Yep, it is that time of year... I mean, decade... I mean, ummm... century... where the record book stands up and cheers. Time to move the '72 Dolphins down a line and make room for the '05 Indianapolis Colts! I am absolutely behind anything Tony Dungy has to do to get the Colts to 16-0. Except get Peyton Manning hurt. Or Edgerrin James. Or, in the process, lose the Super Bowl. Is it about the ring, or is it about the undefeated season? Hmmm... maybe it is the ring after all...
NOW fakes more than orgasms. The National Organization for Women fakes outrage when it comes to "insensitive comments" and football players... From today's Washington Post : A leader from the National Organization for Women has asked Joe Paterno to resign over comments the Penn State football coach made about an alleged sexual assault. Joanne Tosti-Vasey , president of the National Organization for Women in Pennsylvania, said yesterday that she was "appalled" by Paterno's comments...
The NFL is the only place in the world where you spit at another person and he responds with a right hook to the face... that you are penalized, ejected, fined, and maybe suspended. But the guy who threw the punch is seen as the 'victim' and is not even reprimanded? From today's Washington Post : Since the NFL fined Redskins safety Sean Taylor only $17,000 yesterday for spitting in the face of Tampa Bay running back Michael Pittman, the only thing we can conclude is that the league is ...
Last Sunday the New England Patriots shellacked the New York Jets 38-14 in a very lopsided victory. The Pats handed the Jets a solid loss. Turns out the reason the Patriots did so darn well against the Jets is that a Patriots official was playing cameraman with several Jets coaches, filming the Jets' play calling and relaying that information to the Patriots coaching staff. Thus the Pats had advance, inside knowledge of what the Jets were going to do that play. And it's cheating. And...