NFL

Brett Favre retires: America's stavred of a great QB

March 6, 2008 - After 17 years in the NFL, Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has announced his retirement for real. He leaves behind an astonishing legacy...

Matt Damon and Johnny Damon Are Not in the Same League

February 11, 2008 - To Whom It May Concern, Please stop trying to meld the worlds of Entertainment and Professional Sports. This effort has been going on for the past few years and must be stopped now!! Let's get this straight, professional entertainers and professional athletes are two completely different vocations...

Tom Brady sacked all night, no one impregnated

February 4, 2008 - Sunday night, the New York Giants became Super Bowl champions with a 17-14 victory over the heavily-favored New England Patriots. The Giants eked out a win on the backs of their strong defense and impressive work from quarterback Eli Manning. Speaking of backs, Pats QB Tom Brady spent...

23/6 Super Bowl preview: giants vs. patriots

February 1, 2008 - The New York Giants take on the New England Patriots on Sunday in Super Bowl XLII, and there's been no shortage of analysis and predictions, most of which are based on arbitrary statistics like "win-loss record...

NFL recap: explaining the Jessica Simpson effect

January 14, 2008 - In the days leading up to the Dallas Cowboys' playoff game against the New York Giants, much was made over whether "pop star/actress/whatever she's supposed to be" Jessica Simpson was a distraction to her boyfriend, Dallas quarterback Tony Romo. The controversy only became more heated after Simpson...

A Straight and a Gay Pick the NFL Playoff Games

January 4, 2008 - Note from Tom: Joseph and I made a deal when we started blogging for 23/6: I would indulge him his rarefied art, food, and Hello Kitty references and he would agree to write about sports. The following is our first attempt at this. AFC Jacksonville Jaguars at Pittsburgh Steelers...

Variety's Unbiased Coverage of Superbowl III

November 27, 2007 - Like so many other WGA members, I've come to rely on Variety's trademark unbiased coverage of the writers' strike. While surfing their archives recently, it was to my great delight that I discovered tha...