By Paul Gotham Wade Is No Bum 'Love Ya Blue' took the NFL by storm in the late 70s when Bum Phillips steered the derricks to back-to-back AFC Conference finals appearances. Aside from hall-of-fame running back, Earl Campbell, those Oiler teams lacked stars. Bum got his boys to make plays. The ability to inspire must have skipped a generation. While one could portray … [Read more...] about NFL Splinters | Week 2 2009
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Game, Set, Motherf%#^$@* Match!
or Notes From a Cranky Old Man by Bill Ribas There’s a reason most high level sports performers don’t worry about the consequences of their actions: rarely, if ever, are the penalties not worth the effort. Our latest buffoon slash criminal is Serena Williams, she the Amazonian tennis player, who recently berated a line judge so badly that she cost herself the Open … [Read more...] about Game, Set, Motherf%#^$@* Match!
Jeff Jagodzinski: Mess With The High Life, And…
By Paul Gotham It is only fitting on this first Monday of September - when we celebrate labor - that job and career choices fill the air of sports discussion. Jeff Jagodzinski appeared rather comfortable some 10 months ago. The former head football coach of the Boston College Golden Eagles was in the third of a five-year contract. Somewhere along the line Jagodzinski … [Read more...] about Jeff Jagodzinski: Mess With The High Life, And…
Brett Favre: Cash For Clunkers
By Bill Ribas In the movie “Transformers,” the robot Bumblebee plummets to earth and assumes the shape of a 1976 Camaro. He bonds with the kids, and after their few close calls with the Decepticons, hottie Megan Fox wonders why the robot took the shape of such a “piece of crap car.” The kids get dumped in a tunnel, the car drives off, metamorphing as a bright and shiny … [Read more...] about Brett Favre: Cash For Clunkers
Me & The Mets
By Bill Ribas The latest news out of Flushing is that Johan Santana is headed for an MRI, the hope that it’s only bone chips, or maybe some of the stitching of his jersey is getting caught on his elbow when he throws. Who knows. As a Mets fan, I have endured the lows of poor play, the highs of championships, but never anything like this year. The laundry list of players out … [Read more...] about Me & The Mets