Upon returning to the District of Columbia last night after losing to the worst team in modern football history, the Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn was arrested by the Secret Service and deported to Guantanamo Bay.
Football be serious in the Washington.
Details to follow.
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Showing posts with label NFL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NFL. Show all posts
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
932...The Answer To That Question Is Yes
I did take the Washington Redskins everywhich way but loose in the many, many, many pools I am in.
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931...Detroit Lions In The House
They lead from start to finish today, ending the second longest losing streak in NFL history.
They beat the Washington Redskins 19-14 today at Ford Field, Detroit.
I would think, in the time honoured tradition of sports in North America, this momentous victory will be followed by a riot.
The view from Windsor will be incroyable.
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They beat the Washington Redskins 19-14 today at Ford Field, Detroit.
I would think, in the time honoured tradition of sports in North America, this momentous victory will be followed by a riot.
The view from Windsor will be incroyable.
WFDS
Sunday, September 20, 2009
891...How To Watch Football
Nine 63 inch TVs.
One movie screen size TV.
John Madden is being interviewed by Bob Costa's on the halftime show of the Cowboys/Giants game on NBC and has just revealed that that is how he now watches football on Sundays.
That rocks.
Hard.
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One movie screen size TV.
John Madden is being interviewed by Bob Costa's on the halftime show of the Cowboys/Giants game on NBC and has just revealed that that is how he now watches football on Sundays.
That rocks.
Hard.
WFDS
Friday, September 18, 2009
879...Windsor Ontario Window On Weird
Weird being Detroit.
Seriously, Detroit is a lot like Montreal in this respect. It is a city where the unthinkable happens on a regular basis.
Former mayor of Detroit Kwame Kirkpatrick comes to mind.
This week's weird comes from former Detroit Lions' running back Charles Rogers. He started his week by getting sued for 6.1 million by his former employers who want their bonus money back coz Mr. Rogers, a huge college star up the road at Michigan State, winner of the Fred Biletnikoff Trophy as best receiver in the country who was drafted second overall in 2003, sucked horribly as a professional football player, in part because he was high much of his short career. High enough to get suspended by the NFL three times for using recreational drugs.
Mr. Rogers mid week crisis happened at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon
when he was found by the suburban Novi, Michigan police passed out at the wheel of his in gear Benz. By the way, he was in the middle of making a left hand turn when he passed out.
He refused a breathalyser so the police took blood and this morning Drew and Mike on WRIF report that his blood alcohol content was .114.
You thought you had a bad week.
WFDS
Seriously, Detroit is a lot like Montreal in this respect. It is a city where the unthinkable happens on a regular basis.
Former mayor of Detroit Kwame Kirkpatrick comes to mind.
This week's weird comes from former Detroit Lions' running back Charles Rogers. He started his week by getting sued for 6.1 million by his former employers who want their bonus money back coz Mr. Rogers, a huge college star up the road at Michigan State, winner of the Fred Biletnikoff Trophy as best receiver in the country who was drafted second overall in 2003, sucked horribly as a professional football player, in part because he was high much of his short career. High enough to get suspended by the NFL three times for using recreational drugs.
Mr. Rogers mid week crisis happened at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon
when he was found by the suburban Novi, Michigan police passed out at the wheel of his in gear Benz. By the way, he was in the middle of making a left hand turn when he passed out.
He refused a breathalyser so the police took blood and this morning Drew and Mike on WRIF report that his blood alcohol content was .114.
You thought you had a bad week.
WFDS
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
855...Did You See The Buffalo-Toronto Bills Monday
Can you say the word implode?
Game one and their season went down the tubes in 76 seconds.
Brilliant.
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Game one and their season went down the tubes in 76 seconds.
Brilliant.
WFDS
Monday, September 14, 2009
848...Why Can't We Be Friends?
For the good of the country.
I thought about this last night when I was watching the NFL on NBC. During the game there was an advert for the Monday night games on ESPN, an ABC property. ABC and NBC have been long time competitors but, for the good of the NFL, they cross promote during their games.
Wouldn't it be nice if Michael and Stephen and Jack could be friends? For the good of the country.
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I thought about this last night when I was watching the NFL on NBC. During the game there was an advert for the Monday night games on ESPN, an ABC property. ABC and NBC have been long time competitors but, for the good of the NFL, they cross promote during their games.
