Between this and Ray Rice, what's become so abundantly clear is how the NFL both hides behind the shield and takes zero ownership of a contentious situation. That this is now "on hold" until after this joke of a Super Bowl (after they previously said they wanted a swift conclusion) just proves how far Goodell's lips…

He also played the weird-ass albino monk in Da Vinci Code, and Crowe's (no-spoiler) friend in A Beautiful Mind, and again with Crowe in Master and Commander, and an advisor to Emily Blunt in The Young Victoria, and a trader in the excellent Margin Call ...

Amazingly, even more so than Ray Rice, it seems, this situation really has polarized NFL fans. And why? Because a) the Patriots just continue to foster an image of skirting the rules (sorry, Pats fans, but there's just no denying that basic fact at this point), and b) the sport we love is ruled by a commissioner whose…

If someone's looking for the missing air in Brady's balls, it's clearly UNDER THAT STUPID HAT.

Two salient questions:

"It may not sound like much ..."

Mike Vaccaro at the NY Post wrote an excellent column that expresses pretty much every non-Pats fan's thoughts on this subject:

Especially when Belichick and his team already have built a pattern of cheating ...

Careful, Gwynnie ...

Annoying that he/producers gave zero time to Bo, the plus-size model. She seemed lovely and nice, and was what, maybe a size 10? (That's what constitutes plus these days, unfortunately.) But no, he chose only skinny bitches like Little Miss "Plow My Field." Typical.

Love EVERYTHING about her in Thomas Crown Affair - her character, her hair, the amazing Michael Kors and Halston wardrobe that I would happily add to my closet today. Perfection.

I feel like I missed a memo; how long has The Muse been around?

Yes! Keep talking, Jeb, just keep talking. We're all counting on that.

Seriously, the accessories house Echo sent this image in a release today, touting that she's wearing their metallic floppy hat, and I just thought, I wish my vacation candids looked like Harper's Bazaar ...

I hate to be that person, but here it goes: It's Barbra. Barbra Streisand. Not Barbara ...

Where's the Humane Society coming out with a statement advising that this isn't a good idea - or, you know, inhumane?

I hate Sarah Palin for soooooo very much, so why on this good green earth does she have to give me yet another reason to hate her EVEN MORE?!?!

So as I'm not familiar with the intricacies of Saban's contract, is Harbaugh's still indeed besting it? And if so, just how quickly is the phonecall between Saban's office and Alabama's board of trustees going to happen to stroke the most massive ego in college football?

So incredibly pissed off about that game yesterday. And regardless of whether Wallace was benched or took himself out, Ross is nuts for not firing Philbin if this team can't beat the 3-12 Jets, Smith has the best freaking game of his career, and Philbin either can't coach Wallace or he can't garner his respect. This…

Stop trying to make fetch happen.