Dear Nate,
Thank you for your kind words. I truly do love football and I always tried to act tough. Truth be told, brother, most of the time I was just scared shitless one of those gigantic linemen was gonna rip my head right outta my shoulder pads. When I was launching myself [...]

Dear Brett,
I have been a huge fan of yours for years. Your love of football and unparalleled toughness in the quarterback position have always the been twin pinaccles of character to which I wish all other players aspired. There was nothing I enjoyed watching more than when, after completing a pass, you would [...]

It wasn’t the first game of the 2009 renewal of baseball’s fiercest rivalry, but perhaps it was important. In a typically long Red Sox-Yankees affair made even longer by a 2+ hour rain delay prior to the start of the game, Boston outlasted the Bronx Bombers Monday night (and Tuesday morning) for a 6-4 [...]

The top two teams on my hate list do not even play in the NFL…
FULL DISCLOSURE: I spent eight years as a student of Our Lady of Fatima Elementary School and Home for Sexually Frustrated Women in Penguin Costumes. My mission while I was there was to torture nuns. Their mission was to [...]

One game, that’s all it took for the Yankee faithful (the term is loosely applied here) to hit the big red panic button once again. Or maybe it’s just more over-exposure from their un-official network, ESPN (the same one that offers T.O. coverage far more than his relevance as a player should ever be [...]

Anyone who has played sports for any length of time is familiar with the type: the fire-and-brimstone coach who thinks that the best way to deliver his instructions is at Led-Zeppelin-concert volume. We’ve all had that coach that feels that public embarrassment is the best motivator; the guy that would make Don Rickles [...]

Let us briefly revisit the rules for creating a lasting, meaningful Hate List… 
1. The Hater must have a logical basis for his or her hate.

As per reader dissatisfaction with the original criteria, team colors or any similar reason does justify hating an individual team. However, we prefer deeper, more disturbing reasons to hate.
2. [...]

Nothing can escape the evil clutches of our recent economic downturn, including major league baseball. Judging at the number of high profile unsigned free agents this winter, and the recent news that Citigroup may rescind their offer for naming rights to the new Mets stadium, the economics of MLB reflect what’s happening in the [...]

I’ve never liked Alex Rodriguez. Not when he was with the Mariners, not when he was with the Rangers, and certainly not since he’s been with the Yankees. For all his talent–and, like A-Rod or not, he is a talented ballplayer–I’ve always thought his attitude was terrible and his actions (such as shouting at Howie [...]

What teams are really that good? What teams are really that bad? How important is home field advantage? Is the bye-week a bigger negative than a positive? Everything you though about the NFL playoffs went to the birds this past weekend (meaning the Ravens, Cardinals and Eagles)!
The Good:
Baltimore Ravens: Live by big plays, die [...]