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Pub Talk

Why Feigning Interest In My Matches Is No Fun For Either Of Us

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Couple in Love

Let me frame it like this.  Imagine that I keep telling you how much I want to start watching Grey’s Anatomy with you.  As far as you can tell from my repeated requests, this is something I really want to do.  We mark the date on the calendar and cross off the days as the big day approaches.  Soon enough, the day arrives.  You’re super excited to sit down and watch Grey’s Anatomy and it’s all the more exciting because now you’re going to get to share your favorite show with me.  We sit down on the couch and get comfortable.  The show starts.  I sense the excitement as you grab my arm and then enter into the sitcom zone, becoming one with the TV screen.  Nothing can disrupt this moment.  Approximately two minutes into the show, I pick up a sports magazine and start flipping through it.  (more…)

Musings

On Tyson & Maradona

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

VENEZUELA SOCCER

A few things Mike Tyson and Diego Maradona have in common:

  • They were both tremendous athletes (arguably the greatest in the world at their respective peaks) who became awkwardly fat.
    • They both have those unique Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara tattoos.  I may run out and get me one of them shirts before people catch on to this Che guy.
      • Given the Argentine FA’s track record, both are just as likely to be coaching Argentina at the 2010 World Cup.
        • Both used their hands to earn a living.

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          Pub Talk

          Time to show WAGS a red card

          by RMP

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          I was watching the Liverpool/Manchester United game earlier today in a pub with some friends of mine. At some stage during the match I noticed the camera concentrating on injured Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and his wife sitting in the director’s box. A friend shouts out, “That is Alex Curran and what’s his face…. her man….. Gerrard… Steven G, right?”  For a minute I thought she was pulling my leg.

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          Musings

          Come on, Ochopsycho. You can’t play real football.

          by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

          Ocho Cinco

          Chuck’s post on Ochopsycho raises a topic that many of us hypothesize about with some frequency — whether a top athlete in one sport would be able to compete at the highest level in another sport.  But since that’s such an open question, let’s focus on Ocho’s comment as applied to making the transition from American football to real football.

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          Musings

          Ochopyscho?

          by Sir Charles of Stack

          Ocho Cinco

          Cinncinati Bengals star receiver has claimed on his Twitter that he could sign with AC Milan if the NFL players go on strike over the next couple years…

          Maybe he could appear for the Laredo Heat during injury time but… c’mon, Chad.

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