Almost everyone of those tackle attempts were at head or shoulder level (the one that was not looked like the kid was knocked lower by a teammate, so that one might have been intended to be a shoulder tackle). This is indicative of poor coaching (and probably too much viewing of SportsCenter highlights). Kids should…

As a Yankee fan, I would think you'd be a little more circumspect with terms like "unprecedentedly successful". While I think 5 championships in 14 years in modern terms is damn impressive, I think the precedent would be 16 championships in 27 years (1936-62) or even 5 in 5 (1949-53).

Whenever the words "Carmelo" and "passing" appear in the same sentence, I am reminded of The Onion's April Fools Day, 2011 headline "Dribbling Carmelo Anthony Demands Ball"

It may be impossible to prove malicious intent, but it is entirely possible (and legal) to infer it from one's actions. The video that was publicized immediately after this happened made it look like Stewart swerved his back end at Ward as he passed. It would be reasonable, given Stewart's past issues with temper on…

Dude; take a deep breath. This is a nice story. Just because you don't have a nice story doesn't mean the rest of us can't have one.

PLEASE tell me that was a hit-and-run.

I think there is a stark difference between the potential fall-out from protests over misapplication of public funds in Brazil and actual player deaths occurring during a WC game. With so much corruption money rolling into FIFA, the Brazil stuff was easy to overlook, but when Neymar goes into a coma because of heat…

That was always a cheap shot, even in Ditka's day.

That was one of the saddest flag throws I've ever seen.

My favorite way to board a plane is to have all the assholes with oversized "carry-on" luggage to be publicly shot while the rest of us watch.

I think you are correct, but I think it is informative that the two guys you mention are two guys who were really well "managed" by mentors (fathers in both cases) from well before the time they came into the national spotlight. Sadly, I think this is probably more of a case of "do not hurt the brand" mentoring than…

Robert Mueller served as FBI Director for 12 years. J. Edgar Hoover was director for just under 37 years and the director of the FBI's predecessor, the Bureau of Investigations, for 11 years before that. Goodell is going to need Louis Freeh to investigate why the NFL is being run by a 55-year old man with a college…

I don't think the major complaint of the fans (I'm one) is that they failed to adequately explain "the magical things happening on a magical island" so much as they built up this grand mythology that was only partially shown to us in bits and pieces, implying that the final reveal would tie everything together.…

We went to the Firestone Walker brewery for dinner one night over the summer. Since we were staying close by, I decided to indulge in some beer tasting (my daughter drove us home). Their beer, at least from on draft, is uniformly excellent. I'm an ale guy, but I really liked the Pivo pilsner. They do excellent work.

America is in a shitty place when its guardians of moral decency are the PR departments of multi-national corporations.

Might be a good idea for the league to come up with a uniform policy on how to publicly handle non-football situations. Just for the sake of eliminating the backtracking embarrassments like the Viking/Peterson, Ravens/Rice, and 49ers/McDonald situations, the NFL should instruct teams to say "We are aware of the…

It's interesting that (at least in my experience) people really overvalue famous regional beers. When I was a kid, my uncles in Wisconsin loved Coors (we live in California); my dad was completely mystified by this. Once I became of age, I remember going through a Rolling Rock phase, a Leinenkugel's phase, even (very…

The ESPN people will be NFL-skeptics until about week 5 of the season, then switch back into NFL blowjob mode from that point on.

I'm going with "used as t-shirt cannons at basketball and football games."

Are there any Japanese ales? I've become an ale-snob over the last several years and only drink lagers as measure of last resort (like when I'm in a Japanese restaurant).