Monthly Archives March 2007

Not a total loss

The Pittsburgh Steelers cut trash-talking, heavy-hitting linebacker Joey Porter yesterday, in an apparent attempt to avert potential leadership problems for newly appointed head coach Mike Tomlin. Porter, perhaps the Steelers’ best overall defensive player in the 21st century whose play helped win them a Super Bowl 13 months ago, was due a $1 million roster [...]

The truly outrageous part…

This is the kind of thing I normally post to the Quick Hits on the sidebar (and if you haven’t been following them, you’re missing most of the best content on this website), but I couldn’t find an excerpt short and relevant enough. Elton Beard, “Polite Fiction”: I got this email a while back promising [...]