There is a tiny little coal town in the mountains northeast of Philadelphia called Pottsville. It has a population of less than 14,000 people. It is best known as the origin of the beer Yeungling. In 1925, it also had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What is the worst missed kick in NFL history? Well, maybe the better question is what is the second worst kick in NFL history, because it’s hard to beat losing the Super Bowl on Wide Right. The Gary Anderson miss[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes when I am working, I can’t help but wonder if I am the first person in the history of the universe to create a certain thing. Has any other person, ever, in all of history, drawn WR Steve Smith[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For 20 years, Eli has been notoriously tight-lipped regarding the San Diego Chargers draft debacle. We knew he didn’t want to play there, we knew he tried to make the Chargers pass on him, we knew Archie defended him, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was genuinely surprised to learn recently that The Ice Bowl is still the coldest game ever played. The Ice Bowl always felt like one of those legendary games that earned a nickname because it was impressive at the time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Drunken late-night sports bar rambles and bored offseason message boards often discuss amongst themselves the most consequential injuries in their favorite sports. Lamenting the injuries that derailed seasons or careers. They argue over the what-if scenarios. They wince at the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not sure a single team has faced a more absurd polarity of experience than the 1981 San Diego Chargers faced in a two-week span in the playoffs. “Lore Games” are rare in NFL history. Games that etch themselves into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some really depressing news came in this week. Chris Johnson, aka CJ2k, the star Titans running back of the late 2000’s and early 2010’s, has ALS. ALS is one of the cruelest degenerative diseases we have, taking your body while[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back a couple weeks, in the post about the Jaguars punter chopping his own shin with an axe, I mentioned some of the other famous idiotic injuries of history. On Monday when asking for Lateral requests, “Bubs” in the comments[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
