We here at the GRBG spend a fair amount of time making fun of Super Bowl Media Day. In particular, we take issue with the media’s unwillingness (or inability) to get any sort of interesting information out of the player interviews on Media Day. Half...

Every year a couple of days before the Super Bowl, the commissioner gives his State of the League address. Roger Goodell loves this because he loves a television camera almost as much as Chuck Schumer, and he has about 9000 media members at his beck...

This is the story of your red right ankle And how it came to meet your leg And how the muscle, bone, and sinews tangled And how the skin was softly shed. --The Decemberists, "Red Right Ankle" As proof that occasionally the sports media vultures...

The Manning family has emerged as a fertile source of cheap Super Bowl stories, with the media churning out favorable copy about the aw-shucksingest family of southern-fried athletes since the Davis Loves. In fairness, we should say at the top that...

One of the greatest moments in recent NFL history occurred on November 24, 2002, when the Detroit Lions battled the Chicago Bears for 60 minutes, only have the score knotted at 17. Erstwhile Lions coach Marty Mornhinweg sent out his team captain with...