From Annys Shin’s profile of Tanner Cooley, brother of Redskins TE Chris:
The worst spat Tanner and Chris say they’ve had since starting the blog was in September 2008, when Chris posted a picture of his penis on the blog. The intended subject of the photo was a page in a playbook that just happened to [...]
Steve Coll on what its like to be a Skins fan:
The general atmosphere around the team suggests Zimbabwe—a failed state, an intractable dictator, and an impotent and suffering populace.
The 2009 Washington Redskins: The Zimbabwe of NFL teams. And after tonight’s game, I’m in a similar place as this:
I cannot give up on football; I can [...]
Jason Pinter at the HuffPo had a really good interview with Bill Simmons the other day that touched on something I’ve been wondering about recently: What would happen if Simmons left ESPN when his contract runs out next year? Here’s Simmons in the interview:
Part of me can’t shake the temptation of being the underdog again [...]
Chad Nielsen in ESPN the Magazine (via) tells us of when Kobe Bryant met the best soccer player in the world:
“At the Olympics,” Messi says, “everything was beautiful.” His fondest memory? “Eating at the Olympic Village.” One day at lunch, a tall black man set his tray at one end of Barça’s table. “Hola,” the [...]
Steroids. Used by cheating athletes (Manny, Arod, etc.) and howled at by the media, a positive steroid test can damage any athletes reputation. Sometimes you don’t even need a positive test, guilt by association is enough. Which brings us to some Belgian bodybuilders who decided to avoid the stigma of a positive test by peaceing [...]
Here’s what Michael Phelps daily eating habits are like (via):
Phelps lends a new spin to the phrase “Breakfast of Champions” by starting off his day by eating three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise.
He follows that up with two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three [...]
A month old but you really need to read Ben McGrath’s profile of Lenny Dykstra in The New Yorker if you haven’t already. It’s a great profile/read.
Among the things you’ll learn about Dykstra:
- carries three cell phones
- loves to use baseball as a metaphor
- been remarkably successful in business post-baseball
- is an avid day [...]
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