Fantasy World: Time to Wake Up
Rick PaulasLike the great and hideous monster of Lake Loch Ness, the fantasy football sleeper is an enigma lurking beneath the surface of a murky football season...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2008THE MAG.COM PRESENTS: ALL WORLD POWER RANKINGS
Ted BauerWHEN IT COMES TO THE BEST BACKUP QB IN THE NFL, WE'RE 'CHARGING' AHEAD WITH BILLY VOLEK Jim Sorgi turns 28 today. One cool thing about Sorgi: he has...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2008The Power of the 'Stache
Rick PaulasUnless he takes a Favre-like mulligan, this year will be the last on the sidelines for coach Mike Holmgren, at least with the Seahawks. While he may h...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2008The NEXT: AFC Playoffs
Ted BauerFor the last few years, the AFC playoffs have always been about "Patriots" and "Colts" and "At what level of said playoffs will those two teams meet?" This year is decidely different...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2008Behind the Bets: Public Trading
Chad Millman...money, as well as a fair-share of wiseguy money. (Some other public NFL teams: Pats, Packers, Colts, Cowboys, Raiders and Bears—your ears don't deceive you, Richie. In baseball it's the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2008Fantasy World: Battle of the Matts
Rick PaulasIt's been a big year for Matts: The historic presidential election put reporters Matt Taibbi and Matthew Yglesias in the realm of political powerhouse...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2008Monday, We'll Have Kim Kardashian. For Now, Prepare For The Weekend.
Ted Bauer...you've been watching a lot of sports—get some culture, you slob) is Chargers vs. Colts, which would have been a lot more interesting in November 2006. We have made two videos with...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2008Fantasy World: Designer Imposters
Rick PaulasLast weekend, NFL fans were treated to one of the more rare events in sports. No, not the 49ers' win, as much fun as that was. I'm talking about the B...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2008Hitting the Wall?
Rick PaulasA lot of boys perhaps officially became men last week: rookies Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco both led their teams to impressive wins, youngsters Matt Forte...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2008Fantasy World: NFL Parlay!
Rick PaulasLast weekend I took a little trip to Vegas, spending some time watching other people get out the vote while drinking and placing small bets on four-ga...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2008The Second-Year Surge
Chris Sprow[Ed's note: If you want to see a list of some guys in college now who could become the next Woodley, click here.] What is it about the second year? N...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2008Fantasy World: Detroit Lions, M.D.
Rick PaulasThe Detroit Lions are the Robitussin of the Fantasy World: The cure for all your ills. Bleeding? Rub a little Lions on it. Is a running back not perfo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2008PLAYING IT OUT
Alan Grant...says the other man. "But keep on rowing." Rick Venturi, the former defensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts, told me that story. Five games into the 1991 season, Venturi was named the interim coach...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2008FANTASY WORLD: SUPER-SUBS
Rick PaulasLast week, we once again saw the brute strength of Fantasy World's most unreliable weapon: the super-sub. No, I'm not talking about the new Chicken Pi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2008OFFICE POLITICS
Alan Grant[Author's Note: Talking politics can be a slippery slope. As a former athlete who just happens to be an outspoken black man, the terrain can be even m...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2008TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "indianapolis colts" make the list?