Apr

4

Let Me Play Coach…Just Don’t Hit Me!

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Guest post written by Joyanna Adams ***** Anybody who ever had a child in sports has seen this kind of behavior. What is truly amazing, is that most of the time, I have seen parents do nothing—nothing if they saw their kid being abused, because they don’t want to embarrass their child. Not me. I [...]

Feb

24

Obama Turns Cabinet Members Loose to Scare the S*#t Out of Everybody About Sequestration

Filed Under Politics, Sports | 29 Comments

For a few months up to now, President Obama’s Cabinet members had been kept under wraps as far as talking about the effects the looming sequestration could have on the day-to-day lives of Americans. Now, however, is the time for maximum fear mongering, so in addition to the White House’s usual display of human props [...]

Feb

5

Fran Tarkenton Provides Obama with Concrete Evidence That Head Trauma is Clouding the Judgment of Some Former NFL Players

Filed Under Politics, Sports | 8 Comments

President Obama may well view this column by the former Minnesota Vikings quarterback as proof-positive that the head injuries suffered by football players have totally clouded their thought process and something must be done before it’s too late: Pro golfer Phil Mickelson has gotten a lot of flak for his recent comments about threatening to [...]

Jan

27

Gridiron Control? Football Will Have to Change to Reduce Some of the Violence, Says Obama

Filed Under Politics, Sports | 21 Comments

We already know that if President Obama had a son, he’d look like Trayvon, but now we know that Obama’s hypothetical son would also probably not be allowed to play football: “I’m a big football fan, but I have to tell you if I had a son, I’d have to think long and hard before [...]

Jan

10

Doofus Sports Writer: Tea Party Types are the Reason No Players Were Nominated This Year for the Hall of Fame

Filed Under Politics, Sports, Tea Party | 7 Comments

For people like this, when it comes to finding excuses to take swipes at the Tea Party, no topic is too ridiculous: While lamenting how perpetually-snubbed candidate pitcher Jack Morris seems to get a bad rap from sabermetric analysts, Rosenthal felt it the opportune moment to invoke the Tea Party movement as an analogy for [...]

Jan

8

Tuesday Morning/Afternoon Open Thread: Brent Musburger Mentors Boys on How to Pick Up Chicks as Hot as AJ McCarron’s Girlfriend

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Lots going on this morning and early afternoon, so I doubt I’ll be able to get to anything of political substance until a little later. Until then, here’s Brent Musburger’s mind (and other things) wandering during last night’s Notre Dame/Alabama game. When I was a kid I don’t recall Tom Brookshier giving pointers like this [...]

Dec

14

ESPN Panelist: Robert Griffin III Might Not Be ‘One of Us’ Because He’s Got a White Girlfriend and Might Be a Republican

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Translation: “RGIII could have a mind of his own, and we can’t have any of that!” When asked about what RG3 had to say about being an African American quarterback, ESPN panelist Rob Parker, an African American himself, (Twitter handle @RobParkerESPN) had this to say. Transcriptions came from Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post. ‘But [...]

Dec

3

Bob Costas Agrees: Handguns Have to Go

Filed Under Law, PC, Sports | 49 Comments

You knew it would be said, but I thought Bob Costas might have been one that would have at least waited until all the facts are known before going off in this direction. I was wrong: BOB COSTAS: Well, you knew it was coming. In the aftermath of the nearly unfathomable events in Kansas City, [...]

Sep

28

Obama Saves the NFL!

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At least that’s the spin at the top of this ESPN story about the regular NFL officials getting back to work as of Thursday evening: The negative backlash from the Green Bay Packers’ loss to the Seattle Seahawks on “Monday Night Football” pressured the NFL into getting this deal done. With President Obama expressing his [...]

Sep

22

Golf Lovers Democratic Lobbyists Ask Republicans to Stop Making Jokes About Obama’s Golfing

Filed Under Economy, Politics, Sports | 26 Comments

It was his 100th round of golf since taking office … Obama’s staff is a little concerned. They’re concerned all this golf is cutting into his fund-raising. –Jay Leno ***** At the GOP convention in Tampa, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said the following: “Our problem with President Obama isn’t that he’s a bad person. By [...]

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