Wouldn't it be nice if Michael and Stephen and Jack could be friends? For the good of the country.
WFDS
Sunday, September 13, 2009
844...You Heard It Here First
The Jacksonville Jaguars are going to move to Los Angeles at the end of the 2010 season.
My reasoning is three fold.
First off Sports Illustrated had a note in their August 31 edition indicating that the Jags have already announced that none of their home games are going to be on the tube this year; the protocol for an NFL game being televised in its home market is that it has to sell out about two days in advance. To announce two weeks before the season that you don't think you will sell out any games does not show a lot of confidence in the market.
Secondly I was out drinking with a couple of folks from the Philly Flyers' front office and they predicted such a move.
Thirdly, Los Angeles and Orange County are wide open. Second biggest market in the country, long history of football on all levels. Jacksonville is the 53rd biggest market in the country. To put that in perspective, Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Pennsylvania, the home of The Office, is number 52.
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My reasoning is three fold.
First off Sports Illustrated had a note in their August 31 edition indicating that the Jags have already announced that none of their home games are going to be on the tube this year; the protocol for an NFL game being televised in its home market is that it has to sell out about two days in advance. To announce two weeks before the season that you don't think you will sell out any games does not show a lot of confidence in the market.
Secondly I was out drinking with a couple of folks from the Philly Flyers' front office and they predicted such a move.
Thirdly, Los Angeles and Orange County are wide open. Second biggest market in the country, long history of football on all levels. Jacksonville is the 53rd biggest market in the country. To put that in perspective, Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Pennsylvania, the home of The Office, is number 52.
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843...Entourage Guest Star's Wife Pregnant
Tom Brady, an actor with a very thin resume, and his wife, Gisele Bundchen, a human clothes rack, are having a baby.
Mr. Brady confirmed the rumour that he and his new bride, they were married in December of last year, are going to have a baby during an interview with ESPN's Chris Berman. The interview will be on ESPN today and tomorrow and probably forever.
For those of you not current on Mr. Brady's back up job, in case the acting thing doesn't pan out, he is arguably the greatest quarterback of our time, a Super Bowl champion out of Michigan presently toiling with the New England Patroits. He is quite possibly the finest NFL quarterback in the history of the game.
Just in case you think I am some kind of New England Patroit fan, uh, think again. They suck.
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Mr. Brady confirmed the rumour that he and his new bride, they were married in December of last year, are going to have a baby during an interview with ESPN's Chris Berman. The interview will be on ESPN today and tomorrow and probably forever.
For those of you not current on Mr. Brady's back up job, in case the acting thing doesn't pan out, he is arguably the greatest quarterback of our time, a Super Bowl champion out of Michigan presently toiling with the New England Patroits. He is quite possibly the finest NFL quarterback in the history of the game.
Just in case you think I am some kind of New England Patroit fan, uh, think again. They suck.
WFDS
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842...Opening Day Of The NFL
It is on.
I will be on my couch with a brown beverage in my hand if you want to join me.
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I will be on my couch with a brown beverage in my hand if you want to join me.
WFDS
Saturday, September 12, 2009
839...Enough About Elections:NFL Starts A Demain
That means tomorrow.
Keep on rocking in the free world.
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Keep on rocking in the free world.
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Friday, September 11, 2009
826...OMG
NFL.
America's game.
Last night.
Tribute to Flight 93.
Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Tennessee Titans in the opening game of the season last night in a storybook game that went into overtime.
This Sunday, one o'clock eastern time, they roll out the full schedule.
If you are in the business of packaging and getting out your message this is something you should consider checking out.
It really is a beautifully packaged product.
WFDS
America's game.
Last night.
Tribute to Flight 93.
Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Tennessee Titans in the opening game of the season last night in a storybook game that went into overtime.
This Sunday, one o'clock eastern time, they roll out the full schedule.
If you are in the business of packaging and getting out your message this is something you should consider checking out.
It really is a beautifully packaged product.
WFDS
Thursday, September 10, 2009
825...It Is On Baby
N F L.
Tonight.
Pittsburgh Steelers.
Tennessee Titans.
8 30.
Your livingroom.
Beer me.
WFDS
Tonight.
