Little evokes the unsatisfying spirit of Jimmy Carter like a tie in professional football.  Ties are so rare in the NFL that, league wide, the stretch between ties is measured in years.  A certain number of NFL players didn’t know of the possibility of the tie as recently as last week, that number being either fifty percent or Donovan McNabb.  … [continue]

Cincinnati, OH. After fumbling and throwing three interceptions, Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb has brought a long overdue tie home to Philadelphia. The NFL itself has not seen a tied game in six years. Surprisingly, McNabb did not seem elated.

“I’ve never been part of a tie” said McNabb with … [continue]

Citizen’s Bank Field, Philadelphia PA – Like all great plans, this was a simple one, requiring only eight consecutive seats, two quarts of body paint, and eight men with a dream.  They didn’t go into this ignorant and brave, this was no charge of the light brigade, questions were asked and doubts voiced.  Was the weather less than ideal? … [continue]

If you walk down South Street on any given day, you’d likely run into a certain crazy old man, and he’d challenge you to a fight.  This gentlemen is quite good at what he does: you’d want to fight him despite the facts that he is: (1) old, and (2) crazy.  The man is so compelling, so practiced … [continue]

Foxborough, MA – It was a day like any other, the sun rose in New England as per his orders and 60,000 true believers made the first pilgrimage of the holy season to the great cathedral of Foxburough. Conditions for the ceremony seemed ideal, the sky was blue and the warmth of summer lingered as ordained. Then, … [continue]

Buzkashi

Popular throughout central Asia, this progenitor of modern Polo is played with an indeterminate number of players on horseback who vie for control of a dead goat. Upon snatching said goat carcass from the ground the player must then escape from the pack of other players and make his way toward the goal line. Goals are recorded … [continue]

BEIJING, China - Although it is generally agreed that the Olympics were created to serve as a platform for political activism and global animosity, representatives from The International Olympic Committee (IOC) are bucking the system, claiming that this year’s Olympics in Beijing will feature “athletic competition”. Members of the IOC plan to bring about this radical change by “inviting … [continue]

GREEN BAY, Wis - Brett Favre has been officially re-instated as an eligible player in the NFL and returned to the Packers active roster; according to head coach, Mike McCarthy, not a minute too soon! Echoing the sentiments of many armchair coaches across American living rooms, McCarthy was initially skeptical about Favre’s ability to continue playing football at a high … [continue]

Yes, Yes, Yes!! We are the champions! It took Philadelphia however many years are between 1983 and now, but the curse is dead. The Philadelphia Soul won the Whatever-It’s-Called Bowl maybe a couple days ago or whenever (I didn’t actually see the game… but I hear it was football related). This means that we proud Philadelphians are world champions in … [continue]

The legendary baseball great, Tony Gwynn, has decided to embark on a second career as a spokesperson for Receiving Me?. Gwynn, who recently spent June, “eating my old baseball cards,” feels that he can bring a certain credibility to the magazine that has thus far eluded all other aspects of the company. “The important thing to note is that, as … [continue]