Sizemore Clause

Naked Johnny Damon?

Johnny Damon’s new contract with the Cleveland Indians contains what is being called a “Sizemore Clause.” When I read that headline I was sure it had something to do with naked cellphone pictures taken in hotel bathrooms and Damon’s penchant for nudity in the locker room. Seriously. How can anything associated with a guy named Sizemore not be dirty?

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On the Caps and the Playoffs

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Playoff hockey is upon and and I can hardly watch.

You see, I am a Caps fan.

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Great Expectations, or Opening Day

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Hockey isn’t over, and neither is basketball, but the 2012 major league baseball season is officially underway (for those of you [losers] who don’t pay attention in February when spring training starts). And in Pittsburgh, once again, hope springs eternal, in spite of the last 19 seasons being losing ones and Roy Halladay on the mound for the Phillies today.

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Breaking: Howard University Suspends All NCAA Play

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Howard University, located in Washington D.C. and a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, suspended all of it’s NCAA athletic teams Wednesday morning. The action was self-imposed for further investigation, and no other details were offered.

Unnamed sources at the university suspect that the action was taken by the Athletic Director Skip Perkins, who was hired in December 2010. The same unnamed sources suspect that the action was due to student athletes using book vouchers for things other than books.

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Nike Unveils New NFL Team Uniforms, My Favorite Team’s is Clearly the Best. Clearly.

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As of the 2012-2013 NFL season, Nike has replaced Reebok as the official uniform outfitter. When league officials announced the change in 2010, the world as a whole probably said, “Meh,” and went on with their lives. Most NFL fans I know, however, started trying to predict what the new uniforms would look like. Because, you know, we don’t have anything better to do.

As it turns out, we should have spent that time we wasted trying to figure out the new uniforms on actually working at our jobs. With the exception of very minor stylistic differences, just about every NFL team’s uniform stayed exactly the same. Except for one. Guess who? Read more…

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