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Week 9 – Beat Football Cat!

This feline is not in the holiday spirit. At all.

Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes!

Football Cat was not beat Week 8! Good effort, though.

How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only, Football Cat negotiated no non-holiday Thursdays) Pick more winners than FC, and you can win either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)

(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner will be chosen at random. Winners remail eligible to also win in future weeks.)

Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:

Bears at Bengals

Vikings at Lions

Panthers at Packers

Broncos at Texans

Falcons at Patriots

49ers at Giants

Colts at Steelers

Chargers at Titans

Saints at Rams 

Jaguars at Raiders

Chiefs at Bills

Seahawks at Commanders

Cardinals at Cowboys (Tiebreaker – total points scored)

Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t your bag, post them on the Twitter and our spooky band of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!

Good luck and have a Happy Halloween!

Boo! Y’all.

Football Cat’s Week 9 NFL Picks ’25

Happy Halloween!

We at Football Cat World Headquarters would like to thank the thousands of you who mailed in your postcards with answers to this week’s FBC Burning Question©: “What would you give out to Trick-or-Treaters if you ran out of candy?” 

Every one of your suggestions was fantastic, unfortunately we don’t have the bandwidth to print them all here, but rest assured they will be available for download once the World Series is over.  Until then, enjoy this random assortment of responses:

“Blue square lapel pins” – Robert K., Brookline, MA

“A variety of Buddha faux succulent terrariums” – Arianne S., Peabody MA

“Hugs” – Mike M., Enfield CT

“Resumes” – Jerod M., North Attleborough, MA

“Disease infested blankets” – Jeffrey A., Amherst MA

“Yolks from hard boiled eggs” – Brian L., Mansfield MA

“Blue cupcakes” – Joshua M., Nashua NH

“EpiPens” – Kendra M., Jacksonville FL

“Keep your grimy fingers off my blue cupcakes f*ck face.  Give out some of those hand sanitizer bottles you’ve been swigging.” – Roger S., Nashua NH

“Serial killer vibes” – Jonathan B., Stoughton MA

“A free ride home from any detox center” – Frank S., Peabody MA

“L’s” – Steve R., Lowell MA

“Charcoal” – Bryan D., Quincy MA

“I can’t remember the question” – Corey B., Dorchester, MA

Speaking of early onset Alzheimer’s, don’t forget to turn those clocks back on Sunday

Why am I waiting an extra hour to eat?

Sunday Lunch Time
Bears (-2.5) at Bengals

Tigers lose to Bears, oh my!

Vikings at Lions (-8.5)
Jungle kings maul marauders

Panthers at Packers (-12.5)
Meatmen slice and dice black cats

I think I’d prefer the slicing and dicing

Broncos (-1.5) at Texans
Broncos nix Texicans

Falcons at Patriots (-5.5)
Patriots finally get revenge for almost losing the Super Bowl nine years ago

What did the Squirtle say to the Charmander?

49ers (-2.5) at Giants
Prospectors pinch Pituitaries

Colts (-3) at Steelers
Indianapolis Jones yanks Yinzers

Chargers (-9.5) at Titans
Bolts tingle Tits

It looks safe to me

Sunday Dinner Time
Saints at Rams (-14)

Saints get excommunicated in the City of Angels

Jaguars (-3) at Raiders
Spotty cats claw Pete’s poodles

Get busy doodle boy

Chiefs (-2) at Bills
Chiefs take down tatanka

Those are some crazy looking coyotes

Sunday Prowl Time
Seahawks (-3.5) at Commanders

Fake sea birds soar over swamp things

Monday Prowl Time
Cardinals at Cowboys (-2.5)

Cowboys cage pretty red birds

Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.

10/29/2025 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer

An Instant Classic World Series?

The first thing I’d ask if I were at a crooked poker game is, ‘Does the table always hum like that?’

Once again, the local media contingent is the last to know breaking Patriots news.

I thought we had so many years left with Beef. His absence leaves a void that can only be filled with fatter, more hilariously named men.

You know it could be a good day when one of the first things you hear is Screamin’ Jay Hawkins singing “I Put A Spell On You.”

Does Eliot Wolf fancy himself as some kind of 6th round draft savant?

The Bruins appear to be bipolar. Unfortunately.

That stuff that Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones are accused of is legitimately the type of stuff that gets people taken out. No exaggeration.

