Amid pomp, exciting football
By Alex Mazerov | February 1So I was watching NBC last night - got to see a ton of yellow flags, thoroughbreds and Danica Patrick in the process - when, all of a sudden, a football game broke out.
So I was watching NBC last night - got to see a ton of yellow flags, thoroughbreds and Danica Patrick in the process - when, all of a sudden, a football game broke out.
First, it happened to the San Francisco 49ers. Then to the Philadelphia Eagles. And now, it appears that the Dallas Cowboys may be condemned to the same fate: complete and utter dysfunction - and, as we Big D haters can only hope, eternal mediocrity - at the hands, and mouth, of Terrell Owens.
I didn't even need to read the text messages or listen to the voicemails. I already knew what they were all going to say: Sean Taylor was dead.
The New England Patriots, 4-0 this season and looking unbeatable, may actually just be too good to go undefeated. I know that sounds crazy, but hear me out.
Whew! That's me still catching my breath from a ridiculously intense four days of college basketball (there was a European-inspired holiday in there too, I think). Saturday, day one of the second round of the NCAA tournament, was by far the wildest and most pulse-pounding day so far - especially considering ...
Even though college basketball's Selection Sunday is still more than a week away, it's never too early to start thinking about those March Madness bracket pools. After all, the calendar now reads March - if only March 2. So without further delay, here are some not-very-insiderish, but hopefully useful ...
Farewell, professional football. With Super Bowl XLI now in the books, we enter a period of mourning and despair for six months, with only inferior sports left to entertain us.
Message to all you New Englanders at Brown: the Patriots aren't the only team in the NFL. There are 31 other ... No, scratch that. There's really just one other team that matters. The Washington Redskins.
For eight straight years, the Madden Curse has never failed.