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03 Feb

Post Pre-pre game roundup

I’m not saying the pre-game buildup was slow, but these ice sickles formed on our roof between the tribute to fallen firefighters in the service of concession stand protection and the actual kickoff. (All descriptions of frozen water formations are the property of the National Football League.)

26 Feb

Ready, Fire, AIM!

[photo: jurek d.] I’m not a hunter (although I have gone hunting once in my life and I enjoyed it) but this blog post, if accurate, suggests that a well-respected hunter and writer was punished for not towing some kind of imaginary line. What did he say? He suggested that — just maybe — it [...]

09 Feb

Save the Cheerleader

[photo: merrick310] Apparently Russell Crow owns a “football” team. Apparently this “football” team had cheerleaders until recently. According to this bit at Sports Illustrated (I only read it for the articles): SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Russell Crowe says his rugby league club’s cheerleading squad is being cut because skimpily clad cheerleaders detract from the game [...]

04 Feb

Halftime

Ok… who greased the football? Fess up.

11 Oct

Healthy Football Viewing

Shocking but obvious research indicates that men would rather bleed to death than miss a moment of the game. When is a man’s medical emergency not all that urgent? Apparently when sports are on the tube. A drop in the number of men going to the emergency room during sports broadcasts on TV is followed [...]

02 Oct

A Contact Sport

What do you do when your football team is losing badly? One possible reaction is to kick your opponent in the face with your cleated shoe. (!) Cowboys Andre Gurode needed stitches above his forehead and beneath his eye Sunday after being kicked twice by Titans defensive Albert Haynesworth. The incident occurred after Dallas had [...]

07 Aug

Football

I should begin this post by pointing out that the NFL has rules preventing me from using any of their intellectual property without their “express, written consent.” I think it’s safe to say that I viewed one of their sports related broadcasts last night on my new PVR in high definition. Two teams played a [...]

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