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What the hell is happening with Tommy Maddox?
by Graham 
One of the more unedifying spectacles in professional sports the world over is when fans, commentators and management suddenly, collectively decide that a player is either washed-up or useless.
We are then treated to the sight and sounds of the player'… more »
11/14/05 07:57:55 pm, the weekend NFL games
by Graham
Last weekend I mused about questions that might be answered as follows:
1. Can Chris Simms recover from what was clearly a stinker of a performance and play a decent game for the Bucs, or will Tim Rattay suddenly find himself starting for a team on th… more »
More F1-speak this past week
by Graham
I see that we have been treated to some classic examples of F1-speak in the last week or two:
(Mark Webber welcomes Nico Rosberg to the team and says he will be a "strong" teammate)
Excellent. They give me a team-mate with no F1 experience. Wait unti… more »
Who needs TV soap operas when we've got Terrell Owens?
by Graham
I never watch TV soap operas. In part that's because most of them, to put it bluntly, are implausible crap. However, the other part of the reason is that real life is far more entertaining than any soap opera.
I humbly submit my principal piece of evid… more »
This weekend's NFL games will have me hooked
by Graham
Unlike last weekend, where I ended up not watching a great deal of football, primarily because of housework, this weekend will see some interesting stories unfold. Several of them involve quarterbacks.
1. Can Chris Simms recover from what was clearly a… more »
The Minnesota Vikings Boat Saga rumbles on...
by Graham
...with some of the Vikings players now threatening to boycott a local TV station after the station aired a follow-up news segment about the boat party, with evidence apparently recovered from the trash bins of several Vikings players.
It seems that th… more »
Formula 1 - RonSpeak
by Graham
Those of us who have followed Formula 1 for some time know that Ron Dennis, the CEO of McLaren-Mercedes, occasionally resorts to pretentious-sounding phraseology that sounds like it was lifted from a consultant's handbook. This form of communication has… more »
Kicker Short-Leash competition - Darn I was right
by Graham
On September 26th, I posted the following:
4. Kicker Short Leash Competition
#1 - following his miss on Sunday, Doug Brien, fired by the Jets last year after missing in the playoffs, is on a very short leash at Chicago. Expect him to be given the ord… more »
Insightful article about the current Minnesota Vikings mess
by Graham
The article is based around an interview with Vikings center Matt Birk, currently on injured reserve after hip surgery. (As an aside, you may remember that Birk volunteered to play the 2005 season, despite a torn labrum in his hip, which would be extreme… more »
Rams vs. Colts - Monday night
by Graham
Every so often you watch a game where you become convinced that the teams were swapped out at half time and replaced by two completely different teams. This is how it was on Monday night. The first half featured a team called the St. Louis Rams trampling… more »