Your “Why Does My Brain Work Like This?” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL Noise: Stealing from Crimebeat!: Bengals CB Mackensie Alexander is having himself a rough few days: On Monday, his father went missing on a palmetto berry picking trip in Okeechobee County, FL. On Tuesday, Alexander was arrested for assaulting the man who allegedly left his father behind. He remains in

Your “Reputation Counts For Something” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News: Hilarious if true - the Cowboys "are not expected" to attempt to sign Earl Thomas.  This works on a number of levels: Two years ago, when Jason Garrett was coach, Thomas tweeted "come get me" to him. Now Mike McCarthy is in charge, and he knows a

Your Monday Evening NHL Second Round Preview & Open Thread

NFL Nuggets: Earl Thomas & his winning personality punched his ticket out of Baltimore. It turns out that the Ravens valued a sixth-round pick over a 31 year-old malcontent. The team players' committee voted to approve of management releasing Thomas. Also, because it was "conduct detrimental to the team", they

Your “You Can’t Say That On Television” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Hopefully the banner image doesn't get us blacklisted as porn by search engines in Canada. Beer Guy Rob is still off tonight, and in the absence of adult supervision they decided to let me drive the DFO Virtual Party Bus this evening. My heart is broken, because the rumors that Curt Schilling

Your “The Sound of Silence” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL Nuggets: Most of the news today is bureaucratic in nature: The NFL decided back in June that each team could set its own attendance policies, based on consultations with local authorities. Teams are still deciding on what home openers will look like, but today's updates are: The Chiefs are planning