sports
Robbie Rogers Is Gay (Yay!)
Kristian LinSince I’m the soccer guy on this website, I need to take note of an American soccer player who shook up the sport over the weekend, and it wasn’t because of anything he did on the field. (“Pitch! The word is pitch!” scr...
Okay, Beyonce, We Get It — You’re Singing Live
Jeff PrinceBeyonce took so much (well-deserved) heat after lip-syncing the national anthem at President Obama’s inauguration that she vowed to sing live at last night’s Super Bowl halftime show. Then she went overboard during ...
Let’s Go … Ravens?
ANTHONY MARIANIMy worst NFL nightmare has come true. Two of my least favorite teams –– the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers –– are headed to the Super Bowl, the Ravens after effectively neutering Tom Brady and his Pats, an...
National Anthem Shivering In Fear As Alicia Keys Promises Wow Factor
Jeff PrincePop singer Alicia Keys is promising something new and different when she performs “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl in two weeks. “I’m really excited about it, I can’t even lie,” K...
How to Fake a Girlfriend
Kristian LinDear Lord, holy crap, and every other verbal ejaculation you can think of. The college football world and a good portion of the world beyond is reeling from Deadspin’s bombshell about Manti Te’o, the linebacker whos...
Flying Rats Live Another Day
ANTHONY MARIANIDear Lord. We’ve got to see Ray Lewis do that stupid dance at least one more time. My thoughts on the head flying rat are well known: He’s a thug who obstructed the investigation of a double homicide in 2000 and yet somehow...
Racist Redskins Should Change Name
Jeff PrinceThe Washington Redskins — a team us Cowboys fans love to hate — might finally be considering a name change. Why? Money, of course. The team wants a new stadium in Washington D.C., but they mayor doesn’t like t...
Sports! Knees! Murder!
ANTHONY MARIANIThe NFL playoffs began this past weekend and were as lackluster as you probably imagined though not nearly as lackluster and bone-dry boring as next week’s games will be. All of the favorites won, handily, yesterday and Satur...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs Washington Redskins
Jeff PrinceThe Cowboys quarterback has got mega-talent and puts up great stats. He’s a nice guy. You want him to win. You know he wants to win. You’re sure he’ll prevail eventually. But he just can’t finish. He cho...
Cowboys’ D: Trampled Under Foot
ANTHONY MARIANIYes, boneheaded plays and mistakes are killers. Missed game-winning field goals, unconscionably dumb penalties in crucial situations, interceptions –– they’re all horrible but do not exist in vacuums. You could even say t...