Category Archives: Sports

NHL Lockout: Commish Bettman Apologizes To Fans

In case you weren’t aware, the NHL locket is pretty much over. The Board of Governors has approved the new deal, and we’re just waiting on the Players Association to ratify it (which should come Sunday). Over the past few days I’ve read about some team owners apologizing to the fans, such as with the […]

Bob Costas Goes On Anti-Gun Rant During Sunday Night Football

Liberals just can’t help themselves (Daily Caller) During halftime of NBC’s coverage of the Philadelphia Eagles versus the Dallas Cowboys, NBC Sports analyst Bob Costas made a plea for gun control during his weekly commentary on “Sunday Night Football.” Responding to the weekend murder-suicide by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, Costas relied on a […]

Having Solved All Of America’s Problems, Dem Senate To Hold Hearing On NFL Bounties

Priorities (Politico) A Senate Judiciary subcommittee will hold a hearing on the bounty system allegedly used by several National Football League teams – one day after top coaches from the New Orleans Saints were suspended as punishment for a program that awarded players with cash if they injured their opponents. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who […]

If All You See… (Super Bowl Edition)

…is a bear that will have to adapt to climate change, you might just be a Warmist BTW, that is Reby Sky, the NY Giants Girl. Yes, the big game is here. Keys to the game for the Giants put pressure on Tom Brady with the front 4, make him hold the ball a little […]

What Say To A Super Bowl In…..London

Some ideas are too dumb to even throw against the wall to see if they stick (CBS Sports) The members of the Super Bowl committee lately have been content to award hosting duties in cities in the northern part of the U.S. For instance, Indianapolis here and New Jersey in 2014. But what about an […]

Rumor: Madonna Is Bringing “The Gay” To The Super Bowl

Anyone think the NFL is taking extreme notice of this and will quash it down for halftime? (via the NJ.com Giants forum) (NY Daily News) MADONNA is “bringing gay to the Super Bowl.” That’s what we overheard one of her dancers say at the premiere party for Her Madgesty’s “W.E.” at Top of the Standard […]

It’s On: Giants-Patriots

Championship Sunday was possibly the best in my memory, with two games coming down to the wire. The Ravens managed to lose it with a poor field goal attempt in the closing seconds of the 4th, which would have tied the game and sent it to overtime. The game was close throughout, making for a […]

NHL Players Association Nixes Realignment Plan

Apparently, the players weren’t too happy with the plan (USA Today) The NHL announced Friday that it won’t go ahead with realignment in 2012-13 because it says the players association won’t agree to the new format. The change to a four-conference setup was approved 26-4 in December by the NHL’s board of governors. Under the […]

NHL To Make Major Realignments

Some good, some bad (NJ.com) NHL officials approved a radical realignment plan today (late Monday) that will give the league four conferences instead of six divisions and guarantee home-and-home series among all teams. (big snip) The new look has two conferences with seven teams all based in the Eastern time zone: the Devils, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, […]

What Is It About Tim Tebow That Creates TDS?

I seriously would like to know. Here is a good kid (you know you’re getting older when you call a a twenty something NFL quarterback a kid) who hasn’t had run ins with the law, doesn’t beat women, hasn’t been caught up in a nightclub shooting, doesn’t wander around with a posse, hasn’t failed a […]

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