CrimeBeat!: Take the Cannoli Edition

Well boys and girls, we made it. Training camps are all now officially "going on". Peter King is probably on some back road in Iowa between Mankato and Missouri Western State University, glorying in the soybean fields and meth shacks that he considers "Real America" and (God willing) getting crippling

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Offseason Report #6

We're getting closer to the beginning of the regular season!  Last week, we previewed the teams that just missed out on finals last year and met the mullet attached to Ivan Maric.  This week, we preview the bottom four of the finals teams, we wrap up the preseason, and we

Down the Rabbit Hole with BoS

Yeah Right's air guitar post led to this.  So, if you have anyone to blame, it's him. When I was growing up in the 80s, I was incredibly lucky to grow up in Los Angeles, where I was exposed to many forms of music all reaching at that time what many

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Offseason Report #3

  Last week, we caught up on where the AFL stands after the long North American winter / Australian summer.  I'm happy to announce that we've picked up some new AFL team supporters!  The updated list: Team - Commentist Carlton Blues - King Hippo Collingwood Magpies - Moose Geelong Cats - Balls of Steel, theeWeeBabySeamus North Melbourne Kangaroos

The San Diego Bye Week Report: A Fantastic Journey (To Last Place/Angeles)

[Deep within a hospital, a patient lies prone, still, and hooked up to many medical devices and machines that whirr, beep, and occasionally print out some esoteric bit of information to be collated later. There are no flowers, no evidence of visitors. A doctor stumbles into the room.] Dr. David Chao:

The Masque Of The Yellow Lightning Bolt

I’m not sure why I went back. I can’t even remember the time between when I left and when I returned. I remember the end of the game—well, okay, more like the end of the 3rd quarter—being taunted by Raiders fans as I trudged out, cursing the powder blue #17