Archive for December, 2008

31 Dec

One Final Ten Best Movies of ‘08 List

2008 began with a shaky-cam monster movie (you forgot about Cloverfield didn’t you?) and is ending with the usual crop of Oscar-baiting prestige films (and Valkyrie).  And in between…there was The Dark Knight (and, even bigger, the Dark Knight hype).  So how good a year was 2008 at the cinema?  Not nearly as good as [...]

30 Dec

From Mangenius to Manjerkoff

Eric Mangini is no longer the head coach of the New York Jets, having been jettisoned on Monday after leading the team to a 9-7 record one year after they slumped to 4-12.  9-7 might seem pretty good after 4-12, until you realize that at one point this season they were 8-3 and looked poised [...]

26 Dec

It Just Gets Better for the Packers

The Packers have had a disastrous season by any standard, but at least they’ve been able to reassure themselves that they’ve found a quarterback to carry them into the future while that other guy fades slowly off into the swampy sunset.  The new kid on the block, Aaron Rodgers, has been everything the Packer faithful [...]

24 Dec

Week 16 Power Rankings – Scrooges and Santas

Tennessee is back on top after throttling the Steelers.  The Giants are surging back too after stumbling.  And there sit the Colts, just chugging away.

21 Dec

Goodbye Texas Stadium – And Goodbye Cowboys?

Everyone outside of Dallas knows Texas Stadium is a dump that deserved to be blown up years ago.  The folks in the Metro area, however, have continued carrying a torch for the venue in spite of its ever-increasing dilapidation – for the same irrational, sentimental reasons a man may remain attached to a woman even [...]

18 Dec

How Brett Favre Stole Christmas…

All I wanted for Christmas was at least another month without any Brett Favre retirement speculation.  Unfortunately, I am not going to get my wish.  And you know whose fault it is?  Brett Favre’s.  He had the choice to let a sleeping dog lie until at least after the playoffs, but instead, he decided to [...]

16 Dec

Week 15 Power Rankings – Who the Hell is #1?

There’s a new #1 team in the land kiddies – an NFC team, but not the Giants.  I bet you’re in suspense now, eh?  Also…it looks like the Cowboys have weathered the storm, just like the Eagles before them.  Full power rankings after the jump:

15 Dec

Never Let Them See You Sweat, Jim

The Redskins started the season winning 6-of-8, and Jim Zorn was being hailed as a Coach of the Year candidate.  Since then, Washington has lost 5-of-6, and Zorn is closer to being fired than handed any kind of award.  Losing breeds internal strife, especially when the losing comes fast on the heels of winning and [...]

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