The last post of the week: something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of the weekend.

When I was nine-years old, my father surprised me with a trip to Louisville Gardens — I lived in Fort Knox, Kentucky at the time — to watch the Washington Wizards Bullets and Chicago Bulls play in an exhibition; my first-ever professional basketball game. As luck would have it, just weeks before, Michael Jordan had called it quits and just days before, Scottie Pippen had gotten hurt. But, I’ll always remember that game as the day I forcibly fell in love with Toni Kukoc. (more…)

“Why Your Team Sucks” is a new feature that will merely be an excuse to talk shit about the rest of the conference. Yeah, this will make us a lot of friends.

Why They Suck: With the “Greatest Show on Turf” long dead–all key contributors gone; Warner, Bruce, Faulk, Holt, Martz, and now Pace–the Rams are in the midst of trying to find their identity. One place they should start looking: the basement of the NFC West. (more…)