12/10/2025 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer

Notre Dame still has a chance at the CFP if Mike Pence does the right thing.
People saying Herbert was rude to Laura Rutledge are nuts. That was nothing; I’m ruder to more people than that every day before 8 am.
Great time of year for sports. Spring Training right around the corner.
Boy genius Jaylen Brown not understanding what having an extra chromosome means is still more proof Bill Nye is not a science guy.
Whether you like the Colts or not, if you’re not rooting for Phillip Rivers like this is a real-life Disney movie, you’re not a true football fan.
Don’t even think about it, Tom Brady.
Dave Portnoy hates antisemitism. Hates it almost as much as losing a tiny sum of money on a bad beat!
Anna Michael Maye is 1000x more likeable than Gisele ever was.
Shams is basically the guy at your wife’s work who, in an effort to bang her, tells her every little transgression you’ve ever made and will even make some stuff up if it gets her in the sack.
Cakes are cooking for Gloria Loring, Walter Orange, Susan Dey, Jack Hues, John J. York, Mark Aguirre, Kenneth Brannaugh, Paul Assenmacher, Nia Peeples, Robin White, Bobby Flay, Luis Polonia, J Mascis, Mel Rojas, Rob Blake, Brian Molko, Meg White, Matt Bentley, Patrick Flueger, Raven-Symone, Teyana Taylor, Kiki Layne, Joe Burrow, Maja Stark, and Alex Steeves.
The actual football fans will be watching the Idaho vandals take FCS by storm in 2026.
Hey gang of f-f-f-f-lipping winners, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “We saw in some of the early games that the pill was kinda slippery.”
Guess what? You don’t get to be the ombudsman when you were a Mayo guy until the bitter end.
I’m a big vest guy. Mimics my wetsuits and keeps my core warm. And speaking of wetsuits, I won’t get in the water if the air temp is below 45 and the water temp is below 50. Different when I was younger but I’m old and a bit of a bitch now.
Families allow you to spend time with people you would otherwise never associate with.
Mary J Blige doesn’t get enough credit.
At some point the Dodgers will sign big free agents they don’t even have spots for and pay them to stay home so other teams can’t get them.
Blue Line: delays of up to 10 minutes due to a signal problem at Airport.
I’m 100% Irish 2nd generation and vinegar hasn’t come with 100 ft of any French Fry of mine..!!!!
It’s easy to confuse novelty acts.
Aroldis Chapman’s next arrest will be for pushing his wife’s face into some spotted dick.
Is it me…or are NFL officials getting worse? You can’t watch a game without seeing so many mistakes by those guys.
Spar varnish!
Gees, you’d think Pete Carroll had put an already-showered and dressed in street clothes Caitlin Clark back in the game to try and get one more assist to have a triple-double.
Soccer is behind cricket but above emu jousting in popularity in Australia.
Honk if you remember Bruno Sammartino.
Florio might be hated as much as Volin among the local media.
You know who Mike Gesicki loves? Mike Gesicki.
Researchers have recently coined a term to define Bob Kraft’s particular speech impediment. They call it “Orchids Aphasia”.
I’ll drive a million miles
To be with you tonight
So if you’re feeling low
Turn up your radio
The words we use are strong
They make reality
But now the music’s on
Oh baby, dance with me, yeah
Rip it up, move down
Rip it up, move it down to the ground
Rip it up, cool down
Rip it up, don’t hang me on the borderline
Everybody have fun tonight
Everybody have fun tonight
Everybody Wang Chung tonight.
I thought Fred Durst was dead; turns out I mixed him up with that fellow from Smash Mouth (RIP).
Jeff Kent? I guess.
The Ravens aren’t afraid to host YOU for Sunday Night Football!
Lay off Jake Elliott. He has rosacea.
What’s everyone’s encryption pin? Let us know in the comments.
Army. UConn. Wasabi Fenway Bowl. December!
Whenever I see this Notre Dame AD with the last name Bevacqua all I can think of is Tommy Lasorda’s rant on Kurt effing Bevacqua and I can’t stop laughing.
Maybe Texas Tech is good and that’s why they’re winning.
Jayson Tatum Ewing Theory Szn?
Best bet for the weekend: supremely overconfident Bills fans.

Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, Old Friends Lebron and BBtL, and the members of #the15 were used in this column. Remember where we parked.
