The Biggest Loser–Joe vs. Tyler 2008

2 men. 10 weeks. Who will lose the most weight? Who will be crowned the Biggest Loser? Which man has the guts to lose the most gut?
Here’s the lowdown: these fine young gentlemen wish to shed those last few layers of baby fat so they can be lean and mean by the time they hit [...]

United Paint the Town Red

Manchester United claim their third European Club Championship in dramatic style Wednesday night in Moscow

For the red side of Manchester, May 21, 2008 will go down as one of the greatest of European nights in their history. For John Terry, it will be a night he will forever be trying to forget.
Fifty years from the [...]

Ad Naseam: The Super Bowl of Advertising

Super Bowl Sunday saw two unexpected results–a Giants championship and a game which vastly outperformed an unimaginative crop of commercials

After large events happen, sometimes it’s good to sit back, reflect, and ask the question, “what have we learned?” Last night was the most watched Super Bowl ever and we learned quite a bit actually. Those [...]

A League of Below-Ordinary Gentlemen

A terrible Championship Game epitomizes the debacle that is the BCS

It all began a year ago, when Ohio State laid down and died in the BCS Championship game against Florida, setting the tone for one of the worst years in sports championships. For the NCAA Football title the Buckeyes and Gators played a game devoid [...]

The Most Reptastic of 2007

Like any young man who read Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity in their formative years, I’m a huge fan of lists. So I’ve gone through 2007 with a fine-toothed comb to create these definitive lists of the most Reptastic films, albums, songs, TV Shows, books, athletes, and sports scandals of 2007. We (the Royal we) here [...]

2007 Sportsman of the Year

The creeping sense of irrelevance must really put a damper on the writer’s meetings at Sports Illustrated. It can’t escape them that there was a time when SI was the vanguard of sports journalism, a worldly and literate publication which was the unquestioned home of not only some of the best sports writing in America [...]

Ad Nauseam: This is my House Now!

I don’t know what it is about this commercial, but I love it. The old granny they cast is perfect when she pulls off her helmet, throws it down, starts adjusting the gloves and gravely proclaims, “this is my house now.” Someone replies “What!?!” and she forcefully yells back while pounding her chest “THIS IS [...]

Videos of the Day: English Heartbreak

For fans of the Three Lions, disappointment isn’t a passing fancy, it’s a perpetual state of being. With England’s “Golden Generation” suffering yet another setback in their pursuit of glory, a troubling pattern has emerged: these guys aren’t worthy of their formidable hype. Yes, England has Superstars, but lacks world-class players. Their failure to qualify [...]

England Out of Euro 2008

“I read the news today, oh boy…” sang John Lennon nearly 40 years ago. If he were alive and writing the song today, he would have followed that line with “about an England team who shit the bed.”
With everything on the line for a floundering England squad, needing only a draw to qualify for Euro [...]