Verbal wanderings, from the field to the broadcast booth:1. Hats off to the Falcons! The new and improved backfield, featuring rookie QB Matt Ryan and RB Michael Turner, looked potent in a sound defeat of the (admittedly) lax Lions. And no dogs were injured in the making of the “W.”2. The TV networks should be ashamed of themselves for foisting on the American public some of the most
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
Injuries, Roster Changes and Rookies Make for Difficult 2008 NFL Predictions
Posted on 9:55 PM by ergeg
Preseason NFL games are meaningless in the standings. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have meaning. Guys get hurt in ’em (the Giants’ Osi Umenyiora, lost for the season). Improbable faces excel and gain unlikely starting roles (J. T. O’Sullivan, 49ers). Most of all, we get a first glimpse at the raw talent of incoming rookies who might alter the fortunes of their teams (Falcons’ Matt Ryan,
Monday, August 25, 2008
10 Reasons Why I’m Glad the Olympics Is (Are) Over
Posted on 5:28 AM by ergeg
1. China is a fascist-looking place masquerading as an “emerging world power.” 2. Every time I turned on the TV, NBC was showing volleyball. Who needs volleyball?3. The “Redeem Team” was a stupid concept. Fielding an Olympic squad of NBA players—the greatest professional players on the planet—is not what the Olympics are about. It was a dumb idea when it started with the “Dream Team,” and it’s
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Where Old Quarterbacks Go to Die
Posted on 4:12 PM by ergeg
Babe Parilli, Jeff Blake, Jack Trudeau, Boomer Esiason, Bubby Brister, Frank Reich, Neil O’Donnell, Vinny Testaverde, Rick Mirer, Quincy Carter, Jay Fiedler, Patrick Ramsey. They all put in time with the New York Jets, either at the end, or in the middle, of careers that had already peaked (or hardly ever were). Which is why Brett Favre’s move to the Big Apple has the ominous ringings of “aging
Monday, June 30, 2008
Random (but Pertinent) Baseball Musings
Posted on 9:11 PM by ergeg
There’s dumb stuff happening in baseball, both on the field and in the ESPN studios. Time to weigh in and set the world right, even though the dummies won’t listen. On the media front:I don’t watch ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight” all the time. But lately I’ve gotten way too good a gander (and an earful) of Eduardo Perez, the Worldwide Leader’s latest pathetic dumbass diversity/ex-jock hire. Well, check
Monday, June 16, 2008
Negotiating the Weekend Media(te) Wasteland
Posted on 5:32 PM by ergeg
REPENT! THE END IS NEAR!Golfer Rocco Mediate, a normal-seeming, likable, straight-shooting average guy, received a strange brand of media mistreatment this past weekend at the U.S. Open in San Diego. Mediate, a 23-year vet of the pro tour, pushed the great Tiger Woods into an 18-hole playoff and then, when that didn't decide things, into sudden death, eventually losing the final hole. Mediate
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
You Betta' Be Talkin' 'Bout His Mama: Casino Drive Has a Womb with a View on the Belmont
Posted on 12:08 PM by ergeg
By Steve Brady[BELMONT UPDATE 6/7/08: Casino Drive, the second favorite in the Belmont Stakes, was scratched from the race. The colt suffered a stone bruise at some unknown point since arriving in Elmont, N.Y., in late April. Casino Drive reportedly will be returning to Japan to continue his career.] Big Brown (looking majestically big and brown, left) had another stunning victory in the
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