What I didn’t want to write is ”The Uninitiated Liberal’s Guide to Professional Wrestling.” I didn’t want to walk into the Q for Monday Night RAW with no preparation, just hoping for glimpses of mullets and juggalo tattoos to titter over with my friends. That being said: the juggalo tattoos were hilarious, and the mullet-count [...]
It’s hard to get too excited about the Browns. Sure, 2-1 is a lot better than 0-3, but it’s not like this team inspires a lot of confidence. The defense seems shaky. The running game is one good run and a bunch of 2 yard line plunges, and the passing game consists of McCoy dumping [...]
Well, let’s make it 1-12 in openers. There is something almost magical about the Browns ability to suck the life out of a football season early, and get you ready for yet another season of malaise. It’s amazing really. In the NFL, that bullshit of “Any Given Sunday” is actually pretty legit. You would think [...]
[Brief disclaimer: I love my ducks.] Just in time for tonight’s Oregon vs. LSU game, Michael Kruse of Grantland has taken one of the most absurd arguments in sports, somehow made it more specious and then attempted to codify it with some sociological hooey. He integrated a common Grantland formula (true + obvious = uninteresting) with a bit of intellectual [...]