Cakes are cooking for Ralph Bakshi, Claude Brochu, Robbie van Leeuwen, Richard Dreyfuss, Kate Jackson, Guy Gelso, Denis Potvin, Lee Child, Roger O’Donnell, Dan Castellaneta, Jesse Barfield, Mike Gartner, Michael Carter, Randy Jackson, Yasmin Le Bon, Peter Timmons, Joely Fisher, Rufus Sewell, Peter Breen, Marquez Pope, Gabrielle Union, Tracee Ellis Ross, Michael Shur, Ben Foster, Amanda Beard, Maurice Clarett, Chris Baio, Eric Staal, Gio Benitez, Andy Dalton, and Evan Fournier.

Sarge, that picture should be titled ‘Beefcake Heaven’ or the ‘Studs on Causeway.’

It’s always best to point shave in game 7 of the ECF, a game nobody pays attention to.

Orange Line Update: Please continue to expect delays of about 10 minutes while signal personnel work to overcome a switch problem at Oak Grove.

Does Hogdale become the new Barstool Beef automatically, or is a vote needed?

I’m just gonna go ahead and say it: I love rugby style punters.

Hey gang of fun-haters, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “One-day contracts are stupid.”

Never thought I’d be looking at the NBA Tankathon page again so soon but here we are.

Brian Kelly. Free to pursue other opportunities.

I never understood how an inverted W isn’t just an M.

Pablo Torre’s working on Jordon Hudson’s connection to this NBA gambling scandal.

Coach Vrabes is whacking people with connections to the Lombardi crime family.

Isn’t Dybantsa the drug that treats POTS?

There are survivalist ham radio operators with better Arbitron ratings than WEEI’s lineup.

I am physically incapable of not saying Quinshon Judkins without using the same cadence as ‘Leroy Jenkins.’

Climate change stops when we harness the power of pregame show fake laughs for clean energy.

In Deliver Me from Nowhere, Bruce Springsteen says his favorite hotdog condiment is mustard but in real life, Bruce Springsteen hates mustard so much he did a whole yap about it during a show. How the hell did E Street Ombudsman Gary W. Tallent let this happen?

Working on a fun story tonight where I get to combine two passions: special teams and apple cider doughnuts.

We’ve reached the point where it’s no longer Hazel may … it’s Hazel does.

Today I learned that primer is pronounced, ‘primmer’ when used as a preview of something. I have been mispronouncing that for 46 years.

It’s like those veteran suicide awareness commercials, but instead of some jarhead, they send in Bill Burt and “Hardy.”

Barstool Tofu is still alive and well.

Robert Saleh’s defense loves undersized interior penetrators.

I put a spell on you
Because you’re mine
Stop the things you tell
Watch out, I ain’t lyin’.

Yeah, I can’t stand it
No runnin’ around
I can’t stand it
No, put me down.

I put a spell on you
Because you’re mine, oh yeah
Stop the things you do
Watch out, I ain’t lyin’.

Pets are the best so you just have to give them the best life possible while you can and let them live forever in your memories.

Fun Fact: Point shaving in the WNBA is called point waxing.

Pats should sign Jerod Mayo to a one-day contract and immediately cut him.

Honk if you remember the F/V Andrea Gail.

Or maybe Barstool is like Al-Qaeda: One leader dies, they’re automatically replaced. Seamless transition.

TreyVeyon got his touches! Now what to complain about?

If Hogdale is streaming to ten people during a normal game, I wonder what was happening in the 18th inning the other night.

Another reminder MLB should have emergency backup pitchers in the stands. EBUPs.

I can’t remember a Sunday night when I didn’t think Cris Collinsworth is an asshole. Last Sunday was not one of them.

Sad about Logan Mankins. Maybe Speros stole his donor kidney?

Why on Earth is Marlins Man still a thing? Go away already. It’s played out.

Best bet for the weekend: zero bags of leftover candy.

Bad start, good finish.

Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, Old Friends Hacksaw & Yahtzee, and the members of #the15 were used in this column. Happy Halloween, ladies. (laughs) Nuns. No sense of humor.

And happy Birthday to actress Winona Ryder, who puts one on a Halloween frame of mind.

The Revenge of the Curse of the Intern Street Team People on the Street Interview

Our Intern Street Team was out and about again asking the locals, “What are you going as for Halloween?”

