POLICE BLOW WHISTLE ON IGGLES COACH’S SONS: The DELAWARE NEWS-JOURNAL reports that apparently Andy Reid’s sons are big Cincinnati Bengals fans.
The Journal reports, “A son of Eagles coach Andy Reid, Britt Reid, was accused of pulling a gun on another motorist, and police later seized a shotgun and containers with white powder or residue from […]

CHICAGO BARES ALL FOR BOWL: Based on the likes of famous Windy Citizens Oprah, George Wendt and Dennis Franz, mentioning “Chicago” in the same breath as “nude body paint” normally isn’t such a great idea.

But Rivalfish.com tips us off to an exception: the current cover of a Chicago Magazine called NEW CITY, which uncovers […]

I’m still trying to erase that image of the guy throwing a football through a tire on a rope and how it relates to the dreaded ED problem, which apparently every upright male in America has to deal with. Couldn’t they have just shown Phoebe Cates chowing down a banana instead?

According to the website DealBreaker.com, […]

If hockey goalies are ever forced to start wearing the HANS device and defensemen get fitted for restrictor plates, you’ll know where the ideas came from.
In what looks to be another scrambling in the crease by the NHL to save face (and its faceoffs), league officials reportedly asked a NASCAR guy to come in and […]

Syndicated columnist Norman Chad quotes the classic American playwright Tennessee Williams from “Suddenly, Last Summer” in relation to how to throw a Super Bowl party:
“Most people’s lives — what are they but trails of debris, long, long trails of debris with nothing to clean it all up but, finally, death?”
Then Chad follows with the immortal […]

We were listening to something ESPN NFL analyst Merril Hoge was trying to get out the other day when it occurred to us … how many times has he been concussed.
Apparently, a bunch. It’s what caused him to leave the league early and get a job where speaking is a priority. Nice move.
If only he […]

TV producer/journalist Paul Davidson, author of the “Words For My Enjoyment” blogspace, doesn’t hide his disdain for watching football of any sort.
“Football is just another way for people to make money, get others to spend money, and I’m just not having it. And that seems to bother a lot of people,” Davidson writes.
His solution is […]

The questions only get tougher during Super Bowl week. It’s no wonder Bears star Brian Urlacher already looks like Jim McMahon after a night in N’Orleans while listening to the latest batch of questions from members of the media this morning:

Or that Bears cornerback Charles Tillman shows more dread than his dreadlocks:

But consider the plight […]

The sun hasn’t set on Sun Ming Ming’s dream to play in the NBA. But for now, he’s lowering the bar.
The 7-foot-9 Chinese-bred basketball hopeful signed up Wednesday to play for the rag-tag ABA’s Maryland Nighthawks, and the 23-year-old will make his first start Saturday night.
Two years ago, he declared himself eligible for the NBA […]

They’ve had 17 straight days of snow in Buffalo, NY. And today’s forecast calls for a 40-percent chance of more fluffy stuff, with 60-percent on Friday.

Can you blame two Sabres fans for asking right winger Jason Pominville and center Derek Roy for some eskimo kisses behind the ice-making machine, if only because it’s the warmest […]