Sports Guesspert

AS I WRITE my annual "Texans vs. Lions" diatribe, I'm struck by the memory that my very first choice this fantasy football season was - "Texans or Lions?"

ENOUGH OF THIS penny-ante Fantasy Football guesswork.

IS IT ME, or did that runaway balloon in Colorado look like it was part of the world's lamest "Salute to 'The X-Files'" homecoming parade float ever?

IT'S WEEK 5, and I need help.

MY EVIL TWIN brother Orville and I seldom discuss politics.

NO ONE LIKES to find out the deck has been stacked all along.

FOUR MORE YEARS! Four more years! No, I’m not trying to make a political statement. But I do like to whip you into a frenzy when it’s least expected.

SORRY, SPORTS FANS. We can’t allow sports fans to watch games in the press box. They even make a loud and clear announcement before every kickoff so there’s no confusion:

DO I HAVE to think of everything around here? The Southeastern Conference just wrapped up its endlessly-hyped-but-worthless preseason Media Days, and no one seems to have noticed a prime way to turn it into an endlessly-hyped-and-obscenely-profitable Media Days.

SINCE I MOVED to Columbia in 2005, I knew that eventually South Carolina and Clemson would both have basketball teams poised to roar through the March Madness brackets in the same year.

As I type this, Edgerrin James just dropped a pass in the flat on 3rd and 22. But other than a few slips here and there, I have to agree with John Madden. This is a heckuva game.I was going...

My "Monsters vs. Aliens" experience was kind of muddy. The SoBe commercial with the white background worked a little better. And should have guessed Bruce would call an audible on the lyrics of "Glory Days" to a friend who "was...

First of all ... shame on you if you want to punch a koala: Wow, what a night ... sloppy play here and there, that's for sure. Referees seemed too intent on being quick to the whistle for certain fouls,...

OK, hectic morning ... but got my grocery shopping done. Got the laptop set up in the living room. I was hoping to get Michael Phelps as my co-blogger, but it looks like he'll be unavailable for a while. Let's...