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Like a Kid

My love of NFL football begins early Saturday afternoon with warm glee. The kind of warm glee you feel as a kid waking up on a surefire snow day. No enduring the grueling minutes waiting and listening to school number after school number, county by county. Or state by state if you were unlucky. Not [...]

Dykstra says “Nails!” to pawned World Series, Jim Cramer has a shoulder to cry on

Lenny Dykstra won a World Series with a Mets in ‘86 and almost again with Fighting Phils in ‘93. But he wasn’t done yet. After cramming fresh tobacco into his face, Dykstra started a magazine and jet charter company, Player’s Club, for his fellow swollen headed retirees. This led into a…umm…career in investing? Jim Cramer [...]

NFL FOOTBALL IS BACK!

I’m watching the 3rd quarter of this year’s opener between the defending champs, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the team with the best regular season record last year, Tennessee Titans. Let me tell you now that I have fallen head over heals for Chris Collinsworth, the replacement for John Madden in the broadcast booth next to Al [...]

Lee Marvin is Awesome

The Gunslinger is (crack)back

Monday Night Football’s talking heads CRITICIZED Brett Favre last night. Bad decisions and interceptions have always been out of the commentators grasp when talking about John Maddon’s hero, but bitching out Favre for a crackback block is like taking candy from a baby.