Willem T. – “A pallet shack.”
Lon Mastrangelo, student – “The NBA Second Apron.”
Elise Hudson, Human Resources Representative, – “That scary old guy from the Sullivan Tire commercials.”
Johnny Smith, driver/courier – “Morgos Karlsefni.”
Jacob B. – “Drake Maye. Or Ron Catamount Muskmelon.”
Joanna Fitzmartin, art teacher – “The pop cultural footprint of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’.”
Danny T. – “Colleen Wolfe.”
Zachary R. – “200 delicious neodymium magnets.”
Vivian Grant, Crossfit instructor – “3 point shot creator Abe Saperstein.”
Louisa M. – “A Girlie Pop Demon Hunter.”
Lacy Kingfisher, travel writer – “The Historic Warren G. Harding Magnolia Tree.”
Armin Gokaj, Inside Sales, –“Mike Florio, if he was from the Philippines.”
Oscar J. – “Turkeyman.”
Alphonso, dog – “Dooze. On the Moon.” Giada Daniele, Medical Device Sales – “Sexy Swedish Electrician.”
Rafe Boudreaux, retiree – “Red Dye #40.”

Have a Happy Halloween, everybody.

Week 8 – Beat Football Cat!

Football Cat would never shave…points.

Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes!

Football Cat was outpicked by the Merrimack Valley’s savviest aunt. Congratulations, lady.

How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only, Football Cat negotiated no non-holiday Thursdays) Pick more winners than FC, and you can win either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)

Hat. Shirt. Fluff.

(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner will be chosen at random. Winners remail eligible to also win in future weeks.)

Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:

Dolphins at Falcons 

Bears at Ravens 

Bills at Panthers

Jets at Bengals

49ers at Texans 

Browns at Patriots

Giants at Eagles

Buccaneers at Saints

Cowboys at Broncos

Titans at Colts

Packers at Steelers

Commanders at Chiefs (Tiebreaker – total points scored)

Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t your bag, post them on the Twitter and our merry band of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!

Good luck and let’s have fun out there!

Very Superstitious

Football Cat’s Week 8 NFL Picks ’25

The call is coming from inside the house!

With Halloween only one week away you are probably looking for a fun, yet simple, way to get into the spooky spirit. Little did you know that bone chilling excitement is just a phone call away.

  1. Traverse into the eerie elements of the other world and encounter those who lurk in the night. Call the Halloween Haunted Hotline at 585-IF-U-DARE! Carefully choose your fright, not all who call survive the night.
  2. There are many haunted attractions in New England, but none scarier than the House on Harris Road in Nashua, NH. Home of the infamous “Death Couch”. Those who dare sit on the sofa will be doomed, and not just because they’ve come in contact with its sticky coating of ectoplasm. Within the past three years there have been documented cases of a man suffering a debilitating stroke, another being institutionalized (multiple times), numerous extraterrestrial visitations and one actual death happening to people after they’ve sat upon the cursed couch. If you’re interested in purchasing it, or some old ceiling tiles, you can call 603-881-6980. In lieu of cash, blue cupcakes will be accepted in trade.
  3. In celebration of the Halloween season, Sony Pictures and Ghost Corps have launched a brand-new campaign, letting fans both call and text the Ghostbusters. If you’ve got something strange in your neighborhood to report, pick up the phone and call (or text) 516-718-TRAP.
  4. Wrinkles the Clown is no Stephen King character, but that doesn’t make this real-life clown any less creepy. Based in Naples, Florida, this clown offers a wide variety of services, like performing at parties and intentionally scaring children. Calling 407-734-0254 sends you to his voicemail, where we’re told you can hear a pretty chilling message.
  5. Would you like to speak with Frankenstein’s monosyllabic monster? Then just dial 617-779-7937 any weekday afternoon between 2 pm and 6 pm. Remember he has an abnormal brain, so please be patient and speak slowly.
Bread good… ratings BAD!

Just remember that standard message and data rates may apply.

Sunday Lunch Time
Dolphins at Falcons (-7.5)

Penix penetrates porpoises

Bears at Ravens (-6.5)
Scary black birds spook da’ Bears

Frightening

Bills (-7.5) at Panthers
Hairy cows rub black cats the wrong way

Jets at Bengals (-6.5)
Stripey cats maul Jets

49ers at Texans (-1.5)
Mac gives Houston problems

My good friend Mac continues to own

Browns at Patriots (-7)
It’s no longer Drake may… it’s Drake IS!

