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Life imitates art (or, at least, a Farrely Brothers Film)

Ted: What about Brett Fav….rah?
Mary: What’d I tell you the first time we met? I’m a Niners fan.

So, in the theatrical version Brett Favre comes rushing back to the love of his life (Mary), seeking a full embrace from the love of his life (Mary), only to find that he has [...]

Is this what we’ve come to?

Okay, so I know I was bitching about the Favre coverage earlier in the week. I know I need to get over it. As Sonny told me tonight, “It’s a league full of bad quarterbacks…if he wants to play, he will.”
Yeah, I know, I get it. But still…if there’s so LITTLE going on in the [...]

The Brett Favre Era Has Ended … and Only Wisconsinites Care

Well, we always knew they were a strange breed, anyway.
Let me preface this by saying that Brett Favre’s legacy is not lost on me.  He has broken some of the NFL’s most prestigious records of all time and is one of the greatest football players ever to play the game; those facts are indisputable.
 
But when [...]

Brett Favre - Please Forward my Pension Check to the Following Address

As reported last by the NFL Network, Brett Favre retired from the Green Bay Packers last week.  As I listened to his retirement press conference, I realized that I had always been a Packers fan.  Then I promptly called my boss, quit my job, and I am now waiting for my NFL pension check to [...]

The Knight Phenomenon

I’ve been sitting here for the past two hours, trying to sort out my thoughts on the surprise announcement that Bob Knight was resigning immediately as head coach of Texas Tech. I still haven’t managed to do so, but I’ll try to put those thoughts into words anyway.
First things first - if you’re scanning around [...]

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