Football…or Figureskating?

It’s like the ultimate chick dilemma.
Yesterday, we were depressed to see that Fox, in its infinite wisdom, would be showing us Shaka Zulu instead of the unbeaten Giants playing the unbeaten Saints, which we figured was because they wanted us to watch our hometown Texans take on these bizarro-world really good Bengals.  And by take [...]

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Shawne and Tila: Lapdances, Liquor, Assault Charges?

Shawne Merriman is awesome because he’s one of our fave Twitterers, like, ever–as you may notice, since he shows up practically weekly in our Twitter Faves.  Also, we hear he plays football.
And, possibly, he beats up his girlfriend? The girlfriend, by the way is Tila Tequila.  We have no evidence that she’s a pink hat, [...]

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OMG Sports Blogz R EVILL!!!!111

So, we guess we picked a bad time to start this blog.
We’re fascinated by the immediacy that the 24 hour news cycle and the advent of the internet have brought to the world of sports reporting.   (Except when our twitter feed refreshes faster than our MLB GameDay and we find out that in fact someone [...]

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Plaxico In Stripes, Judicial System Sucks

Plaxico Burress–best known for breaking the hearts of Pats fans and shooting himself in the leg–pled guilty to a weapons charge today and will serve two years in jail.  Burress pled to a lesser charge than those with which he was originally saddled,  agreeing to plead guilty to one count of criminal posession of a [...]

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Twitter Hands Us Some Interesting Favre Reactions

Bill Simmons is pissed.  How do we know? He’s joking that good next steps for Favre include admitting he hates cheese curds and dark beer and calling Wisconsin homegirls “Laverne and Shirley” “ugly and not funny”.
We know this because we follow him on Twitter.  Twitter’s great for us, and for funny people like Simmons, because [...]

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What Happens When Tickets Go Unsold?

Attendance issues are all over the place in professional sports right now.  With the economy in the tank, football playoffs, which–unlike baseball playoffs–all but automatically sell out, had trouble last year.  Nothing’s gotten any better, even though the economy shows signs of slight recovery.

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Why We Like the Oi–er, Titans

The Hall of Fame game this year was a relief.  First of all, football!  We love football! And we’re so ready for fall sports.  Saturdays and Sundays in front of the TV, with occasional outings involving crisp fall weather and judiciously applied flasks in our cups?
We’ll take it.
This year, we’ll also take the Titans, who, [...]

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Why All Those Stats Actually Matter….

People make fun of statheads, and sometimes it makes sense.  When we hear that this is only the fourth time since 1972 that a guy wearing number 10 got a two out double in the eighth inning off a left handed hitter in a day game in August after striking out twice in the game, [...]

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Pink Hats in the NFL, or “How Jessica Simpson Accidentally Joined the Dark Side.”

They broke up, it’s true.  But Jessica Simpson’s romance with Tony Romo has led to some serious pink hat action. Now, Jessica’s a good Texas girl.  She probably loves football entirely legitimately.  But now? Well, now, you too, as it happens, can own a pink Tony Romo jersey.
Get excited.
We love Jessica Simpson. We stuck with [...]

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