One of my favorite sportswriters is Chuck Culpepper. He used to write for the Lexington Herald Leader in the late 90′s and reading his column was always the highlight of my Sunday sports page. Chuck is now a freelance sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and Newsday [...]
Posts Tagged ‘football’
September 1st, 2010 - 2:57 pm § in Uncategorized
You can almost smell the Kentucky Fried Cardinal in the air…
…it must be Game Week! The long, hot sports-less summer is almost over and Nature’s favorite season, Fall, is upon us. College football kicks off tomorrow night, and come Saturday, we will all forgo the beautiful weather for our couches, televisions, and beer. Besides, if you open [...]
August 27th, 2010 - 10:48 am § in Uncategorized
“W”s in Fantasy Football
My fantasy football league draft is this Sunday and once again, I’m the only gal in the group. This is a pretty familiar feeling. But, I always wonder how the guys in my league feel about having a girl in their manly pretend world. When they look at the schedule and see our matchup, do [..[...]
August 26th, 2010 - 9:57 am § in Uncategorized
Bear Bryant Prefers Hats to Halos in Heaven
You know people are desperate for football to kick off when they start seeing dead football coaches in the sky. Thanks to the internet, we have yet another reason to make fun of Alabama. Per the weather blog for ABC 33/40 in Alabama: Thanks to Petty Officer Neil Eubanks for this image… he writes[...]
August 10th, 2010 - 9:38 am § in Uncategorized
All hail Randall Cobb
I started making plans for college football yesterday. While planning a Labor Day weekend trip to Kentucky, I realized that football was less than a month away. The countdown is truly on, people. You know it’s time for fall when your pulse quickens for quite possibly the most meaningless spo[...]
July 16th, 2010 - 9:29 am § in Uncategorized
Tebow’s Nike Trainer 1.2: The Ugliest Sneaker Ever
I’ll be frank: I don’t like Tim Tebow. Never have, never will. He just straight up irritates me. The day he and Urban Meyer said their tearful goodbyes as he boarded a plane to Denver was a day I cheered: finally, my college football games would be rid of the Tebow worship. Let the[...]
July 15th, 2010 - 10:22 am § in Uncategorized
I miss college football
By Tyler Thompson Last Saturday, I was at a cook out and had a spicy buffalo wing for the first time in months. Immediately, I was transported a month and a half into the future, with a comfy sofa under me and a frosty beer in my hand. My television was blaring with the wonderful [...][...]