The NFL Quarterbacks Fantasy Prison League
My friend – comedian Ryan Conner – and I were talking about football and we considered writing a crappy NFL quarterback power rankings. Then we thought you don’t need us to tell you Blaine Gabbert...
View ArticleGuest Post: Comedian Ryan Conner on NFL Quarterbacks Going to Prison
My friend — comedian Ryan Conner — and I recently spent time wondering how all the quarterbacks in the NFL would fare if they went to prison. We each wrote about it on our websites. See my post here,...
View ArticleWho should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame, if we looked at the Hall like a...
In a few hours the Baseball Writers Association of America will announce which players it has elected this year to the Baseball Hall of Fame – if any, of course. I’ve read a lot of recent arguments...
View ArticleKeep the Pro Bowl, it’s great
The Pro Bowl was yesterday – the NFC beat the AFC 62-35. Lots of people look at wild scores like that and say scrap the game. It’s an abomination, they say. There’s no defense, the players aren’t...
View ArticleHow I became a 49ers fan; or, My blood feud with Ickey Woods
My family and I moved from New Jersey to Virginia during the Christmas break of my third-grade year. A few weeks later, in January 1989, the San Francisco 49ers and the Cincinnati Bengals played in...
View ArticleWe’re still making talented people
Yesterday on my Facebook page I asked my friends: are more great musicians alive or dead right now? Great is a subjective word, but we know what it is. I don’t much care for Pink Floyd, but I know...
View ArticleHail to the Pigskins
Lots of opinion writers have been arguing lately that the Washington Redskins should change their name to something that sounds less like a slur against Native Americans. I’m not a Redskins fan or a...
View ArticleWhat Tim Tebow’s failure teaches us about America
Yesterday, the day a basketball player became the first openly gay athlete in one of the big four pro team sports, the cover story on ESPN’s website was about the New York Jets cutting their...
View ArticleIf they’re immortal, they can wait: Voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014
As a baseball fan since the mid 1980’s, I’m very grateful for sabermetrics, the revolution of new statistics that add a deeper understanding of the game. I really appreciate OPS, WAR, BABIP and the...
View ArticleRules for Speaking
Several weeks ago, when the weather started turning cold, I wrote this on Facebook: “It’s time to dust off the disclaimer about saying things like “I’m from So and So, and gosh darn, the people from...
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