And the same Alvas that played Atletico to a tie at the Calderon. They might not be that bad...

I had the same thought, and spent about five minutes thinking through all of the better calls they could have made. Then I realized that it actually was a fine call, but for the officials making up a nonexistant rule that ended up screwing them. So no blame to the OC on this one. (Although I would wager that the OC…

Good Lord, Sunday can’t come soon enough. I’m super stoked that Football is back too, fellas, but man, when the entire football starved internet gets one game in which to let off seven months of building take and counter take steam, it’s brutal.

At least being owned by a network that broadcasts MLS games hasn’t changed Deadspin’s tune on MLS. (At the same time, if there’s some undiscovered talent languishing over at Deportes who wants to write a column for those of us who kind of follow the North American leagues, I encourage the new bosses to send him on…

Or eating at his restaurant. Unless someone else is buying. Because I am a principled dude, but I can make exceptions for a free strip steak.

And yet I will still argue to my last breath that if they ever put Chauncey in the Nuggets front office, watch the fuck out.

I took my nephew to his first Broncos game this preseason, and when we stopped by the ring of fame sculptures, I blew right by Elway to tell him about Karl Mecklenburg and Shannon Sharpe. Because it’s just embarrassing how hard the entire city rides Elway’s nuts.

I didn’t think that looked right, but I was on a roll...

Kansas’ march to statehood was really messy. Congress declared that states could descide by popular vote to be slave states or free states. So when Kansas started down the track to statehood, it was flooded with radicals from both camps, who actually fought a pretty nasty prequil to the Civil War. John Brown, pictured…

I personally think it’s a cooler name than the Broncos.

When the Broncos suck, they will forever and always be the Donkeys.

Not necessarily. Makoto Nagano, one of the best guys they ever had on the show, failed the first stage ten times in twenty four appearances (I did have to look that up). I remember seeing a few of them, and it was always devastating.

Like most J.J. Abrams shows, you can probably get away with just watching seasons one to three and calling it good. Jennifer Garner in a wig and mini skirt could keep me interested in just about anything, but it gets pretty stupid.  

Every time I watch the original, I can’t get over one of the worst miscasting jobs in the history of film: Ridgeway, Colorado and environs (one of the most picturesque spots in the state) as Eastern Oklahoma.  

Next up: Green Bay Packers.

I guess I can see how the Great Sand Dunes don’t rank higher, even if they are a testament to the power of wind erosion. They just play an epic part in the imagination of kids who grow up in Denver. You go with your parents one summer, and remember this awesome and out of place landscape. Then when you turn 16 and…

My wife and I have a no-questions-no-hurt-feelins policy that if anyone wants to sleep in the guest room for a few nights, it’s ok. And as soon as the kid is out the door, we have serious plans to look into buying two halves of a duplex and going back to date nights with sleepovers mixed with solo nights at home.…

And yet with all of those advancements with textiles and uniforms, I was surprised to see that they still just stick the bib on with safety pins. Maybe I’m the only person in the world who is bothered by safety pins, but I would think that someone would have thought of a better way by now.

Strong take on Peanuts, but otherwise this would be my list, given that Ernie / the Piranha Club wasn’t an option.

I personally believe that Pearls is the greatest comic strip of all time, full stop. But Stephen Pastis, I suspect, would be fine with this. (He has a story about tracking down Charles Schultz at a coffee shop when he was considering dropping out of the legal profession to become a cartoonist. Schultz sat down with…