From the Pressbox
From the Pressbox
Cameron Newton is dumb. Not in the, “Hey, look at the dunce at the back of the classroom who keeps failing spelling tests” kind of dumb, but more in the, “I can’t believe he let that story leak” kind of dumb. It’s a special kind of stupidity that is most associated with athletes and celebrities. […]
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The mystery that seems to be behind Mr. Favre
There comes a point in every civilization at which you just know it’s headed downhill. For the Romans, that moment probably came around the time Caligula was having awesome orgies and naming his favorite horse a senator (something we’re poised to do with Christine O’Donnell). For our country, that moment came last week, when the […]
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A summer’s worth of sports stories
I’m not telling tales out of school when I say that football gives America a collective boner. Frankly, after watching “Hard Knocks” this summer, I’m surprised half of the New York Jets defense hasn’t gotten into a police shoot-out already. Brett Favre’s nephew plays quarterback for Mississppi State. Poetically, he is described as a “battler” […]
