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It's Drinking Time!
Longtime readers know full well of our fascination and affection for Keggy, the mascot with a heart of gold(schlager). Well, because it's a Friday afternoon, it's freezing in New York City and everyone just wants to go home/out and eradicate any lingering brain cells after the work week, we present ...
Leftovers: Some Tractor Trouble
• Robert "Tractor" Traylor, doing himself and Michigan proud. [Detroit News] • Jeff Weaver, off to the Mariners. Ah, Jeff, we barely knew ye. [Seattlest] • Al Unser Jr., drunk awfully early in the morning. [ESPN] • Terry Bradshaw is not dead, so you know. [KSLA]...
MLB.com Knows Who Its True Fans Are
Far be it from us to tell MLB.com how to maximize its revenue streams — certainly they're doing a fine enough job on that themselves, hardcore baseball fans be damned — but we found it rather surprising, all told, about this newest synergistic connection....
God Loves You Just The Way You Are. But He Loves You Too Much To Let You Stay That Way
We wonder what she looks like. We bet she's skinny. She probably is. She's skinnier than us and prettier too. Now we'll hate her. Oh, we can't wait!...
Cultural Oddsmaker: What Will Happen at the LeBron James Roast?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think. And remember: He's covering the Super Bowl for us all next week....
Blogdome: Let The 51 Dream Die, Folks
• Time to let Bernie go, Yanks fans. [Valentine's Views] • Yeah, get rid of those "gay" mustaches! [OutSports] • Shockingly, a Bill Walton podcast is somewhat insane. [Complete Sports] • Careful with those incentive-based contracts. [Yellow Chair Sports] • A new site that looks at the intersection o...
Why You Shouldn't Randomly Promise Tickets To Strangers
When your team makes the Super Bowl, sometimes some promises you've made in the past come back to haunt you. That's what happened to Bears safety Chris Harris, who was on public access earlier this year and found himself in a situation where his mouth was writing checks his ticket stash couldn't cas...
William Perry, Keeping Busy (And Incognito!)
In case you were wondering what William "The Refrigerator" Perry was up to these days, now that the offers to box Manute Bol have dried up, here's one of his main promotional opportunities: Big Camo, "the world's BEST outlet for HARD or IMPOSSIBLE to find BIG and TALL camouflage hunting clothes, acc...
That's All We Need: ANOTHER Blowhard In DC
So here's a scary thought. If you thought Curt Schilling had a tendency to opine, uninvited, on subjects that don't inherently concern him now, wait until he runs for Senate....
Yeah, We Hate To Be The Ones To Tell You This, Vince ...
An amusing side note from the Nets' late-night last-second loss to the Clippers last night. The NBA All-Star starting lineups were announced last night, and our man Gilbert Arenas edged out Vince Carter — who almost always makes these teams — for the second guard spot in the Eastern Conference. When...
Finally, Duke Catches A Break!
One of the joys of this here Internets is the rapidity with which campaigns can be organized, complaints filed and irrefutable evidence presented to a starving public. Therefore, if you watched any of that thrilling but frustrating Clemson-Duke game last night, you know that Duke won on a shot with ...
The Tough Life Of A Backup Lineman For The Lions
You know what the problem with flight attendants are? You don't? Well, WE'LL TELL YA....
This Brings The Total Amount Of Bengals Jail Time To ... Two Days!
In yet another example of pro athletes just minding their own business and being persecuted because their famous and for no other reason at all, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry was sentenced to two days in jail this morning for allowing underage girls to drink in his hotel room. (If you...
Leftovers: Bad Mascot, BAD!
• This is not how a mascot is supposed to behave. [Austin 8 News] • Returning a dog named Jeff Garcia. [Run Up The Score] • If you're truly desperate for Super Bowl tickets. [Don't Want Your Opinion] • This is how you run a company: Give everybody the day after the Super Bowl off. [Inside Indiana Bu...
If He's Not Playing, Ain't Nobody Playing
Say what you will about Carmelo Anthony, but he handled his suspension considerably better than this guy....
Welcome To Negro Bowl I!
As you might have heard from a media outlet or two, this is a historic Super Bowl because it features two African American head coaches for the first time. The odds are good that this might be a topic over the next 10 days....
Blogdome: Me First Guys, And Team Guys
• Which NBA teams benefit from being a one-man show? [Blogmogger] • A little Carmelo and Iverson romance, yeah .... [The Basketball Jones] • Another ode to the greatness of Roger Federer. [Sports Montage] • The MLS's new Champions League-type venture. [Soccernista] • Musings on a morning with Mike a...
Sean Salisbury Should Probably Relax A Little Bit
So yesterday, on his radio show in Chicago, Sean Salisbury addressed the whole "did he say Jew or not?" issue, using his platform mainly to trash those lowly bloggers and let everyone know that his soul is pure of spirit and that he hugs cute puppies, even Jewish ones....
Taking Down The USA, One Touchdown At A Time
Every year, usually more than once a year (whenever there's a major sporting event), some soulless, dumb "research firm" tries to convince us that the office workers of America are somehow skirting their duties serving The Man by paying so much attention to something that might divert them from star...