Author Bio & Stories

  • September 25, 2012
    That'll Do, Scabs — The Clog

    The NFL's hilariously (or depressingly) overmatched scab refs have, after three weeks, belatedly handed a game from one team to another. This is worth shouting about, but the problem at the eye of the shitstorm—and the reason we keep having this conversation—hasn't changed, and isn't changing.

  • September 24, 2012
    Martellus Bennett's Song of Himself (Is About Cap'N Crunch) — The Clog

    Among NFL goofballs, New York Giants TE Martellus Bennett stands out not just for his extreme goofery and progressively less-untapped on-field capacities. There's that, of course, but the player who nicknamed himself "The Black Unicorn" is also probably the only NFL player both willing and able to put his love for specific types of breakfast cereal into rap form. It's a compliment, mostly.

  • September 21, 2012
    Here's Your Shaq-Pointing Gif. You Figure It Out. — The Clog

    The internet may or may not be good for us. But it's the only place where we're going to find this gif of Shaq's dramatic/self-amused point from his Buick commercial, and that's something.

  • September 20, 2012
    Yakkin' About Baseball: Dinner At The Descalso Residence

    As a long season closes and the Baltimore Orioles continue to baffle and astound. Two men try to make sense of it all. Not terribly hard, and not terribly successfully. But trying is important, too. Let's all go get some ice cream!

  • September 20, 2012
    Thank You For Smoking: Talking to the Creator of the Smokin' Jay Cutler Tumblr — The Clog

    There are memes, and then there are memes. While anyone can put some LOLCAT letters over a picture of an athlete or fuming coach, only Brandon Freeberg was astute enough to recognize just how much photos of Jay Cutler can be improved—can in fact be perfected—by a Photoshopped-in cigarette dangling off his frowny mug.

  • September 19, 2012
    Kickstarter Korner: Brin-Jonathan Butler on Split Decision, Cuban Fighters and Cuba — The Clog

    Guillermo Rigondeaux is more than just the WBA super-bantamweight champion, although he's that, too. The Cuban defector is both one of the best fighters to come off the island in years, and a reflection of that star-crossed, Castro-afflicted islands contradictions and conflicts. In short, he's a great topic for a movie, which is why Brin-Jonathan Butler is making Split Decision.

  • September 18, 2012
    Ali In Winnetka, Ali On Mars: Blank On Blank's Lost Muhammad Ali Interview — The Clog

    Back in July, Blank On Blank was one of our favorite Kickstarter campaigns. Today, they're already doing great stuff, starting with this lost interview from 1966 between heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali and some very ambitious high school students from Winnetka, Illinois.

  • September 13, 2012
    Yakkin' About Talking: Mike Francesa As A State of Mind

    Mike Francesa is not just the most powerful and self-confident and ham-like personality in sports radio, although he is that. He's also a recognizably New York type, and a state of mind. So, yeah, definitely someone worth talking about.

  • September 12, 2012
    Mike Francesa Shouts In His Sleep — The Clog

    A couple weeks ago, human veal chop and sports radio legend Mike Francesa was screaming like someone who really cared about the New York Mets. Yesterday, he fell asleep on camera while a guest talked about the New York Yankees. It's all pretty much the same for this guy.

  • September 6, 2012
    Teaching Superman To Run: A Short Film About Chad Jones and Some NFL Words — The Clog

    A short film about the amazing ongoing recovery of former LSU star and New York Giants draft pick Chad Jones is a reminder of how human even the most superhuman-seeming NFL athletes are. This is probably something to keep in mind as the NFL season starts up.