Pittsburgh Steelers.
Tennessee Titans.
8 30.
Your livingroom.
Beer me.
WFDS
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
813...This Sunday Is Momentous
Momentous for two reasons.
First off, it is the opening day of the full schedule of the NFL.
More importantly it is the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, a battle that changed the face of the North American continent and the world in a matter of minutes.
To review, before the battle, the French were a major colonizer in the New World. After the battle, not so much. Fifty years after the fight the French presence in North America was pretty much spent.
In celebration of the anniversary a 24 hour event Moulin a paroles [word mill] will start at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon reading key passages from the history of Quebec such as the song lyrics, information about the 1837-38 rebellion, the 1755 Acadian deportation and most controversially the Front de Liberation du Quebec's 1970 manifesto.
The FLQ were the small group of terrorists who kidnapped James Cross, a British diplomat and Pierre Laporte, a Quebec cabinet minister, in October of 1970, sending Canada into a state of emergency.
The reading of this manifesto is sure to cause controversy but, as reported by Kevin Dougherty in today's Montreal Gazette, Gilles Duceppe, the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, supports the reading on the basis of its historical value. He states that not reading it would be censorship, that those who are against it being read are pro censorship and he is right on the money there.
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First off, it is the opening day of the full schedule of the NFL.
More importantly it is the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, a battle that changed the face of the North American continent and the world in a matter of minutes.
To review, before the battle, the French were a major colonizer in the New World. After the battle, not so much. Fifty years after the fight the French presence in North America was pretty much spent.
In celebration of the anniversary a 24 hour event Moulin a paroles [word mill] will start at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon reading key passages from the history of Quebec such as the song lyrics, information about the 1837-38 rebellion, the 1755 Acadian deportation and most controversially the Front de Liberation du Quebec's 1970 manifesto.
The FLQ were the small group of terrorists who kidnapped James Cross, a British diplomat and Pierre Laporte, a Quebec cabinet minister, in October of 1970, sending Canada into a state of emergency.
The reading of this manifesto is sure to cause controversy but, as reported by Kevin Dougherty in today's Montreal Gazette, Gilles Duceppe, the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, supports the reading on the basis of its historical value. He states that not reading it would be censorship, that those who are against it being read are pro censorship and he is right on the money there.
WFDS
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
807...PlaxicoBurressShould NotBeYourRoleModel
Mr. Burress is the former New York Giant star, see Post 706, who saw his NFL career implode as a gun he was carrying in his waist band exploded firing a bullet into his thigh and landing his ass in prison for long enough to 86 17's career.
Apparently he was a role model for 15 year old Brooklyn boy Khamir Grant who one upped his hero. The New York Post reports that Mr. Grant shot himself in the penis Sunday morning around 1:30.
You read right.
Bullet meet penis; penis meet bullet.
The future rocket scientist was walking home in the middle of the night when his gun started to slip and he accidentally fired it propelling a bullet through his penis.
After being treated in hospital our little genius followed in the footsteps of the Super Bowl hero by being charged with reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon.
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Apparently he was a role model for 15 year old Brooklyn boy Khamir Grant who one upped his hero. The New York Post reports that Mr. Grant shot himself in the penis Sunday morning around 1:30.
You read right.
Bullet meet penis; penis meet bullet.
The future rocket scientist was walking home in the middle of the night when his gun started to slip and he accidentally fired it propelling a bullet through his penis.
After being treated in hospital our little genius followed in the footsteps of the Super Bowl hero by being charged with reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon.
WFDS
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
772...Want To Give Your Dog A Heart Attack?
You may do so for 39.99 USD which Sports Illustrated reports is the price on NFL.com for a jersey, that's Americanese for sweater, emblazoned with a team logo, name and number including an Iggles jersey with the name Vick as in Michael.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
750...Michael Vick Debuts As An Eagle Ce Soir
Little NFL exhibition football, Iggles versus the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Game time is 7 and you know it is going to be all over the tube.
First game for the much maligned Mr. Vick in about two years.
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Game time is 7 and you know it is going to be all over the tube.
First game for the much maligned Mr. Vick in about two years.
WFDS
Friday, August 21, 2009
713...It Is So Hard To Be A Girl
BBC News drops the story that new 800m world champion Caster Semenya, an 18 year old woman, has been asked to drop 'em and prove that she is a she.
