Your “The Prodigal Son Returns” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - January 3, 2019January 3, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bgwEc1BOLs Happy New Year everyone. I'm back from vacation & looking forward to seeing how the playoffs & coaching changes work themselves out. I'm only working Thursday this week due to playoffs, but am on my usual off-season weeknight routine starting next week. NFL News: Sad news for fans of hillbilly names:

Your “How Many Seasons Are Over Already?” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 11, 2018September 11, 2018

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NFL News: A hilarious week for new NFL coaches ends with them racking up a 0-7 record, the first time that has happened. It's also the worst since new hires went 0-6 in 2001. Those coaches? Gregg Williams (Buffalo Bills), Butch Davis (Cleveland Browns), Dick Vermeil (Kansas City Chiefs), Herm Edwards

World War G – Chapter 8: Good-Byes

Beerguyrob - June 27, 2018June 25, 2018

A new leader will inevitably make purges, the quality of which can only be parsed after that leader has been replaced or - more safely - has died, since there may still be supporters of that regime in power long after that leader has passed on. After Stalin's death, there

World War G – Chapter 7: Total War

Beerguyrob - June 20, 2018June 18, 2018

19200 S. Main Street Carson, CA 90248 The Goodyear Blimp Hangar - Home of Wingfoot 2 The Goodyear blimp has been a fixture at many major sporting events from its first appearance at the Rose Bowl in 1955. Technically no longer a blimp, because it now has a rigid frame underneath its polyester

World War G – Chapter 6: Around The World, And Above

Beerguyrob - June 13, 2018June 13, 2018

All across America, quarterbacks were expected to make their media rounds prior to, or just after, the draft. Once such mandatory stop was the "QB Camp" at ESPN. Started in 2010, Jon Gruden's QB Camp took highly touted NFL draftees and subjected them to an intense breakdown of their throwing style

World War G – Chapter 5: Home Front USA

Beerguyrob - June 6, 2018June 5, 2018

Las Vegas, Nevada [Sheldon Adelson is the picture of an old-world banker: short, chubby, with the toupee-assisted thinning horseshoe-hair of a man who'd spent long hours poring over financial reports instead of his children's report cards. He speaks into the ether, rarely making eye contact or pausing for questions. During the

World War G – Chapter 4: Turning the Tide

Beerguyrob - May 30, 2018May 30, 2018

Pleasanton, California The seating area of a converted bus is where possibly the most famous Raider coach awaits. Enthusiastic, a rather mundane word to describe one of history’s most ebullient sports figures. Some revere him as a broadcasting savior, some revile him as a monster on the microphone, but if you

World War G – Chapter 3: The Great Panic

Beerguyrob - May 23, 2018May 23, 2018

Naval Air Station Alameda: Oakland, CA A once-functioning naval base, NAS Alameda was now being used as a storage facility for an organization on its last legs in the region where it operated. Being conveniently down the road from the team's current, dilapidated stadium aided the franchise in disposing of its

World War G – Chapter 2: Blame

Beerguyrob - May 16, 2018May 16, 2018

345 Park Avenue, New York, NY NFL Headquarters I was meeting with Roger Goodell, the head of the NFL. I hadn't expected to get an actual meeting with him, as I'd heard that - since President Trump had declared him a national disgrace over the kneeling issue - he'd become a recluse

World War G – Chapter 1: Warnings

Beerguyrob - May 9, 2018May 16, 2018

ESPN Headquarters, Bristol, CT The first outbreak I saw was on television. It came from a dank & darkened hellhole on the east coast. "Bristol" they called it. I was stationed in New York, hired sight-unseen by the corporate overlords at "the campus". Now, I was expected to make my first