"It's a false heaventhe bases, trestles, ivy, wooden seats and bleachers, the towering center-field scoreboardall of it must be ripped out and carried away like the holy artifacts were carried out of the temple in Jerusalem, heaped in a pile and burned. Then the ground itself must be salted, made barren, covered with a housing project, say, a Stalinist monolith, so never again will a shrine arise on that haunted block. As it was with Moses, the followers and fans, though they search, shall never find its bones."
Cubs fans are the Buddhists of the game, free from the wheel of profit and loss, happy to live in the now of Wrigley, to enjoy the sun as routine grounders are booted and bodies wither and die.
A bad century has made winning seem like a fairy tale. It doesn't matter what wizard managers the team hires, players, executivesonce it was Lou Piniella; now it's Theo Epstein. People who have won everywhere lose in Chicago. The tradition is just too powerful to deny.
The more I let Cohen's argument soak in, the more I could actually see the day when there's some actual momentum to say: "Enough nostalgic bullshit. Let's bury this old dump, and start over, where the only that will matter for the NEXT 100 years, is not fielding a horseshit baseball team."
Hey, sounds nuts. But then again, so did installing lights in the place back in 1988.
Not that you haven't seen plenty of juicy fashion shoots of ESPN's "staff ace" before, but this lovely "set" from a recent Vanity Fair issue was certainly "new to me"..... enjoy.
"Use that permanent marker to write his name on the jar or whatever, and then you can just go ahead and drop it in there," said Goodell, referring to the large plastic container of more than a dozen ex-player brains he keeps in his trunk. "Oh, and sorry for your loss."
If you ever wanted to just boil away all of the awful parts of the movie "Starship Troopers" so the only thing left was scenes with "Dizzy" played by Dina Meyer, well, here you go.
And when I say "all of the awful parts" of this movie, I mean every part which doesn't include, Dina Meyer.
This is the Redskins 80th Anniversary throwback uniform helmet.
Yeah, they DID that. Fucking cool. That is all. As you were, people.
UPDATE: Because I know everybody is lazy and doesn't want to hunt down pictures or links on their own, here's a sampler platter of what the full uniform looks like in person, and in the Nike Mock Up.
Terrell Gets The Dr. Phil "Get Your Life Together" Speech
May 10, 2012
In case you didn't see the T.O. appearance on Dr. Phil, here's two clips which should get you up to speed. Where did T.O.'s money go? Don't know. How much did he make? Not sure. Is he a good dad to his illegitimate kids? Depends on who you ask. (PS: Don't ask the baby mommas).
Hard to find many good photos of Kimmy on the interweb, isn't it? I mean, such a shy, reclusive gal, it's nice to finally see her out and about in a swimsuit.
Oh yeah, that football player? She's not dating him anymore. Try to keep up, people.
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While Cleveland fans who root for those frowny Brownies can perfectly empathize with heartache, there is NO NHL franchise that has been as consistently great for the last three decades with nothing to show for it as the Washington Capitals. They are easily the most snake-bitten (or, should I say frostbitten?) franchise in the National Hockey League.
If you are a Ranger, Penquin, Islander or Flyer fan it's high comedy.