Drake-a-mania grips Hub!

Giants at Eagles (-7.5)
Philly dash Dart

Sunday Dinner Time
Buccaneers (-4.5) at Saints

Bucs cook Cajuns

Cowboys at Broncos (-3.5)
Denver does Dallas

We said Denver, not Debbie… D E N V E R

Titans at Colts (-14)
Indianapolis Jones whips Tits

Sunday Prowl Time
Packers at Steelers (-3)

Packmen rout Rodgers

Looking sharp

Monday Prowl Time
Commanders at Chiefs (-12.5)

KC shuts down DC

Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.

10/22/2025 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer

It got a little dusty in the TD Garden last night, amirite?

Tough loss, Mariners. Can I interest you in a baseball poem?

Hoping that for his next investigation, Pablo Torre can find out how Katie Nolan keeps getting work.

NESN talking Patriots credit pie? Bill only ever got blame pie. And such large portions!

When you turn too many corners you end up back where you started.

Toucher, Adam 12, Hardy and Big Jim… why not make the entire station out of failed rock DJs?

If I had been playing in that media basketball game, I would have pulled my team off the floor. Sometimes you have to make a statement.

Dammit Carolina Hurricanes, stop wearing the Whalers branding as a skin suit.

Cakes are cooking for Christopher Lloyd, Derek Jacobi, Jan de Bont, Lee Meredith, Greg Hawkes, Jeff Goldblum, Bobby Blotzer, Cris Kirkwood, Barbara Potter, Leonard Marshall, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Boitano, Valeria Golino, Carlos Mencia, Ron Tugnutt, Shaggy, Shelby Lynn, Spike Jonze, Saffron Burrows, Tyrone Williams, Ichiro Suzuki, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Brad Stevens, Jon Foreman, Olivier Pla, Heath Miller, Robinson Canó, Zac Hanson, Jonathan Lipnicki, Marcus Jones, and TreVeyon Henderson.

Love my gals of sports twitter today and always.

Hey gang, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “We’re starting to reach the point where it’s no longer Drake may … it’s Drake is.”

You can be bald or gay but not both.

Globe Pitchbot makes Michael Hurley look like Patrice O’Neal.

Green Line D Branch Reminder: From 8 PM on October 24 through October 31. Local and Express Shuttle buses will replace service between Kenmore and Riverside for maintenance work.

FYI, Celtics season ticket renewal is March, with commitment to renew in February.

I wonder if Gene Simmons gave Ace Frehley’s family a Kiss coffin at half-price.

Guys, I don’t know if it’s been said before, but we’re starting to reach the point where it’s no longer Drake may … it’s Drake is.

Whomever convinced Chris Gasper he’s a good writer needs to be brought before The Hague.

Aaron Rodgers yelling is lowkey kinda scary.

Hate when I see a 12-year-old kid wearing a sliding mitt, but Vlad Jr. makes it look cool.

As usual I’m the only one in the exit row to review the passenger safety card. I don’t see any of these people helping in the event of an emergency.

It’s crazy, like, I was just thinking that we’re actually starting to reach the point where it’s no longer Drake may … it’s Drake is. Anyone else feel this way?

Savor all the moments we have left with Chris Berman.

Long Johns went on today. Sorry folks, but it’s officially winter. I don’t care what your calendar says.

White women love two things: fucking with their faces and autumn.

You know the Patriots are back when Joe Murray and Dondero open up the postgame show by complaining about the Patriots trying to force the run, and how the defense needs to play better.

Black cats conduct heat evenly.

Why do refs say, “by rule”? What else would it be by?

As I was driving home, a thought struck me: We’re starting to reach the point where it’s no longer Drake may … it’s Drake is.

Damn convenient the Charles River water quality markedly improved right before the Regatta!

And when I wake up in the morning
To feel the daybreak on my face
There’s a blood that’s flowing through the feeling
With a knife to open up the sky’s veins.

Some things will never change
You just stand there looking backwards half unconscious from the pain
It may seem rearranged
In the backwater swirling there is something that will never change.

The best murder weapon would be a Tupperware lid…No one would be able to find it.

Porzingis had POTS? So is he better now? I ask because the broads seem to make it their personality for the rest of their life.

Honk if you remember when Paul was dead.

