SageAgainstTheMachine

It wasn't a nice thing to say. But how'd you feel if people were talking smack about you for trying to do a decent thing?

Pete and Pete is going to be one of the greatest pieces of entertainment that will be unfortunately lost to history. For whatever reason, it doesn't have much staying power in the minds of the masses.

I'll take perceived irrelevance if it means we're getting better over the long run. Trying to sign players just for the sake of making moves would be an unfortunate throwback to the Donahoe era. This is one of the weakest FA classes I can ever remember. Especially with the high potential of no football in 2011, I'm perfectly happy with trying to draft a winning team.

That's his ethnicity, not his race. I believe that Ernie Els is a dual citizen in South Africa and the US. So he's 100% African American. Does that make him more black than Tiger?

I don't doubt that. But my point was that you shouldn't paint the entire American sports media with such a broad stroke if your primary exposure to said media is ESPN. Based on the names you gave, that would seem to be the case. It'd be like condemning all journalists by watching MSNBC and Fox News.

No, but it's ESPN which is inching closer and closer to TMZ by the day. Did you watch yesterday? A full slate of basketball and hockey games, and all that "the worldwide leader in sports" could manage to talk about was Brett Favre making a meaningless comment on Jay Leno. Oh and there was quite a bit on "bracketology". I really gotta stop watching that ish.

that's an unfair assessment of the game sometimes you have to go straight too!

If we draft a QB, I highly doubt he will be ready to start Week 1. During this waiting period...that might be Edwards' last chance to show the team something. Other than that, the guy's had his chance. Average arm, gun-shy, injury prone...not the type of QB that can take you very far without an elite squad around him.

That's pretty much everywhere, I think.

With Denney gone, who's going to be the receiver on Brian Moorman's annual touchdown pass?

This would be the equivalent of trading Fred Jackson. On-the-field value is probably twice that of trade value. KW is a good football player, and good football players fit into any system. As the roster stands right now, he's our starting NT. If we bring in/draft a true NT, I'm sure Williams will do fine as a DE.

It's sad, ain't it? People only have so much energy...think about how much of that energy we use on hatred and negativity. Think about the things we could do if we focused our energy on positive movement and being constructive. I'm guilty too, of course.

I think this is what pisses off Canadians the most... Yeah, the best players in the world are ORIGINALLY from your country, but now they reside in San Jose, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Columbus....oh wait, one of them plays for Calgary. Good for you.

SCOREBOARD SCOREBOARD SCOREBOARD

I still like Thornton as a player better than Crosby...I know that wasn't the point of your post but I's just sayin.

Miller faced 18, where ya getting your stats from Dr. D?

+1 This isn't political correctness out of control...this is a business reprimanding an employee for derogatory remarks about a colleague. Posters who are decrying ESPN for this, let me ask you a question. If you were at work and made nasty public comments about a female colleague's attire, wouldn't you be punished?

If memory serves me, the Hummer was parked to the left of Locke's van, so it was the Hummer's passenger side that was parked too close.

I'm actually a bigger fan of hockey ice girls than football cheerleaders.

Et tu, Pete? I'm sick and tired of this argument. Free speech is protection from facing charges for your speech, not protection from facing discipline from your employer. In fact, I'd argue that the execs at ESPN are also exercising their own free speech by suspending Kornholer.

Sometimes I wish I could believe in hell. At least the rest of his days will be spent in misery.

I'd do it. Nobody would want to see it, but I'd do it.

You kiddin? Killing this guy would be letting him off easy...life in federal prison as a child molester is going to make this guy's ass look like ground beef. If he does get the death penalty, the parents of the kids should be allowed to stone him to death. Although, I bet if a few of the parents had been more proactive, this could have been stopped much sooner. Just speculation on my part though.

Thanks a lot, EZC, very helpful stuff. I do have one question, and it might be a dumb one but I'll ask anyway...You mention logging distances, but what's the best way to tell exactly how far you've run? Will a simple pedometer do the trick, or is there a better piece of technology? Or do you usually estimate it? I'm one of those numbers guys, and one reason I like treadmills is because I can tell the difference between running 3.00 miles and 3.20 miles...but I'd like to be able to do the same thing in the outdoors. By the way, it seems from your handle that you live in Boston. Have you qualified for the Boston Marathon there yet?

Interesting stuff. Thanks for the link to the book. You're the first person that I've ever heard recommend not stretching before an athletic event.