Think sliced bread, indoor plumbing and Chia Pets are special?
You ain’t seen nothing yet.
We’re on the verge of experiencing something truly amazing in 2010 and beyond. There’s a new stable of able running backs in the NFL, and you can thank an opportunistic bunch of rookie 2009 backs for giving us what will be quite a good show [...]
It only took about five minutes for a cloud of fruit flies to find the cantaloupe rind I had placed on the kitchen counter.
Which got me thinking some very important thoughts.
Such as … where do the fruit flies come from? There wasn’t a single fruit fly in the house one moment, and suddenly a wave [...]
For a majority of Thursday night’s season opener between the Steelers and Titans, the game didn’t resemble much of a football contest, but more sumo wrestling match. The teams smacked each other around until both sides were weary. I know I was weary just watching the game.
However, in the middle of this low scoring slugfest, [...]
For years, the AFC-South was highlighted by one Peyton Manning and the perennially powerful Indianapolis Colts.
This year, there is a chance the Colts don’t even finish in the top half of the division. Sure, part of that is because the Colts may have lost a half-step, but it is more a factor of the improvements [...]
… Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches
Had bellies with stars.
The Plain-Belly Sneetches
Had none upon thars. …
— Dr. Seuss in “The Sneetches”
Those who play fantasy footall know what to do. They draft lots of Sneetches, they study them, too.
Peterson, Fitzgerald and Brees are all stars. They are the players with stars upon thars.rs,
But what about the plain-belly sort? Those [...]
It’s 1 a.m. in the morning, and all I can think about is sleep.
Not sleeping, mind you, but sleepers.
For those who lack the lingo of fantasy sports, sleepers are players who you feel will greatly outproduce projections heading into the season. They are players that you can acquire at a solid value. Identify and draft [...]
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