The next day, local television journalist Clark Booth suggested, “Instead of playing a seventh game, they should spread tables and checkered tablecloths across the outfields and just have a picnic, a feast to a glorious World Series, and toast one another until dawn.’’

It’s alright to cry Marchy, crying takes the sad out of you.

Congratulations to K’Lavon Chaisson for being named AFC Defensive Player of the Week.

Salem Ghost Lantern Stroll!

After looking at Marchand in a Panthers uni all night now I look up and it’s Marcus Smart as a Laker.

The Celtics, they could surprise!

Best bet for the weekend: we draw inexorably nearer to the point where it’s no longer Drake may … it’s Drake is.

It stayed fair, 50 years ago.

Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, and the members of #the15 were used in this column. She’s drivin’ away, with the dim lights on.

And happy birthday to French actress Catherine Deneuve.

Week 7 – Beat Football Cat!

Back in the money, you primates.
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Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes!

Football Cat went 11-3 for the week, better than any of the opposition.

Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only, Football Cat negotiated no non-holiday Thursdays) Pick more winners than FC, and you can win either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)

You like prizes.

(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner will be chosen at random. Winners remail eligible to also win in future weeks.)

Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:

Rams at Jaguars

Saints at Bears

Dolphins at Browns

Raiders at Chiefs

Eagles at Vikings

Panthers at Jets

Patriots at Titans

Giants at Broncos

Colts at Chargers 

Packers at Cardinals

Commanders at Cowboys

Falcons at 49ers

Buccaneers at Lions

Texans at Seahawks

Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) and our fine squad of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants

So have a nice weekend and good luck!

Football Cat’s Week 7 NFL Picks ’25

The messenger of the gods

Mercury, draw near, and to my prayer incline,
Angel of Jove and Maia’s son divine;
Studious of contests, ruler of mankind,
With heart almighty, and a prudent mind.
Celestial messenger, of various skill,
Whose powerful arts could watchful Argus kill:
With winged feet, ’tis thine thro’ air to course,
O friend of man, and prophet of discourse:
Great life-supporter, to rejoice is thine,
In arts gymnastic, and in fraud divine:
With power endured all language to explain,
Of care the loosener, and the source of gain.
Whose hand contains of blameless peace the rod,
Corucian, blessed, profitable God;
Of various speech, whose aid in works we find,
And in necessities to mortals kind:
Dire weapon of the tongue, which men revere,
Be present, Mercury, and thy suppliant hear;
Assist my works, conclude my life with peace,
Give graceful speech, and my memory’s increase.
-The Orphic Hymn to Mercury

Did someone say Mercury?

Sunday Full English Breakfast Time
Rams (-3) at Jaguars
Horny sheep shag Jags

Oh behave!

Sunday Lunch Time
Saints at Bears (-4.5)

Poohs rattle Popes

Dolphins at Browns (-2.5)
Fairies fry fish

Raiders at Chiefs (-11.5)
Indigenous Peoples are on the war path

Please don’t pee pee in the teepee

Eagles (-1.5) at Vikings
Philly sinks Norsemen

Panthers (-1.5) at Jets
Black cats ground jet lagged New Yorkers

Teterboro Tower, this is Piper 2-0-2

Patriots (-7) at Titans
Patriots pinch Tits

Sunday Dinner Time
Giants at Broncos (-7)

Denver drops Dart

Colts at Chargers (-1.5)
Indianapolis Jones pulls the Plugs

Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory.

Packers at Cardinals (-6.5)
Meatmen pluck pretty red birds

Commanders (-2.5) at Cowboys
Washington shuts down Dallas

From Dallas, Texas, the flash, apparently official: The Cowboys stink

Sunday Prowl Time
Falcons at 49ers (-2.5)

Penix plows Prospectors

Monday Prowl Time
Buccaneers at Lions (-5.5)

Kings of Beasts maul Mayfield

Monday Sleepy Time
Texans at Seahawks (-3)

Houston upsets Fake Sea Birds, but it’s still baseball season in Seattle!

It all comes back to baseball, Danny

Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.

10/08/2025 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer

#TheFutureIsTeal? No, #ThePastIsTeal.

Bill needs to dump that gold-digging whore. I’m talking about Freddie Kitchens, obviously.

The Boston Bruins quest for The Cup begins tonight, with no less than three alternate Captains. Leadership will evolve organically.

