Well, it’s been a banner week here at The Big Lead dot Com. We laughed. We cried. And now, we BBQ and drink. It’s a major holiday weekend. As TBL mentioned the weekend posting will be light at best. Luckily, Marcin Gortat signed his offer sheet before we clocked out for the weekend. Otherwise, it may have been lost in the shuffle. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’ve never heard of Arland Bruce III - I didn’t think I had either - he’s a wide receiver for the Tornoto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. (He’s also Isaac Bruces’ cousin) But don’t let his jock status define him. Bruce is also an artist - a performer, if you will. His art is not football as you might guess - it is the celebration. Last night he celebrated with a touching tribute to the fallen King of Pop. Watch as he takes off his helmet and pads and pretends to be dead. Read the rest of this entry »
Hooray! A special one-day-only holiday weekend return of the PM Roundup. Honestly, how excited are you? (Maybe you shouldn’t answer that.) Any big plans for the weekend? I’ll be drinking inside because its been raining nonstop in Upstate NY for something like 40 days.
I hope someday The Sports Guy e-mails me. I’m kind of a fan. In fact, if I ever saw him on the street, I’d ask him to call Chuck Klosterman so I could say “hi.” I think it would make Klosterman’s day.
Court side seats for UCLA games are pricey. (AZCentral)
Roddy Piper was arrested for DUI. (Camel Clutch Blog)
A bear mugged a guy for a sandwich. (Morning Call)
I hate it when TBL tries to bench press me. Inappropriate! (Wall Street Journal)
If we screw up the internet, we can save newspapers. (Gawker) Read the rest of this entry »
1. Kansas City Chiefs - How can a team coming off a 2-14 season be considered fraudulent? EASILY! A big name QB acquisition is a good start. Matt Cassel should find out quickly that being out of the Belichick/Moss/Welker womb isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. (He was traded? Trivial!) I’m still pulling for him to pull some quality tail though. Read the rest of this entry »
In The Big Lead’s intern system, one of the three is Stephen Montemayor, a senior at the University of Kansas and sports editor of the Daily Kansan. Fantasy football magazines hit newsstands around July; the genre is so popular that there’s a fantasy football draft weekend in Vegas.
The “Wildcat” offense aside, 2008 also ushered in a new crop of fantasy football studs. Gone are the drafts where one could throw a dart at a list of LT2, LJ, Portis and Westbrook and feel safe. Read the rest of this entry »
This morning’s Roundup linked to a Houston Chronicle piece that had Ron Artest’s agent denying a statement made by Artest on Twitter as being from a fake account. This would be all well and good, except, uh, it’s not a fake account. And the real fake account said nothing of the sort.
Let me explain.
ESPN the Magazine editor-in-chief Gary Belsky sent out an email earlier today (how convenient; the day before a holiday weekend!) with the news that Bill Simmons would no longer be writing for ESPN the Magazine. We’ll start the speculation, because there is sure to be some: Is this Simmons’ subtle way of saying that he values the written word on the internet more than in print? Read the rest of this entry »
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