Rose Bowl UpdatesThe Rose Bowl just started. It's supposed to be a big game, apparently. Anyway, you can get some offbeat updates at Every Day Should Be Saturday or Fox Sports. And as Deadspin says, thank goodness no woman related to a …
Who Dat Talking Bout Coaching Them Saints?New Orleans Saints coach Jim Haslett was among four NFL coaches who got fired on Monday. The other casualties on Black Monday: Mike Martz, St. Louis Rams; Mike Sherman, Green Bay Packers; and Dom Capers, Houston Texans.
Give It Up, Mr. InterceptionGreen Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre, aka Mr. Interception, talked the other day. Some interpreted his whining as a signal that Sunday's game will be his last in the NFL. Brett even wondered aloud if the Packers really want him …
From Kicking Ass To Hooking BassFormer bodyguard Robin Babb has given up her career of threat assessment for the world of competitive fishing. Feel free to submit your own joke here:
Call Him Mr. InterceptionIs this the end for Brett Favre? The Green Bay quarterback threw four interceptions in the Packers' 24-17 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday. And, for the second straight week, Favre didn't talk to reporters afterward. That gives Favre …
Not-So-Classic ClassicThey played the Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic on Saturday, before an announced crowd of 100. The I-A seniors team beat the I-AA seniors team 10-7. Everybody said they had a good time. One can't help but think that there might …
ABC's "Monday Night Football" ... Good RiddanceFrom The Mighty MJD: "The last 'Monday Night Football' game ever on ABC will likely turn into a 3-hour self-congratulatory pat-on-the-back for ABC. And I can't begrudge ABC for that; any network would do it. But there is one guy …
Silent SmootFrom Provine High to Hinds CC to Mississippi State to the Washington Redskins to the Minnesota Vikings, defensive back Fred Smoot has left a trail of words. Smoot loves to talk. What he says is often brash and sometimes funny. …
The Lords Of DisciplineFelix Gilette of Slate weighs in on the easy solution to every problem in football. Doctor S hopes this will tide you over until another cheerleader story breaks.
NFL Girls Gone Sleazy, Part 3The lawyer for one of the Carolina Panthers cheerleaders arrested in a Tampa nightclub last week says his client wasn't having sex with the other cheerleader prior to the bathroom brawl that made the two women the most famous ex-cheerleaders …
NFL Crime: Girls Gone Wild, Part 2It's true: NFL teams hold their cheerleaders to a higher standard of behavior than their players. The Smoking Gun updates Doctor S' favorite NFL story of the week with a report that the Carolina Panthers have suspended a third cheerleader, …
Oh No, T.O. Strikes AgainOn Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles kicked superstar loudmouth receiver Terrell Owens off the team (at least for the rest of the season) for his continued criticism of the organization and his teammates, particularly quarterback Donovan McNabb. Now comes the fallout: …
All Hail The Sports ConservativeChuck Klosterman of ESPN tells why he's a sports conservative. Which only seems odd after he writes, <i>I am an apolitical person. Absolutely nobody believes me when I say that, but it's true. Every conservative person I know thinks I'm …
The Under-HorseSlate's Tommy Clegg funnels his exasperation with TV coverage of last week's Breeders' Cup into a piece on the myth of the working-class racehorse. Excerpt: