Archive for October, 2006

‘Peter King? Yeah, He’s a Great Guy. Let Me Tell You About the Time …’ An Interview with Sports Illustrated’s Mike Silver

Posted October 26, 2006, 4:58 pm by Jason McIntyre (3 Comments)

Mike Silver covers the NFL for Sports Illustrated. He tag teams the Super Bowl with Peter King. Let’s dive right in, because this interview was longer than a Bill Simmons column. Silver tackles everything: His multiple mug shots, why Warren Sapp and Al Davis wants to beat his ass, why he swaps text messages with [...]

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‘If You Want to Crown Their Ass, Crown ‘Em!’

Posted October 17, 2006, 11:38 am by Jason McIntyre (No Comments)

Anger. Pure, unadulterated anger. Watching Dennis Green let the expletives fly – on live TV, mind you – we almost feel sorry for the choke artist. Almost. Chicago 24, Arizona 23. May want to keep the sound down in you’re in the office at this ungodly hour.

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No Wonder Arkansas Football is Having a Resurgent Year

Posted October 16, 2006, 5:29 pm by Jason McIntyre (No Comments)

We’re sure this is old news to the rabid folks in SEC country, but since all we know about the Arkansas football team is that it upset Auburn two weekends ago, this story came as news to us. On Saturday, an interesting article appeared in the New York Times: Arkansas football, it’s back! Using the [...]

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Inmates, Blogging, and ESPN: An Interview with Jemele Hill of the Orlando Sentinel

Posted October 12, 2006, 8:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (10 Comments)

Our moles in Bristol tipped us off that the talented Jemele Hill of the Orlando Sentinel was being courted by that little entity known as the Worldwide Leader. So we decided to catch up with Miss Hill, who had a brief brush with fame this summer after she did an entertaining story about ridin’ dirty [...]

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Stephen Jackson, Caught in a Few Lies About that Skirmish Outside of a Strip Club

Posted October 12, 2006, 3:01 pm by Jason McIntyre (4 Comments)

It appears as if John Wayne, er, Stephen Jackson kind of, sort of, fabricated some of the facts about last week’s bizarre late-night incident in which he was punched and run over during an altercation with some thugs in front of a strip club in Indianapolis. The real story, which is an absolute must-read, will [...]

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Larry Bird Must Be Thrilled: A Strip Club, Some Weed, Gunshots, and Attempted Hit-and-Run. Go, Pacers!

Posted October 6, 2006, 1:23 pm by Jason McIntyre (1 Comment)

The oh-so-dapper Stephen Jackson, last seen sprinting into the stands to throw haymakers at unruly fans two Novembers ago at the Palace in Auburn Hills, got into a bit of a tiff early this morning with a group of unknown men while taking three gun-toting Indiana Pacers on a field trip to Club Rio (that’s [...]

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