Yes, Minnesota Vikings, We Can

I can’t believe I’m late to this youtube party.

Favre throws another crucial interception.

:-)

Your 1998

I had mixed emotions watching the Packers lose yesterday–I really thought I wanted the epic Brady-Favre match-up (figured Moss could get his ring at the Pack’s expense). But watching the game at Chammp’s Eden Prairie last night, watching some Packer fan freak out inappropriately while his nice, blonde, probably-Minnesota-raised wife and their two little girls [...]

The Sports Guy on Juno

From Bill Simmons’ espn.com column today:
Q: Do you think the Jags are like “The Shawshank Redemption”? They seemed to be a sleeper team of destiny but picked the wrong year to win the Super Bowl (because of the Patriots). “Shawshank” was a sleeper movie destined to win Best Picture and picked the wrong year to [...]

Gimme More 84!

Bought a bottle of wine at Lowry-Hill liquor store last night and discovered the most compelling grassroots campaign since Ron Paul was derailed by the Diebold machines in New Hampshire.
Bringmossback.blogspot.com is run by one of Lowry Hill’s employees, and it includes “Moss-Tastic videos” and there’s supposed to be a petition that you can sign to [...]

The Great Gatsby of WBL

First, KG: When I came into the office this morning, my editor told me that Glen Taylor was on ‘CCO this morning talking about how the trade was a complete fantasy. “The invention of some sportswriters.” I love the crazy rich. A tycoon’s self-assurance. Reality pending royal decree.
But I like the trade. I mean of [...]

Sweet Wild Jersey

Three quarters of the way through Bill Simmons’ superb but unexpected NHL Draft diary he mentions how much he loves the Wild’s “variant” (little dorky comics lingo there for my peeps) red jerseys. I hate the regular Wild home and away jerseys, maybe because I thought the North Stars jerseys were so cool. So B.S. [...]

If the Packers sign Moss…

I’m switching sides.
I’m allowed to do that, right? Once you’re age four, you’re supposed to recognize that your parents are fallable–so why am I still loyal to daddy’s team, anyway? I’m 30–about to be 31–so the way I see it, being a fan of The Purple is just an unfortunate spandrel created by living in [...]

The Sports Gal/Courtney Love

I’m a big Sports Guy guy. I enjoy wagering on football and The Karate Kid, and I’m even kind of a Celtics fan (before the Timberwolves existed, my middle school era bedroom was croqueted with Larry Bird posters). But it’s not just subject matter that draws me to Bill Simmons. I love his geeky frat [...]

T.O.

There were reports this morning that Terrell Owens, the famously mercurial wide receiver for the Cowboys, attempted suicide.
“Hmmm,” I thought. “Just like Hunter S. Thompson or Vincent Foster, huh?”
T.O. has been outspoken in the past, and I’ve always had a hunch that he just may be enough of a narcissistic publicity hound to spill the [...]