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the world’s ours

So there was a football game last night; whatever. Fraley, Auston and I were watching some injured Packers flee to the locker room just before halftime. “Are they running into a T.G.I. Friday’s?” Auston asked. “Close,” Fraley said. “Jerry Jones, in his megalomaniacal quest to monetize every square foot of Cowboys Stadium, has created a [...]

you brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it

Frankly, I’m torn. On the one hand, if the Steelers lose this Sunday, it makes the whole “redemption of Roethlisberger” storyline that American sports journalists have been sculpting for the last six months – molding it between their legs like Demi Moore’s pottery in Ghost, Roger Goodell’s hands covering theirs – look ridiculous. And there’s [...]

everybody touch this illa fifth dynamite

Hey there, former Baltimore Ravens head coach Brian Billick! How is Ben Roethlisberger keeping his strained ankle safe in the week leading up to Sunday’s game? Good to know: In a follow up report to our story on Monday about Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and his sprained right foot, word now has it that [...]

battle without honor or humanity

Hell. The Jets intrigued audiences in the preseason with their no-holds-barred, behind-the-scenes TV show, but it was the Ravens who grabbed the spotlight Monday night with a 10-9 victory. They held New York to 176 yards, six first downs, allowed Mark Sanchez just 74 yards passing and kept Rex Ryan’s crew out of the end [...]

I’ll pretend my ship’s not sinking

Oh, dear. Someone take Eli Manning’s last known photograph: EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning said he will play Saturday against the Baltimore Ravens. Manning will practice Monday afternoon but will wear a baseball cap instead of a helmet. The quarterback is not to be touched in the non-tackling practice. He [...]

tis here that truth is known

Professor Coldheart’s Keys to the Game Ravens games don’t usually get picked up by New England stations. I could go to a sports bar and ask someone to switch a TV over, but this doesn’t always go over well. Also, it ties me to that particular bar for three hours and twenty dollars worth of [...]

NFL theme song

Against my better judgment, I joined another fantasy football league this season. I dropped out of Dave L’s, having lost embarrassingly two years in a row and having no desire to continue supporting better teams’ records. But Ray needed another player to round out his league. I wonder if perhaps we have too many teams [...]

chasing sea foam dreams around another dirty old town

A Hyundai commercial came on late in the 3rd. “Have you heard about Hyundai’s new program?” someone asked. “If you buy a Hyundai and you lose your job, they’ll take the car back.” “Won’t the bank do that for you already?” I asked. Somewhere between the commercial for the G.I. Joe remake and the commercial [...]

this ain't back in the day, but you don't hear me though

I can think of few better ways to spend an autumn Sunday morning than rolling through the tony Brattle neighborhoods of Cambridge with my man Hawver, blasting Ready to Die in the Toyota’s sturdy speakers. Especially if you’re on your way to watch some football. Fraley and Melissa welcomed us into their home, grilling up [...]

you've been thunderstruck

Sunday I got up early and drove to Target in Watertown, picking up some cheap binoculars. They came with a cord to go around my neck, a handy carrying case and a multi-tool that I’d attach to my keychain if I weren’t sure to lose it the next time I went through Logan. I then [...]

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