Football

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh: Ryan Fitzpatrick has slowly, but surely gotten better each week.  He’s now gone two consecutive games without losing a fumble (he lost one in each of his first four starts), and this past week against a good Philadelphia defense, he threw for 261 yards and a touchdown.  Unfortunately, his matchup against Pittsburgh [...]

(This was originally posted on Sports Illustrated, September 26th 2008)
It’s official. I hate bye weeks.
It’s bad enough that Randy Moss lost Tom Brady, dashing the hope that my clever WR/WR gambit in many of my leagues could set a new standard for draft day craftiness. But now Plaxico Burress, new contract in hand, is suspended [...]

In June of this year I hired Scott Engel, who for the last 12 years had worked at CBS Sportsline and ESPN.com. Scott has been a huge addition to our team, even though he sucks at karaoke. But I give him style points for being brave (or maybe oblivious) enough to step on the stage anyway.
Scott [...]

One of the great things about owning a fantasy sports website is I have an opportunity to help people who, like me four years ago, are looking for a chance to break into the business.  Such is the case with the author of this column, Mike Gilbert, who is on special assignment for my site, [...]

On November 4th the Tampa Bay Buccaneers paid tribute to Jonathan and another local soldier, SSgt Michael Thomas, who died in April while serving in Afghanistan.
The Bucs were gracious hosts, providing tickets, concessions, field passes, a photo opp with GM Bruce Allen and, to our suprise, a special commemorative football. We were told they had [...]

When the game was over fans at the Georgia Dome voiced their displeasure with the outcome of the game.  Falcon QB Michael Vick showed his class, or lack thereof, by flipping them off.  Later, in a press conference, he said the gesture was atypical, but as a rabid follower and fan, I don’t believe him.
This [...]