Month: August 2008
Inhale… exhale… Beckett is fine
All of Josh Beckett’s tests with the Doctor of Doom, James Andrews, came back clean. Nevertheless, he’s being placed on…
Read more »Total Titans news and weekend schedule
Updated:Total Titans will be moving temporarily for the weekend, over to Residual Prolixity, Tom’s other blog. Our current site here…
Read more »Texans cut Indy native Colvin
Rosie Colvin got cut. I guess that wasn’t worth all the time we spent speculating on it, was it? Still…
Read more »CBS Accidentally Leaked Its SEC Schedule
Thanks to the Southern Saturday blog which happened to find this and to the Eye on Sports Media blog for…
Read more »Steve’s NFL Preview: AFC South
Ahh, the NFL. A league where a team from St. Louis can play in the West while a team from…
Read more »Ryan’s NFL Preview: AFC South
Unlike the previous two divisions we’ve covered, the South is clearly the cream of the crop in the NFL, even…
Read more »Your Labor Day Weekend Megalinks
As we head into a three day weekend, it’s time to give you your Friday megalinks. As always, we go…
Read more »Rashard Mendenhall Needs To Stop Fumbling
So, Beetlejuice has a fumble problem. That’s 3 in the past 2 preseason games. He can run…no doubt about that…but…
Read more »Living in special times
Here’s a bevy of links starting with a very fun one from Cold Hard Football Facts (see guys, I can…
Read more »Links of the Day 8/29/08
Kid falls out of the stands, Mike Pelfrey comes to his rescue. Thank goodness for Mike Pelfrey. This is just…
Read more »College Football Viewing Picks for 08/30/08 (All Times Eastern)
Just as I did last year, I will post College Football Viewing Picks every Friday. I get the information from…
Read more »A Cock Rag?
Is it just me or does this seem a little inappropriate? I mean come on – a “Cock Rag;” I…
Read more »POLL: Waiver Wire Impact
In the latest edition of the Firebrand poll, we asked: If the Red Sox are to make the playoffs and…
Read more »A look ahead to Labor Day weekend
The Red Sox are embarking on a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox before hosting the Baltimore Orioles for…
Read more »Mini Pony of the Day 8-29-08
Updated:Cool merry-go-round? This is either the coolest or meanest thing I’ve ever seen. On one hand, we have a ton…
Read more »Cocks beat Pack
it was ugly. Truly a tale of two halves. Thank god for Smelley this time, who came off the bench…
Read more »Fox Trot: Steelers Win
19 16 Recap The Steelers are 4-0 in coin tosses in the preseason. Harvey Dent can’t believe it. Touchback on…
Read more »This is not Jasper…
despite confusion at the gamecock walk, LOHD was able to confirm that this is not Jasper pictured above.
Read more »Takeaways from NYG 19 Pats 14
1) Everyone raved about Carr. I was in a plane at 33,000 ft, and the pilot wouldn’t switch the channel….
Read more »The MMTTB report
That’s what I’m calling the weekly look at “How Big are Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson’s Brains?”. Since last we…
Read more »JR is 4th Best Video Game Athlete Ever — We Cannot Stand for This
Dear readers, an unjust travesty has befallen us (that will be the wordiest sentence this week, promise). Our good friend…
Read more »Roger Ebert vs. Jay the Rat
I never thought I would ever link to Roger Ebert in this blog, but here I am, about to give…
Read more »Re-Live the Glory, on Blu-ray
Updated:Watching the Celtics win the championship was amazing. Watching in HD was even better. Now we’ll get to experience the…
Read more »Upcoming Coyotes Events
This week the Coyotes have sent out a plethora of stuff to me. First I got an email (Tape to…
Read more »Series Preview: Brewers (77-56) @ Pirates (57-76)
Pitching Probables: Friday, August 29, 6:05 p.m. CT: RHP Dave Bush (8-9, 4.24) vs. LHP Tom Gorzelanny (6-8, 6.82) Saturday,…
Read more »Wolves Updates 08/29
Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site catches up with Fred Hoiberg (audio). Joel Brigham/Hoopsworld includes Al Jefferson on a list of…
Read more »Fire Brand doused
I’m writing with a heavy heart to say that Fire Brand is shuttering it’s doors… For the weekend. What, you…
Read more »Barf
If there were ever any questions about why Roger Goodell smartly wants to shorten the preseason, all it would take…
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