I’m hearing that Barstool just hired Frederica Bimmel.

Zdeno Chara will be the first player to hang his jersey up in the rafters without needing a pulley system.

You’re all pissing me off the album is good and it’s ok if you think it’s bad but like it’s not my problem. She’s cringe. Expecting her not to be cringe was your problem. BTW, this is how many of us felt about “Pop” in 1997.

If H. Paul Rico were alive he would crack down on the Bills Mafia.

For many of us this is a baseball High Holy Day, the 69th anniversary of Don Larsen’s Perfect Game. Or, as some prefer, Yogi’s Leap.

I like that Mark Sanchez went back to the bar after being stabbed. You can’t teach that.

Cakes are cooking for Rona Barrett, Paul Hogan, Fred Cash, Chevy Chase, R.L. Stine, Ray Royer, Hamish Stuart, Sigourney Weaver, Robert “Kool” Bell, Edward Zwick, Michael Dudikoff, Bill Elliott, Darrell Hammond, Stephanie Zimbalist, Joe Castiglione, Nick Bakay, Tony Eason, Reed Hastings, CeCe Winans, Matt Biondi, Emily Procter, Karyn Parsons, Matt Damon, Soon-Yi Previn, Monty Williams, Donnie Abraham, DJ Q-Ball, Kristanna Loken, Nick Cannon, The Miz, Raffi Torres, Travis Pastrana, Bruno Mars, Bubba Wallace, G Herbo, and Bella Thorne.

Cam In Taunton actually applied for a job at Barstool, but they told him he was too thin.

.A Ferrari beefing with a Sauber? I’m sat.

Imagine what Christian Barmore could accomplish if he only knew how to read.

Never skip face day, bro.

Orange Line: This weekend, October 11 – 13. No Train service between Forest Hills and North Station due to signal work. Use Shuttle buses between Forest Hills and Back Bay. Use the Green Line between Copley and North Station.

Hey Hogdale,  You don’t need to work blue! You’ll never play the big rooms with that crap. Ask Redd Foxx. You don’t need the blue stuff, kid, you got talent!

Bob, I was lucky enough to watch the whole game on Black and White TV. I skipped school that day. I don’t think we will ever see that again. The present managers would have Larsen out in the 6th. I thought Jackie Robinson would break up the Perfect game. It was a joyous day. I interviewed Don Larsen many years later.

Most teams play better when they aren’t too busy being dumb.

Hey gang of pill hurlers, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “when you grip the hide, hide your grip!”

Trying not to let small disappointments determine my day.

Good radio bit for Dondy: ranking the greatest sports stabbings. “OJ had the panache, but I gotta give the edge to Seles here. And Pierce gotta be top 3.”

We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor
I was feeling kind of seasick
But the crowd called out for more.
The room was humming harder,
As the ceiling flew away.
When we called out for another drink-
The waiter brought a tray-

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale.
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale.

Foxboro Stadium in the 70s at a night game would kill everyone in Western NY and then invade Canada.

Honk if you remember Hyacinth Bucket.

Why make a name for yourself when you can just ride your dad’s coattails? Must be nice.

I can’t imagine being excited about that time 69 years ago when I read about a baseball game a day after it happened. And then saw the Movietone News highlights a week later between the Bowery Boys and the latest Abbott and Costello feature. I’m sure it was magical.

I can’t WAIT to bust out my Irish cardigan soon!

Has the Widow Russell forbidden Bill’s kids from using his bridge?

Much. Needed. Rain.

Well now I’m hearing Bill is giving his players warm Gatorade! An alum can’t pony up his buyout wad fast enough!

Puka Nacua remains a must-start in all formats.

Imagine not hating your job.

Either die a Marv Levy or coach long enough to become a Joe Gibbs.

Passed out at 6-1. The Yankees came back and won?!?!?!

Bert Bell created the Himmy Award in 1949. The Philadelphia Eagles’ Steve Van Buren took home the first one.

Best bet for the weekend: Football Cat’s win streak starts again.

We had a very funny footer gag planned comparing Mac’s outfit to something the Batman villain Two Face would wear, “Heads interception, tails nut-crushing fumble.” but then he had to go out there and own. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, and the members of #the15 were used in this column. Pick Up the Pieces.

And happy heavenly birthday to Johhny Ramone and to C.J. Ramone, who is not pictured here and may still be alive.
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