01/08/2025 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer
The Patriots are interviewing Mamadou Ndjaiye for the head coaching position tonight from 8:00-8:05.
Bruins need a shakeup.
Dianna Russini is getting scoops left and right while Jeff Howe is having fake mini strokes and manifesting moles.
What weird thing will Jerry Thornton tweet out today?
Man, the Bills have become the smart franchise, and we have become the Bills. We’re teetering on becoming the Jets.
I know all he’d talk about is fashion and Broadway musicals but would Gasper satisfy the Rooney Rule?
So this Joy Whatever apparently fucked her way to the top of the Women in Sports ladder, and I had never heard her name before yesterday? And she had a real “in sports” gig and completely set the movement back 50 years by sleeping her way in. Brava, Joy.
Remember that thing Phil Perry did? No? Exactly.
Only the best and brightest people analyze professional wrestling.
Cakes are cooking for Shirley Bassey, Bob Eubanks, Boris Vallejo, Little Anthony, John Podesta, John McTiernan, Harriet Sansom Harris, Mike Reno, Rey Misterio Sr., Chris Marion, Hiromi Kobayashi, Michelle Forbes, Willie Anderson, Ami Dolenz, Brian Johnson, Paul Carey, Jeff Abercrombie, Billy Joe Hobert, Jason Giambi*, Brandie Burton, Vitali Yachmenev, Rachel Nichols, Jeff Francis, Gaby Hoffman, Kim Jong-Un*, Jeff Francoeur, and Cynthia Erivo.
Covid did away with the ‘bag your own candy’ section of the supermarket.
Watched Wicked last night and it was a blast. The 2:40 running time flew by. Couldn’t believe Ariana Grande was that friggin’ hilarious. The songs were killer. And the themes were universal like they were in TWoO. Definitely have a re-watch in the future.
‘New England had the worst roster in the league!’ is a thing people are just saying now, like, ‘Miami has a population of 17 million people.’
Green Line E Branch: Delays of about 15 minutes due to a disabled train at Ball Square. Trains may stand by at stations.
Tactical spork!
Skip Bayless running the ol’ Ernie Boch Jr, “Boy oh boy do I love having hot, penis into vagina sex! With women!” play.
Hey gang of functional illiterates, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “Why they ain’t been did it?”
Michael Vick was the greatest running QB ever. He also might have as the strongest arm in the league. I saw he Tear two defensive players ACLs on one play.
If you really wanna get your blood boiling on a Saturday, go to COSTCO first thing in the morning.
Joy having a bunch of thirst trap picture is great too, because every time the “in sports” people get called on that they pretend one thing isn’t related to the other.
I fondly remember going to see dozens of highly-touted Red Sox draft picks flounder at McCoy.
The best bang for anyone’s buck at the grocery store is a box of microwave popcorn. Tell me I’m wrong.
My blood pressure has dropped 50 points since I decided to (metaphorically) embrace Upton instead of hating him.
“Joy, because of you, my son wants to be a woman. In sports.” – Magic Johnson
Provolone makes up 2.5% of the cheese produced in the U.S. with 370 million pounds of provolone made in 2023.
When the best player in the world is just across the bridge, you get your ass to the barn.
Dude, it’s VrabEL.
Jerod Mayo. When you need a win he loses and when we need a loss he wins. It’s like he’s working undercover for another NFL organization!
Bootlegging boozer on the west side
Full of people who are doing wrong
Just about to call up the DA man
When I heard this woman singin’ a song
A pair of 45s made me open my eyes
My temperature started to rise
She was a long cool woman in a black dress
‘Bout a 5’9″, beautiful, tall
With just one look I was a bad mess
‘Cause that long cool woman had it all.
I applied self-tanner yesterday and it’s very mild but oh man am i so back baby i wasn’t depressed i just was pale.
Mean ol’ Bill better not leaved all those HS seniors and collegiate student-athletes in the lurch!
Loved Nosferatu. Didn’t love spending $6 on a bottle of water.
There are people who actually purchased Bailey Zappe Patriots jerseys…you know who you are.
I had a grilled cheese and a PB&J smoothie for dinner. Truly living the best life.
Honk if you remember Larry Storch.
If you’re going to be one of these smarmy in sports cvnts you cannot look like a Star Wars background character.
“Peanut butter skin” is a phrase I’ve never heard before.
The Patiots placement near the top of the 2025 Draft order opens many interesting scenarios given the high probability of them trading back to fill multiple needs & and also staying open to a variety of trade proposals—including for name players that other teams need to be move for cap reasons.
Pro Tip: Don’t wear that tan suit from your wedding in your business profile pic.
Where does that Rear Admiral get all that energy?
Bob Veale was kind of the National League’s Sudden Sam McDowell. Both were BIG, left-handed fireballers who were wild enough to make you nervous, same era, and Pittsburgh/Cleveland. Veale was probably a hair better than Sam, but a lot the same.
Bob’s a liar, Jerod knew.
That’s two trash days in a row it was too windy to put the recycling bin on the curb.
Does Vrioni even speak French?
I’m glad they gave that nice Katie Nolan another chance to grab the brass ring.
Best bet for the weekend: Mahomes doubtful for the bye week with a nagging injury.
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Bill James, and the members of #the15 were used in this column. Don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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