Infiltrating SportsNation, sass not accepted

28 03 2007

SportsNation Official GrampaOnce again, your favorite editor with a “J” in his handle successfully infiltrated ESPN’s SportsNation with Scouts Inc. Official Grampa Gary Horton.

Question he didn’t answer today: “Hey Gary, didn’t your mom teach you to smile in pictures?”

Question he did field: Read the rest of this entry »




Zapruder-ing the fan interference at Orlando v Dallas

28 03 2007

Judging from the wide variety of Google searches that lead readers to It’s Still Football yesterday, which at 79 total views was our biggest day since opening shop, a few people surfing on The Internets would like to know about the ‘fan intereference’ penalty that happened on Monday night as Orlando hosted Dallas. Previously we provided a brief explanation about the incident as was described in the game’s live-blog, linked to the game recap and video on ESPN, and updated an earlier post with general AFL queries. It’s not enough. You all want more. All approximately 37 of you want more. So here we go. Please note all time measurements are completely fabricated, as I screen-grabbed these from the ESPN video, because I live as a 17th-century serf and I don’t have Tivo. Read the rest of this entry »