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 9:24 AM, Apr 16, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMANTim Tebow attended a Yankees game last night at the Stadium (if you are a Yankees fan, there is only one "stadium") where the fans booed him. This, despite the fact that he was wearing a Yankees cap and did not, so far as the news stories go, take a knee or quote scripture or throw a wounded duck that missed the open man. Just sat in his seat, like a well-behaved fan, and watched the ball game.
The wire stories contained no quotations from fans explaining why they booed Tebow. One assumes they were not refugee fans from some Southeastern Conference team still smarting over a loss to the Gators. Or backers of some player he beat out for the Heisman. Or Broncos faithful who believe he should have taken the team further in the playoffs.
Perhaps they were fans of the football Giants, booing Tebow because he is now a member of the New York Jets? Home fans, in other words. But Tebow was sitting with Dwayne Wade of the Miami Heat, rivals of the Knicks and while he was booed when first introduced, fans cheered when he waved his Yankees cap.
Could be the fans were just exhibiting a bit of big city surliness. Letting the rube know he is no longer in the sticks and that in his new home, when you call someone 'nice,' it isn't a compliment. Maybe New Yorkers were telling Tim that they just don't like his style.
What other reason, one thinks, could there be?
Peyton Manning to the Broncos.9:35 AM, Mar 20, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMANThe Peyton Manning tour has evidently ended in Denver, where he will play for the Broncos, and one almost wishes it could have gone on a little longer. It was a nice relief from that other road show we hear so much about—namely, the presidential campaign.
Read more... 11:01 AM, Feb 7, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMANSo now they have gone and politicized the Super Bowl ads. Have they no shame?
Everyone is familiar with the Chrysler spot that has Clint Eastwood walking ominously dark streets, talking about how America is down and hurting, but we’ve been here before and this is just halftime. We will be coming back. Included in that “we” is “the Motor City,” because this is a commercial about Chrysler cars, which are built in Detroit (by a company that is mostly Italian-owned but never mind).
Read more... 11:01 AM, Oct 30, 2011 • By WILLIAM C. MARRAWhen Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu suffered concussion-like symptoms in a recent NFL game, he did what any decent husband might do: He walked to the sideline and called his wife Theodora to tell her he was fine. Polamalu, like so many football players, has a long history of concussions, so surely his wife would have been relieved to hear from her husband.
Read more... 9:06 PM, Oct 1, 2011 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSONIn Annapolis today, Air Force and Navy met on “the fields of friendly strife.” With 10:00 left in the game, Air Force led 28-10, having more or less dominated play for the first 50 minutes. With 2:09 left, the Falcons still led 28-17. Then Navy nailed a must-make 37-yard field goal, recovered the ensuing onside kick, scored a touchdown on 3rd-and-goal with 0:19 left, and made the subsequent 2-point conversion on an option pitch just inside the left pylon: 28-28, overtime.
Read more... 1:28 PM, Sep 15, 2011 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN
We may be witnessing a perfect Washington moment. For most of the workweek, attention has been focused on the collapse of a solar energy company that had received economically dubious–and politically motivated–subsidies of some $500 million. On Sunday, the city’s football franchise, the Redskins, will play a game the organization is calling the “Solar Bowl.”
Read more... 4:48 PM, Sep 12, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERJim Cornelison sang the "Star Spangled Banner," yesterday, September 11, 2011, before the Chicago Bears kicked off against the Atlanta Falcons:
Read more... 5:22 PM, Sep 1, 2011 • By ZACK MUNSON
Well, Obama has done it again. Having rescheduled his super-great-amazing jobs speech for September 8, the president has set himself up to overlap with coverage of the NFL’s opening game.
Read more... 4:19 PM, May 5, 2011 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON
In response to the Justice Department sending a letter to the head of the NCAA, asking a few questions about why college football doesn’t have a generic playoff system in lieu of its highly successful Bowl Championship Series (BCS), Senator Orrin Hatch (R., Utah) encouraged the Obama administration to “follow up” on this “particular issue,” adding, “It’s an important one, I think.”
Read more... Mr. Clean?1:24 PM, Oct 5, 2010 • By STEPHEN F. HAYES
Senator Russ Feingold, a leading voice for tight regulations on campaigns and elections, has been contacted by the National Football League today for using NFL footage without permission for a new campaign ad.
Read more... How Rush Limbaugh, Allen Barra, and the High Church of Statistical Determinism misjudged a winner.11:00 PM, Dec 9, 2003 • By JONATHAN V. LASTLONGTIME READERS will remember Allen Barra, formerly of the Wall Street Journal. Mr. Barra is the sportswriter who relies solely on math for his evaluation of athletics and worships at the high church of statistics. He is the bright light who, days before Super Bowl XXXVI, wrote:
Read more... Everything else aside, as any Philly fan can tell you, Limbaugh is wrong about Donovan McNabb.12:00 AM, Oct 3, 2003 • By ED WALSHLAST SUNDAY, on ESPN's pregame football telecast, conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh said that he doesn't think Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb has ever been all he's cracked up to be. He explained:
I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They're interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there's a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn't deserve.
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