It’s always interesting (at least to me) how the fantasy football seasons change from year to year. I seem to recall that about this time last year, I was trying to [...]

Back in college, I spent a few months dating a girl named Kelly, who was a theatre major. Part of our courtship, such as it was, involved me coming to see one of her plays. [...]

At one point in our weekly football gathering, Carol looked up from her phone and said, “Oh my God. The season’s only half-over.” I had to look it up [...]

I so frequently write about how my buddy Lars annoys me that people sometimes ask, not without good reason, why I’m even friends with the guy. So I thought I’d [...]

“Your team,” Carol texted me (and I could easily imagine her gritting her teeth as she did so), “Is not that good.” And the funny part is: I agree [...]

As I pointed out as recently as, well, last week, the Fantasy Gods can be cruel and arbitrary. For example, someone–oh, let’s just pick a name at random, [...]

Frequent readers of this space know that every fall, I try to review the new shows hitting network TV. There are two problems with trying to do this: 1. The networks, [...]

I’ve got to admit: I’m not enjoying this football season. Yes, the anthem controversy (which I will write about for the final time a little further down) has been [...]

One of my favorite Bill Simmons’ creations was the Tyson Zone. Named after the ever-unpredictable former heavyweight champion, the Tyson Zone is the state a celebrity [...]

So, you don’t usually get an NFL Sunday that polarizes a country quite like this one did. I’m kind of sorry I missed most of it. My parents got back from the Bay [...]