The Rundown

Skip Schumaker: Two-Year Deal, Still Zero Respect

2010-02-09 16:41:17

Okay, now I don't expect a bunch of thanks or anything from everybody, but I want you all to know. I was instrumental in the Cardinals and Skip Schumaker getting a deal worked out, thereby avoi...

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Ad Bowl 2010: The Super Bowl Commercial Champions

2010-02-09 02:39:33

So the Super Bowl has come and gone, all the pageantry and glitz and glory and fury that entails. But what hasn't come and gone is the most important part of this or any Super Bowl: the commercial...

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Ten Things You Should Know About the Super Bowl

2010-02-08 01:47:15

Okay, so my prediction maybe wasn't particularly accurate. Turns out I didn't give the Saints' secondary enough credit. Now, in my defense, they didn't stop Peyton Manning and the Colts, b...

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Lane Kiffin Loves Thirteen Year Olds

2010-02-07 04:32:52

Sorry. I know that title isn't really fair to Lane Kiffin, and if I ever meet him, I will be sure to apologise properly. That being said, Kiffin has once again made headlines in one of the most ...

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The Super Bowl Prediction to End All Super Bowl Predictions

2010-02-07 03:49:21

So apparently there's some sort of football game happening today. Have you heard about this thing? Now, I'm sure you've all heard more analysis than you care to hear about the Super Bowl. I...

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The Blues' Best Win of the Year?

2010-02-04 14:24:17

The Blues and their new head coach, Davis "Bring The" Payne got a little bit of revenge last night on the Chicago Blackhawks. A month ago, when Payne took over as interim head coach of the B...

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The Michael Vick Experience: Coming to a TV Near You!

2010-02-02 02:09:08

If you've ever wondered what, exactly, makes a man like Michael Vick tick, today is your lucky day. Tonight, Black Entertainment Television will air the first of a ten-part documentary...

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Roger Federer or: Why Sleep is Useless In the Face of Greatness

2010-01-31 23:21:00

Do you know, I actually got up out of bed to watch the Australian Open men's final? Yup, 2:30 in the morning, and I'm sitting there on my sofa, blinking owlishly at the television and trying to ...

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The Top 7 Sports Show Themes

2010-01-29 14:24:53

Have you not seen the YouTube video of John Tesh performing "Roundball Rock," AKA the "NBA on NBC" theme song, live at Red Rocks? On said video the Teshster -- we've been known to give away *fre...

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A Black Eye for Steven Jackson

2010-01-29 07:01:52

The Rams certainly didn't need this. Steven Jackson has been accused of beating his former girlfriend, one Supriya Harris, when she was nine months pregnant. That's right. Nine months pregna...

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Rich Hill Bends Into Town

2010-01-27 10:00:00

So apparently the plan from here on out for the Cardinals is the proverbial wall covered in feces. As in, see what sticks and then rosterfy them sumbitches. The Cards reached a deal yesterd...

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The Compendium of Sporting Dong

2010-01-27 02:42:52

Hot on the, er, heels of Greg Oden admitting he is indeed the man depicted in recently published nude photos, Choire Sicha of Deadspin and The Awl has his complete rundown of more athlete dick pi...

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The Problem With the Rams, Revealed at Last!

2010-01-25 12:45:26

It was the trainer. Yep, you heard me. The trainer was the reason the Rams only won a single game in the 2009-2010 season. Not the impotent offense, not the porous defense, not the coaching, ...

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Rick Ankiel a Kansas City Royal

2010-01-22 11:23:02

In the end, I think I'm glad he's gone. No, I won't swear to it. But I think I am. Rick Ankiel was never really here at all, you know. All we saw was a ghost from the past trying to liv...

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Finally, a Naming Rights Story That Really Works

2010-01-21 10:46:35

I'm ordinarily not a huge fan of selling naming rights. Selling the rights to the name of a stadium is how we end up with things like Qualcomm Stadium and 3Com Park at Candlestick Point and ...

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