Favorite quote of the night: “Ray Lewis creates jobs for people!” -Jon Gruden, ESPN Monday Night Football commentator, Super Bowl winning coach, on Ray Lewis’ ability to single-handedly battle the recession… err, on the fact that a lot of assistant coaches he works with get NFL head coaching jobs. I didn’t like Gruden for MNF [...]
There are a lot of bad things I could say about the Redskins right now. I’ll leave that to others to say, but let me just add that they are really making me rethink what it means to be a loyal fan. I’m not sure I can take it anymore. At what point can I [...]
For lunch I’ll have Taqueria Nacional The taco world’s Rafa Nadal They have special sauces That please like the crosses Of Xavi at the Copa Mundial If you work anywhere near Capitol Hill, go there for lunch someday. And call me if you do, because I work in the building.
The Washington Redskins, the team I’ve loyally backed since early childhood, now have the embarrassing distinction of being the team that lost against the worst team ever. The Detroit Lions played 16 games last year and lost all of them. They hadn’t won a regular season game since December 2007 (19 straight losses). That streak [...]
Most of us probably wouldn’t expect to learn any new vocabulary from an NFL coach. Not that NFL coaches aren’t smart; they’re often very smart, but the vocabulary of the sport is limited and no one seems to care so much about it. I can’t say whether English soccer managers are a wiser breed of [...]
