The NFL’s Pro Bowl has finally been changed for the better.
Are You Listening, Roger Goodell?
Reflecting on the changes to today’s Pro Bowl–taking place the weekend between the Conference Championship and the Super Bowl in the Super Bowl city, Miami, and not in Hawaii–I recalled my VideoDeep post regarding such from last year.
Were you listening, Roger [...]

Hooked up with my friend, Murray Dunnosquattis–cousin of famous seer and soothsayer, Michel Nostradamus–over cocktails at Timmy Nolan’s, to record his divinations on the upcoming NFL season.
When I arrived, MD was pretty much shit-faced and cupping the rosy cheeks of a hot waitress, looking her straight in the eye: “You will have a birthday [...]

As thrilling as Super Bowl XLIII was, there were still many situations that raised my ire and/or incredulity both as part of the game and in its coverage. So instead of handing out game balls (which are well-deserved by the likes of Santonio Holmes and Larry Fitzgerald), I’ve decided to throw out penalty flags (sadly [...]

If you watch the media carefully, they have abdicated their responsibility as watch dogs of the powers that lord over our existence–the government, the corporation, the “league.”
Today’s media, save for the occasional Olberman, or “watch blog”, have assumed the position of cheerleader for whoever signs their pay check.
Rewind your TIVO of Super Bowl 43. [...]

Can’t say enough about the character, coaching and big play execution of the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers.
To bad the pre and post-game analyses seldom match the on field excellence very often witnessed in Super Bowls.
PRE-GAME BLATHER
Why do all the experts so often miss the mark? What made any of them think Edgerrin James would [...]

Super Bowl Sunday means greasy, fatty, meaty, cheesy food, anything that tastes great, health be damned.  So, in preparation for the big game, I got lunch at Philly’s Best, THE place for cheesesteaks in Los Angeles. Philly’s Best imports all their critical ingredients from Philadelphia, so they are as authentic as you can find in [...]

This is a cross-post of an article I wrote for FierceAndNerdy.com. 
Yes, it’s finally almost here. February 1, 2009–Super Bowl Sunday. The big day of the big game, America’s television-viewing and pizza-munching apex of the year. Whether you watch for the football or you watch for the commercials, you watch. And by you, I mean almost a [...]

If I hear another pundit say the secondary is the Steeler’s weak link on defense, I may have to take the jail time and kill someone.
What defense have these idiots been watching?
A quick gander at game-by-game stats screams the ’08 Steelers are one of the finest defenses in the Super Bowl era.
Admittedly, this “weak link” [...]

(Editor’s Note: Gary originally posted this as part of a comment on Allan’s Vive la Difference! article. The subject matter is worthy of its own post.)
The reason people can’t say “Super Bowl” is the NFL owners are a greedy conglomerate of greedy, uninspired, souless pricks. Not to be bitter.
Did I mention they were greedy?
Seriously, it’s about corporate [...]

What a difference a year makes!
Want to know the strangest part to the exciting drama that was the Raven’s season? My wife called it. From the first time she saw the line up of possible draft picks for the Ravens, she read the bios and picked out Joe Flacco and said, they should choose him. [...]