Category Archives: Sports
Let’s Tackle Body Image Issues
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) Early in the 4th quarter of the Seahawks vs. Bills game there was a streaker. It was most likely a Canadian (sick fucks) because this game was being played in Toronto. It got me to thinking that we never see a fat streaker. Streaking is done for comedy. And what’s funnier […]
Let’s Define Failure
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) I watched part of this Bo Jackson documentary on ESPN that highlighted his career. I knew he played football and baseball professionally and about the “Bo Knows” ad campaign, but not much else. I learned that he had to have his hip replaced because of a football injury that essentially ended […]
Costas on Gun Control
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) During NBC’s Sunday Night Football Bob Costas is given a minute at halftime to give his opinion on a sports story that happened during the past week and last night he used that minute to talk about Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher and gun control. People are now questioning whether […]
Murder-Suicide Is Business As Usual in the NFL
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) Saturday morning Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend in front of her mother. Afterwards he drove to team facilities and killed himself in front of team personnel including Head Coach Romeo Crennel and General Manager Scott Pioli. The NFL plans to have the Panthers vs. Chiefs game Sunday […]
Black Man Can Swim
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) CNN (among other media outlets) recently posted a story about an African-American swimmer who broke a few PAC-12 swimming records and had a decorated career. Sabir Muhammad is now 36. The article highlights the fact Muhammad has opened up a swim school in Atlanta and how awesome it is that he […]
The Union Forever (For Once)
By Michael Baker The Management has caved, the Union wins, and for once, everybody seems to thinks that’s just dandy. Today it was announced that the NFL has reached an agreement with the referees union that will have real refs back on the field this weekend. League Commissioner Roger Goodell has apologized to fans for […]
Unions, Leverage, and the NFL
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) The Seattle Seahawks just defeated the Green Bay Packers 14-12 on Monday Night Football. The ending was controversial and confusing because it looked like a defender intercepted a pass as time expired, while an offensive player clawed at the ball in his hands. It was ruled a touchdown and Seattle won […]
Gay Marriage and the NFL
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) Recently Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has come under criticism not for his play on the field, but his thoughts on gay marriage. Ayanbadejo is a gay marriage supporter who filmed a video for Equality Maryland and wrote an article for Huffington Post stating his views. At this point, you might […]
The Dawn of the Coin Toss Era
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) February 3rd 2008 Glendale, Arizona: Plaxico Burress catches a 13-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning. The Giants won the Superbowl and the Coin Toss Era was born. The Hall of Fame Game has just passed us by and new NFL season is coming quickly. Due to that I’ve got football on […]
Oscar Pistorius – A Deeper Look
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) I was at a bar with fellow blog writer Michael Baker watching the monitors with no sound and we were very confused by what we saw. There was a man with fake legs running in a competition. We thought this can’t be the Olympics, can it? Indeed it was. Oscar Pistorius […]
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