00PM ET. Still, there are some

Your “Outrage!” Monday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: Tuesday is the start of the official free agency "tampering window", where teams can contact available players ahead of the new League-year start of 4:00 PM ET Thursday. it sounds suspiciously closer to how Darren Sharper left his dates' apartments the League sent out it's annual do's &

Your “Dammit Lebron! You Had One Job!” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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Man - it seems nobody wants to hit the Patriots in 2017. NFL News: Colin Kaepernick has decided to change his stance about the national anthem for 2017. figuring that if he wants to get paid, he'd better stand up for himself Strange things are afoot in DC, or operating normally with

Your “They Keep Pulling Me Back In!” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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Dammit! I keep trying to avoid the NFL, but stupidity keeps bringing it to the fore: "Aaron Hernandez's Attorneys Might Argue That Weed Made Him Violent" - Deadspin At first, this sounded like something out of the Jeff Sessions "War on Drugs" playbook. Or a discarded Crimebeat! post. Actually reading

Your “Happy President’s Family Day” Monday Evening Open Thread

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Everyone in North America has a holiday today except British Columbia and whoever drew the short-straw in the Wal-mart employee break room. My condolences to myself & the others in this circumstance. I was all set to go back to doing a preview of NFL News, and then I saw this: I know

CrimeBeat!: Breaking News Edition

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WE NOW INTERRUPT YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED "HARD RIDE TO NOWHERE" TO BRING YOU THIS SPECIAL REPORT: Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I have the solemn duty to inform you that at 4:42 p.m., DFO Substandard Time on February 16, an unscheduled Jets Schadenfreude Day was launched from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Reports are still

An “AAAAARGH!!1!1!1” Rant About Canadian Broadcasting Rules

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So, for those of you who pay attention, I'm a Canadian. You can't deport me, because I'm safely ensconced north of the border. But that doesn't mean I don't have opinions - sometimes, impolite opinions. One of my particular peeves is about the qualities of Canadian broadcasting regulations, and in particular about

Better Know A Guy Who’s Going To Screw Up Your Franchise For The Next 2-4 Years: Aftermath Edition

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Whelp, the NFL Head Coaching Carousel appears to have come to a screeching halt with Kyle Shanahan's coronation as 49er's head "coach". Unless, of course, Jim Irsay reawakens from one of his quaalude-induced power naps and drops the hammer on Chuck Pagano. So: who is going to be the albatross around