A few quick, non-Super Bowl items (scroll down one post for the football fun): First, congratulations to Darrell Green and (finally) Art Monk on getting elected to the football Hall of Fame. The Redskins are a team in terrible, terrible turmoil. Daniel Snyder has systematically dismantled all of the Joe Gibbs goodwill by botching the [...]

The latest in a periodic, enigmatic series… – First it was Nick Saban and his franchise-sinking stint in Miami. Now, Falcons coach Bobby Petrino has pulled a similar vanishing act. Petrino now has zero credibility as a teacher and leader. Say you’re an Arkansas player and your team is down 34-10 in the fourth quarter. [...]

The Red Sox are world champions, and I’ve made my peace with it. As much as I dislike that team and their fans it’s both difficult and pointless to keep up the Hate now that it’s over. And besides, as of now the Sox and the Orioles are tied for first place in the 2008 [...]

Today feels like a good day for some kind of Baltimore sports news to break. It’s a Friday, it’s a Ravens bye week, we’re on a three-day run of rain and chill. If you wanted some news to slip out, this afternoon wouldn’t be a bad time to do it. So just in case, here’s [...]

It’s a rematch of Game Two tonight as Curt Schilling takes on Fausto the Great at Fenway. I’ll be keeping an eye on the score as I take in the Capitals-Penguins match down in DC. On my way out the door in five minutes as a matter of fact… Take the floor and run with [...]

– There’s something vaguely disturbing about how good the Rockies have been lately. 18 out of 19 games? Are you kiddding? The fact that they toppled Brandon Webb to do it spells danger in the desert. It also raises the always-fun “team of destiny” question, which raises this even-better question: can you imagine a better [...]

At first glance, the NFL‘s announcement today that they’re punishing Bill Belichick and the Patriots for cheating seems like a strong move. Belichick himself is out $500k, the Pats as a team are out $250k and some high draft picks. It’ll almost certainly make them, and every other team, think twice before engaging in any [...]

There is a faction of hockey pundits that will be disappointed with this year’s NHL finals matchup between The California Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Ottawa Senators. Some may see it as a battle of no-names. But upon closer inspection, this is a hockey holy war pitting good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, pure [...]