Black Friday Body Count: Thanks For Comin’ Out, Lying Spokeslady

Forgot to note this laughable pile of corporate horse nuggets when posting the broken wristed California cop thing. Walmart corporate officials said safety of customers and employees is the greatest importance. “The fight at the Rialto store was an unfortunate and isolated incident to an otherwise very safe event,” corporate spokeswoman Betsy Harden said. “Providing …

A Few Words From Steve, Then Parental Quirks Part 2: Those Things They Say

Happy freezing ass Monday, everyone. Just what we hoped for after our freezing ass weekend, am I right? No? Yeah, didn’t think so. Believe it or not, Carin and I seriously went out for frozen yogurt on freezing ass Saturday. We felt like idiots at first, but once we walked into the place and saw …

Yes. Please Move The Grey Cup To A Month A Little Less Grey

CFL’s Cohon mulls earlier season start to avoid winter CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon says the time has come to look at the league schedule with an eye to an earlier start so as to avoid playing games in sub-zero weather. This year’s Grey Cup, the championship game, is being played in Regina where the temperature …

Happy CFL Sunday Because CFL Football Is The Best Football

Before we get to Gill’s latest contribution, I’d like to take a second to wish you all a happy CFL Division Finals day. Grey cup season is always one of my favourite sports times of the year. When you take the unpredictability of your average CFL football game and combine it with each playoff game …

In At Least One League, Just Managing To Find The Field Isn’t Good Enough For A Win Anymore

Awesome. Everyone No Longer A Winner In Texas Youth Football League The Keller Youth Association (KYA) football league has decided to do away with trophies for every child who plays. The league director said the board made the decision in order to teach kids that to get awards, they have to go above and beyond just …

He Shoots, But If He Could Score He Wouldn’t Be Doing This Kind Of Thing

Ok seriously, what in the actual hell is going on here? Yesterday I mentioned the recent proliferation of tubesnake tales on the site, and woke up this morning thinking that maybe today would be a day where we could talk about something else for awhile. In an attempt to make that happen, I decided to …

I’m Sorry. I Got That All Wrong

If anyone from the New York Yankees organization is reading this, next time you guys are looking for a play by play voice, keep me in mind. I’ve got a decent radio voice, I can think quickly, I’ve been told a time or 2 that I’m friendly and even engaging, and my ability to follow …

An MMA Fighter Died Of Weight Cutting? Shocking!

Brazilian MMA Fighter Dies Minutes Before Weigh-In I’ve been waiting for this to happen, and I’m surprised it’s taken this long. If a couple of these don’t prove to everyone in MMA/boxing/amateur wrestling/any other stupid ass weight cutting sport you can think of that weight cutting is ridiculous and dumb, I don’t know what will. …

I Just Learned A New Baseball Rule

Two people have just learned something. Me, and Vinnie Catricala of the Midland RockHounds baseball team. That thing? It is possible to strike out on just 1 pitch. Turns out there’s a rule covering this, but it’s so rarely enforced that almost no one who doesn’t study these things day in and day out knows …

The Best Profile Of Ryan Freel You Will Probably Ever Read

After I posted the what it’s like when a hockey player is traded article last week, I got a tweet telling me that I should read this Brett Popplewell profile piece on Ryan Freel. If you don’t remember who Ryan Freel is, don’t feel bad. You’re not alone. His name hadn’t crossed my mind since …