What do you call the coach who engineered the greatest comeback in the history of sports?

Bill Belichick, now the winner of 5 titles, must be smarting more can we can say from the disapproval of the Deadspin claque. He feels our scorn. It diminishes his accomplishment. We are a lasting stain on the inarguable icon of his achievement. We prevail. History will not long remember his five SuperBowl wins,…

Bill Belichick, now the winner of 5 titles, must be smarting more can we can say from the disapproval of the Deadspin claque. He feels our scorn. It diminishes his accomplishment. We are a lasting stain on the inarguable icon of his achievement. We prevail. History will not long remember his five SuperBowl wins,…

You bring joy to so many, perhaps not the way you wished.

You bring joy to so many, perhaps not the way you wished.

Yes, Brady is just another privileged white man coasting on the labor of exploited minorities who did all the real work while he gets the glory. Hell, I could have led that last TD drive; all he had to do was read the defense, adjust the assignments, call a few audibles, avoid the rush, throw the ball a few times and…

Maybe next year we should give the teams civics tests, and the ones that score highest on the Slate/Salon/HuffPo Index win. No need to play any football at all, which solves the whole concussion problem as well.

Maybe next year we should give the teams civics tests, and the ones that score highest on the Slate/Salon/HuffPo Index win. No need to play any football at all, which solves the whole concussion problem as well.

I am reminded of a brilliant line from Dan Jenkins’s “Semi-Tough:”

I am reminded of a brilliant line from Dan Jenkins’s “Semi-Tough:”

I like Tom Brady. I don’t like you.

Maybe sometime later in the history of the NFL someone will top what Belichick and Brady did tonight. But I wouldn’t hold my breath. And I understand well why the Deadspin family are horrified by it. After all, these strivers are just so uncouth.

Maybe sometime later in the history of the NFL someone will top what Belichick and Brady did tonight. But I wouldn’t hold my breath. And I understand well why the Deadspin family are horrified by it. After all, these strivers are just so uncouth.

Many, years ago Belichick invited my wife, me and our two daughters, then aged six and ten, to the Pats/Eagles SuperBowl in Jacksonville. I couldn’t go; they did. They had a ball; at about 2AM, I got a phone call from a slightly-buzzed wife who said “someone wants to talk to you.” I have no idea what he said, but I…

Many, years ago Belichick invited my wife, me and our two daughters, then aged six and ten, to the Pats/Eagles SuperBowl in Jacksonville. I couldn’t go; they did. They had a ball; at about 2AM, I got a phone call from a slightly-buzzed wife who said “someone wants to talk to you.” I have no idea what he said (the…

Oh, gee. A request for something real. How quaint.

Oh, gee. A request for something real. How quaint.

Please. Knock yourself out. Let me know how it goes.

This is what Tom Ley looks like:

...and was never heard from again.