Tag: Football
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Week 17 Newsletter: Kamarageddon
It’s finally over. It’s done. We’re just hours away from the end of 2020, the worst year on record. Soon, 2021 will begin and all of our problems will instantly disappear, at least that’s what I’ve been told. Seriously though, this year has fucking sucked. I’ll go over in greater detail just how bizarre of a year…
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Week 16 Newsletter: Bah Humbug
Merry Christmas, everyone! Yes, I know it’s still only Christmas Eve, but the next time I write to you we’ll be counting down the hours until the end of this godforsaken year. So let’s celebrate the holiday season that feels like none that have come before. The pandemic has certainly taken some of the usual cheer…
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Week 15 Newsletter: The Cause of and Solution to All of Life’s Problems
On this day 31 years ago, arguably the greatest dynasty in American TV history began. Given how it started, no one could’ve seen how it ended up today. The Tracey Ullman Show wanted to use a series of animated shorts as bumpers between sketches. So one of the show’s producers, James Brooks, asked his friend, Matt Groening, for an idea,…
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Week 14 Newsletter: Shivakamini Somakandarkram
The Week 14 newsletter — the one right before the first round of the playoffs — is always the toughest to do each year. On top of the recaps, previews, features, and usual shenanigans, I’ve got to say goodbye to each team that didn’t make the postseason, while recapping every team that did. It’s still…
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Week 13 Newsletter: Dino-mite
The current major sports champions in the U.S. may be two teams I hate, one I don’t particularly care for, and one I don’t give a shit about. But leave it to South Korea to prove the sports gods aren’t complete assholes in 2020. Remember a few months ago, when all sports had been suspended…
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Week 12 Newsletter: Stay Safe, Stay Hungry
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Although 2020 has certainly sucked, we’re all still kicking. Let’s be thankful for what we have, mostly the ability to watch football. Stay safe while eating, drinking, and being a lazy ass today, boys! (cue theme music) RECAP OF LAST WEEK EKEING OUT THE WIN (8-3) DEF. 49ERS (10-1) 117.86 – 109.50 Things EKEing Out The…
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Week 11 Newsletter: To Infinity and Beyond
So, who wants to feel old? The world premiere of Toy Story was 25 years ago today. Back in 1995, animation (particularly 3D) was in its rough stages, Pixar was a fledgling studio hoping to find some success, and no one had ever wondered what their toys do while they’re gone. But then Toy Story happened, spawning a media empire that would…
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Week 10 Newsletter: What is “Sadness”?
Fucking 2020. Can’t you let us have just one day of happiness without something terrible happening immediately afterwards? Saturday saw America flip blue, plenty of great CFB action, and news that the Foo Fighters are releasing a new album in February (their new single, “Shame Shame” is already out). It was altogether a damn good day. I woke…
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Week 9 Newsletter: The John King Fan Club
See this guy? That’s John King. He, not Joe Biden or Donald Trump, is the real winner of the 2020 Presidential Election. King is the CNN anchor in charge of breaking down voting results and trends on a county-by-county basis via a magic wall full of red and blue-colored states. King is incredibly good at…
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Week 8 Newsletter: Feeling the Dodger Blues
For the majority of league members, it seemed like an inevitability only delayed by hilarious incidents of choking. For San Francisco Giants fans, it was the hell that they feared. But for one of us — just one — it was the dream finally realized. Congrats, Nick. Your Los Angeles Dodgers have finally won the World…
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