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http://firejaymariotti.blogspot.com/ - A blog dedicated to venting frustration about dumb members of the sports media via angry commentary. No, we're not the first guys to do this kind of thing. Still, Jay Mariotti and several other prominent members of the national sports media need to
And in the span of about five minutes just now, I heard two things which undoubtedly made me and everyone else watching stupider. In a "4 Downs" Q & A segment (because we can't just ask people questions... we need some kind of contrived setup or backdrop for the questions, which takes a ...
NCAA Football
SportsCenter
See, the thing is this- I'm reasonably certain Bill Belichick made the right call in going for that 4th down against the Colts on Sunday night. It was a chance, with a great QB and a great receiving corps, to put the game away by gaining two yards. There are arguments to be made against it, of ...
NFL
You know you guys are slacking when 2 out of the last 3 posts are mine. Get with it. I'm looking at you Larry B. But I'm ESPECIALLY looking at you, Pnoles.
Other
Last time I rapped at 'ya I was explaining my disagreement with a writer whom I respect greatly and who is a favorite of most of your readers. A lot of Joe Posnanski's fans (and some readers who just plained disagreed with my highly questionable POV's on competitive balance in MLB) took me to ...
NBA
Allen Iverson
I knew it was coming. As soon as the Titans finished their victory over the 49ers, I knew it would be brought up. But I never imagined he would lead his column with it. Or that said column would run on the main screen of the front fucking page of ESPN, complete with a graphic to accompany the ...
NFL
Gregg Easterbrook
This is poised to be my least popular post in the history of this site (the "I hate the NBA Playoffs" post notwithstanding). Why? a.) It is an attempt of sorts to dispute the idea that baseball is an exceptionally "unfair" sport in terms of parity, salary, what have you...particularly in the ...
MLB
New York Yankees
Jay won Around the Horn on Friday (which of course does not involve "winning" in the traditional sense, but work with me here; I guess you could say Tony Reali thought he was the least stupid member of the panel that day). Here's how he led off his subsequent "face time:" A few months ago it ...
MLB
Alex Rodriguez
Tony Reali
Hall of Fame
Jay Mariotti
From his Cold Hard Football Facts piece for SI: Six Signs the Parity is Dead in NFL The NFL's decades-long effort to produce equality on the playing field is dead and buried. In fact, it suffered a gruesome, unwatchable demise in Week 7 of the 2009 season. Perhaps it's only fitting that ...
NFL
Who's ready to vomit? I hope you haven't eaten recently. No GreggJokes this week, but more anecdotal bullshit than you can shake a Bill Simmons at. But we do see a return of Friday Night Lights criticism, as well as a deep and dark journey into the mind of an NFL coach (because Gregg knows ...
NFL
Gregg Easterbrook
Presenting the [name of sponsor I forgot] keys to tonight's World Series game 5: Yankees: Want a parade, not game 6 Now, this would be funny if the jackass producer/dumbshit intern who came up with it meant that the Yankees should actually focus on wanting a parade. Like, not on winning the ...
MLB
New York Yankees
Carlos Ruiz
Matt Stairs
Remember a couple weeks ago, when he started taking pot shots at the media? YOU DIDN'T EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT PLAY AS WELL AS YOU COULD HAVE, MIKE TIRICO. SHAME ON YOU. Well last week he took things even further. It's more confusing than anything, but basically, he makes an ass out of ...
NFL
Gregg Easterbrook
"BCS one game UC can't win" UC wins by 31 and loses three spots in the BCS computer rankings. The Bearcats smack Louisville with a QB who’d never started a college game. The computer says UC had a lousy week. They beat up on a terrible team. The computer didn't factor in that the QB ...
NCAA Football
Bowl Championship Series
It's about time for our yearly doses of BCS controversy. This week's comes from the Cincinnati Enquirer's Paul Daughtery, who has been featured here before. He's certainly a Cincinnati hometown writer, and to a certain extent I think writers in their hometown papers should be allowed some ...
NCAA Football
Bowl Championship Series
This article , by someone named Bernie Augustine, isn't anything interesting. It praises the quality of this year's World Series because the teams are good or something. Here's the highlight: Charlie Manuel’s club was first in the NL in runs, home runs, RBI and slugging percentage. Well that's ...
MLB
Philadelphia Phillies
Pedro Martinez
Charlie Manuel
Cliff Lee
Cole Hamels
This is the latest I've ever done a TMQR; this week's might be out by the time you read this. But last week's was so fucking awful that I can't let it go by without making very brief comments about a couple of its most offensive turdclumps. New England's touchdown passes went to Randy Moss and ...
