Your “Home-Cooked Factory of Sadness Sadness” Wednesday Open Thread

A pretty full (Darnell) docket of NFL minutiae today: nfl.com: NFL investigators are looking into whether Aqib Talib shot himself. I expect the crack team that investigated Brady's deflated balls to eventually conclude "Touchdown Seahawks". If they would just read Crimebeat!, their problems would be solved. More musings that the

Your “Finally, It’s Over…OH GOD, NOW THE ACTUAL CAMPAIGN!” Tuesday Open Thread

Brief NFL briefs: Someone hacked the NFL's twitter account, and posted the news Patriots fans were waiting for. Bitterness remained after the truth came out. About the hack & Goodell not being dead - not deflated balls. That's still going on. 7 teams opened veteran minicamps today: The Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland

Your Memorial Day Monday Open Thread

A brief soliloquy: All my aunts on my father's side married US soldiers. There was a NORAD base outside Kirkland Lake, Ontario back in the 1960s. I once asked my aunt why she married an American, and she said, "Robert, I looked at your uncle, and then I looked at my choices in

Your “Oh Man – Pickin’s Is Slim” Friday Open Thread

These are dark times, my fellow Commentists. There's only one competitive sporting event this evening, in the 6th most popular sport mentioned on this site. FYI, that anecdotal list: Football Hockey European Football Australian Football Baseball Basketball Rugby Cycling Darts Auto Racing NO, YOU'RE WRONG! Anyway, Even though Sunday brings us a 500-mile