Problem is she is not exactly Miss America, if you know what I mean. She is a mannish girl and the haters in the world want her to prove that she truly is a she. In a statement, the African National Congress condemned the speculation surrounding Ms. Semenya, who won gold at the Athletics World Championships in Berlin on Wednesday, leaving her rivals in the dust.
It is just so difficult to be a woman who has any profile. Refer back to Post 482 where I point out that former minister of the Crown, Belinda Stronach, was hated on while she was in Ottawa because she is hot and rich, the fact that she is super smart, never mentioned. Ditto current Italian minister and love of my life Mara Carfagna who, at 33, is a veteran of Italian politics and a minister of the state but, because she is ridiculously good looking, hate pours down on her like rain.
Flip over to our young running star and her problem is the opposite. A graduate of the k. d. lang school of beauty, she runs fast, can bench press more than the average NFL lineman and therefore is hated because she is not hot enough. Give up already people, give up.
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Problem is she is not exactly Miss America, if you know what I mean. She is a mannish girl and the haters in the world want her to prove that she truly is a she. In a statement, the African National Congress condemned the speculation surrounding Ms. Semenya, who won gold at the Athletics World Championships in Berlin on Wednesday, leaving her rivals in the dust.
It is just so difficult to be a woman who has any profile. Refer back to Post 482 where I point out that former minister of the Crown, Belinda Stronach, was hated on while she was in Ottawa because she is hot and rich, the fact that she is super smart, never mentioned. Ditto current Italian minister and love of my life Mara Carfagna who, at 33, is a veteran of Italian politics and a minister of the state but, because she is ridiculously good looking, hate pours down on her like rain.
Flip over to our young running star and her problem is the opposite. A graduate of the k. d. lang school of beauty, she runs fast, can bench press more than the average NFL lineman and therefore is hated because she is not hot enough. Give up already people, give up.
WFDS
Thursday, August 20, 2009
706...Shoot Yourself In The Thigh And Go To Jail
If you roll like Plaxico Burress that is what is going to go down.
Everyone is reporting that the former New York Giant wideout pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub. You read right, Mr. Science shot himself, his own damn self, in the thigh earlier this year.
He is 31 and hopes to renew his NFL career when he gets out of jail in what will probably be 20 months.
Andy Reid, what do you and the Iggles have to say about that?
WFDS
Everyone is reporting that the former New York Giant wideout pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub. You read right, Mr. Science shot himself, his own damn self, in the thigh earlier this year.
He is 31 and hopes to renew his NFL career when he gets out of jail in what will probably be 20 months.
Andy Reid, what do you and the Iggles have to say about that?
WFDS
Monday, August 17, 2009
679...O. J. Simpson, Kathy Gifford, Frank Gifford
Belated happy birthday wishes to Kathy Lee Gifford and her husband, former USC football star, New York Giants football star and long time ABC sports announcer, primarily on NFL Monday Night Football.
Yesterday was the big day at the Gifford household. Both sides of the bed had a birthday. 56 for her and 79 for him.
Their birthday reminded me of a joke that was making the rounds during O. J. Simpson's trial for allegedly killing his wife, a charge that most of you are aware of, he was acquitted of by a jury of his peers.
The joke was: "If an NFL Hall of Fame running back had to mercilessly stab his wife to death, why couldn't it have been Frank Gifford?"
During the same time as Mr. Simpson was dominating the news Mrs. Gifford was all over the TV, primarily as the co host of the morning talkshow Regis and Kathy Lee with Regis Philbin. Hence the joke.
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Yesterday was the big day at the Gifford household. Both sides of the bed had a birthday. 56 for her and 79 for him.
Their birthday reminded me of a joke that was making the rounds during O. J. Simpson's trial for allegedly killing his wife, a charge that most of you are aware of, he was acquitted of by a jury of his peers.
The joke was: "If an NFL Hall of Fame running back had to mercilessly stab his wife to death, why couldn't it have been Frank Gifford?"
During the same time as Mr. Simpson was dominating the news Mrs. Gifford was all over the TV, primarily as the co host of the morning talkshow Regis and Kathy Lee with Regis Philbin. Hence the joke.
WFDS
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