Brother Only Thing Standing In The Way Of Another Cooley Penis Photo

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 the Redskins

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 [...]

Does Simmons Have The Cajones?

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 [...]

Premier League and La Liga on ESPN 2

Really gets you pumped up

Lionel Messi aka The Flea

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 [...]

Avoiding guilt by looking really guilty

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 [...]

Swimming fast requires lots of eating

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 [...]

Badass Nike soccer ad

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Lenny Dykstra profile in New Yorker

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 [...]

March Madness

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