Condensing the NFL Combine
Chris Sprow...records fade and Vernon Gholston becomes Miss Delaware, "today wearing a lavender two-piece!" Jaws drop and...take pride in physically assaulting people on the football field." — Jason Smith, possible No. 1 pick...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris SprowIf you know anything about college football's Signing Day, which takes place today—millionaire college coaches sweating over fax machines like millionaire hedge fund managers...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...of the world? It's perceived as the football equivalent of an amputation. I mean, "Sure, we...twice as much as you in the office today and tell him to head home—his...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2008Joey Logano For Next: Fun Facts
Chris Sprow...is in it deep. Check it out. 1. Football Ties Joey Logano was born in Middleton, CT...1977. He was 18, the age Joey is today. 6. Joey C. Reilly? Joey was born on...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2008THE MORNING ACCORDING TO US
Chris Sprow...to kill him"—and all over fantasy football—we thought, well that figures. In fact...his last swim. Geez. We're positively morbid today. Want a better swimming story? How about naked...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2008THE MORNING ACCORDING TO US
Chris Sprow...to give the product away too. Sunday Night Football is being streamed live now, a once unheard...Try to top this while at the office today. In South Korea, if you cheat on your...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 2008THE PRINTED WORD JASON PETER: HERO OF THE UNDERGROUND
Chris Sprow...as a Husker and first-round draft pick of the Carolina Panthers in 1998, was forced from football prematurely by injuries. He quickly fell apart. Since then, he's found a new life, but in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 23, 2008A DAY WITHOUT (AMERICAN) SPORTS: AN EXPLANATION
Chris SprowSince today is officially the slowest day in American sports...off-season party when you need it? College football? Jim Tressel showed up on SportsCenter yesterday to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 16, 2008ANNALS OF FASHION: MICHIGAN GETS STRIPED
Chris Sprow...and University of Michigan seal their marriage later today with the unveiling of the new gear, it...hasn't sniffed the Steve Fisher days, and football is in for a short lull before Rich...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 14, 2008LIFE OF A (FOOTBALL) SALESMAN: HOW MICHAEL STRAHAN THE PITCHMAN EXPLAINS MICHAEL STRAHAN THE PLAYER
Chris Sprow...fascinating thing about Michael Strahan the Football Player has everything to do with Michael Strahan the Pitchman. Think about it. The egg so often comes first in sports today, does it not? The nest egg...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 09, 2008BULL DURHAM WEEK, DAY 1: RON SHELTON
Chris Sprow...at ESPN The Mag.com! All week we'll be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the movie. Today, writer/director Ron Shelton gets philosophical on the grind of the minor leagues.] (This article contains a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 09, 2008ICE CUBE BREAKS IT DOWN: THE LAKERS, KOBE, RADMONOVICH AS OL' DIRTY AND RAIDERS HATS!
Chris Sprow...any rappers from Spain. Yeah, me either. I'll just let him rap. Your famous line from "Today Was a Good Day" is "…(bleeped) around and got a triple-double." Who did you have...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 29, 2008FORTY CHEERS: CELEBRATING FRANK THOMAS
Chris Sprow...Ed's Note: It's Frank Thomas' birthday today, his 40th, which deserves 40 reminders of why...college to play baseball, but were recruited for football. You went to Auburn. Ring a bell? This...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 27, 2008