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Natalie Portman: Meat's a Sin, Free Polanski

Natalie Portman is a vegetarian – a vegan, to be precise – and she thinks you should be one too. At least, that’s the impression I get from her article at the Huffington Post. In fact, she really goes so

NOW They Tell Us: Media Matters Comes Clean Over Rush Smears

The Radio Equalizer blog has published audio of Media Matter’s Karl Frisch admitting to Stephanie Miller on liberal talk radio that Rush Limbaugh never made the two famous racist statements defending slavery and praising Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James

The Mau-Mauing of Rush

Rush took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to address the mau-mauing that scuttled his NFL dreams. Personally, I’m a little mystified why Rush would want to own part of a football team. Oversized, preening and pampered athletes

O'Reilly Guest to Juan Williams: 'Go Back To the Porch'

Newsbusters: The debate over Rush Limbaugh’s NFL bid is roiling the racial landscape. This evening, after Juan Williams explained that Rush’s “Barack the Magic Negro” parody was based on a column by an African-American author, a black radio talk show

The B-Cast: Limbaugh Reveals NFL Bid Backstory

Rush Limbaugh: So when this all started to unravel with the leaking of my being part of the group, the predictable firestorm started, and I said, “Are you guys prepared here? Do you understand what’s going on?” “Oh, yeah, we

Limbaugh Is Forced Out of Group Bidding for Rams

ESPN: Dave Checketts, chairman of the NHL’s St. Louis Blues and the point man in the Limbaugh group attempting to buy the Rams, realizes he must remove the controversial conservative radio host from his potential role as a minority member

NFL Players Mock Jessica Simpson in Cartoon

WTTG: A short cartoon is making some big headlines after it was played during “NFL Sunday”, on FOX. It shows cowboy players making fun of pop-star and Tony Romo’s former girlfriend, Jessica Simpson. In the short, there are several references

Limbaugh Needs to Keep Fighting

UPDATE: ESPN Reports Limbaugh To Be Dropped By Bidding Group to Buy Rams Even in these times when the once unthinkable is becoming increasingly unremarkable, the current controversy over whether Rush Limbaugh is potentially worthy to be an NFL owner

Rushing To Trouble

I hate football. Not as much as I detest baseball and basketball and NASCAR, but the mere thought of sitting in a stadium watching a football match or game or whatever it’s called makes me dream of the sweet release

Rush Limbaugh Interested in St. Louis Rams

AP: The lowly Rams have someone who loves them. Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday he is teaming up with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts in a bid to buy the Rams, owners of the NFL’s longest

Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic

Sometimes, I must confess, I find myself feeling like one of those cursed individuals like Job and Sisyphus. In my case, the curse takes the form of trying to be rational in a mad world. My particular albatross is trying

PETA Wants Psychologica Test for Vick

WAVY: PETA spokesperson Caleb Wheeldon told WAVY.com the organization wants NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to “require Vick to undergo a full psychological evaluation including an MRI and some other testing as a pre-condition for any possible re-instatement.”

Michael Vick's Federal Sentence Set to End Monday

AP: Michael Vick’s federal dogfighting sentence is scheduled to end Monday and that is also when he will go back on trial — facing a whole new series of judgments. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, teams, fans and sponsors are among