On Sunday, the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers will meet in Tampa for the forty-third Super Bowl; a middle-aged man will use song to encourage the citizens of the world to strap their hands across his engines; countless party hosts will attempt...
Making the most of your Super Bowl bye week, one softball press conference at a time.
The lesson is not “Beware the good team,” but rather, “Beware the team without a defined low point.” It’s the same logic by which the Patriots win Super Bowl XLII if they lose to Baltimore in Week 13. It’s just impossible to go through an entire season...
As part of the ever expanding ranks of laid off media types, I’m really not supposed to find any solace in a writer finding himself unemployed, since we can all agree that the printed word is what separates us from the lesser forms of life, such as raccoons,...
Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats died seventy years before the start of the 2008 NFL playoffs, yet I can’t help but think the man who wrote “All things fall apart; the centre cannot hold” would enjoy Wild Card Weekend.
Herm Edwards was one of about eight coaches last week wearing the full bodysuit to stay warm, but he was the only one to have his stocking hat on backwards. He’s burned out! Too many close losses! They’ve turned a once noble mind to mush!
Ooh, the triumphant return of the Saturday game, just in time for millions of travelers stranded in airport bars. This is the second Cowboys game in less than a week that will be simulcast on NFL.com, complete with shots of the Cowboys 900-person sideline....
I enjoy the Christmas season, as I am generally a fan of three-way popcorn tins, all things eggnog flavored, and the movie “Scrooged” (Although I must admit I am curious—and a bit disappointed—as to why the popcorn tub is a strictly seasonal treat.
I’m alone in this belief, but if the Redskins miss the playoffs, I say the odds are better than 50-50 Snyder reflexively cans Zorn and Cerrato and throws total control and a dump truck full of cash at Pete Carroll or Bill Cowher.
Not to get all Peter King on you, but I spent 4 hours shanghaied in an airport earlier this week, an experience that really made me realize how little I understand other people. Here are some thoughts:
There’s nothing like a potential slap fight between an underachieving first-round pick and an underachieving head coach to liven up an awful game. With apologies to Shane Black, here’s my dream conversation with Brad Childress:
The suggestion that the Browns quit in the Denver game is doubly astounding when you consider Cleveland was leading until the 1:14 mark in the 4th quarter. How do you quit in a game you are winning?
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