Got Those Low Down Dirty NFL Blues

If you’re a football fan in Tampa, Detroit, or Houston, I bet you sho’ got the blues today. And in Cleveland. And in Nashville. Oh, we all got troubles, sho’ enough, but these fans got it bad. In that spirit, our rundown of NFL despair and misery takes on a musical theme as we pair […]

The Beautiful Losers

Everyone here at Snark HQ would like to give a hearty congratulations to all the teams coming up with big wins these first two weeks of the NFL season. Now, none of the 2-0 clubs are sure locks to make the Super Bowl mind you, there is a lot of football left to be played […]

Where Was The Rioting In Philly?

When your major sports teams have come up empty for more than twenty years, can you hang your hat on a lacrosse championship? It’s a tough call that Philadelphians have to make now that the Philadelphia Barrage won their second Major League Lacrosse title in three years. The team has only been in existence since […]

Other Stuff Barry Bonds and Oscar Wilde Have in Common

Barry Bonds is apparently suing the guys who wrote that book. Oscar Wilde sued a guy who said he was gay. So, Bonds and Wilde have that in common; they both sued guys who said something that was demonstrably clear to anyone with eyes and/or ears. The perhaps startling discovery is that, upon further research, […]

Racketeering: The Australian Open Quarterfinals

Hey, Everybody, it’s the WTA: hot women playing ugly tennis! Who doesn’t like that?

Hot Russian Blondes Maria Sharapova and Nadia Petrova played a Godawfully ugly 1st set of tennis in Tuesday’s quarterfinals match, which Sharapova won 7-6(8-6), 6-4. She won the 1st set despite being down 4-6 in the breaker. It’s a lot easier to […]

Racketeering: Week 1 at the Australian Open

Man alive, was it ever a bad idea for Andy Roddick to tempt fate with that American Express ad campaign about losing his Mojo? Promptly bumped off at last summer’s US Open shortly after the commercials debuted, Roddick was hoping for better in Melbourne.
And it seemed set up for it too. Defending champion Marat Safin, […]

The Snake To Become A Crowe?

Having lost the AFC Championship to the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-17, Jake “The Snake” Plummer might be thinking about leaving football for a new line of work, so we here at Snark HQ would like to suggest a career in music. You already have the hair, facial and otherwise, to fit right in with a band […]

Difficult Math Sinks Taylor-Wright

Fight fans anxiously awaiting a showdown between Jermain Taylor and Winky Wright will have to wait a bit longer, as negotiations are apparently in the crapper.

Wright’s promoter, Gary Shaw, wants to split the purse 50-50. Lou DiBella wants 60-40 for Taylor. Though splitting the difference seems a workable solution to many, the two mathematicians insist […]

Marcus Vick Puts on His Interview Suit

Now that’s he’s out of school and presumed to be on his way to the NFL Marcus Vick is polishing his resume. His CV already included a famous brother, a stellar high school career, a promising freshman year, charges of being entirely too friendly with an underaged girl, a pretty good junior year, a speeding […]

Sean Taylor Fined for Spitting, Making Wife Beater Look Like the Good Guy

The NFL fined Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor $17,000 today. The fine, the equivalent of Taylor’s playoff game check, was punishment for spitting in the face of Tampa running back and confirmed spousal abuser Michael Pittman.
Pittman swears that he did not once try to run over his wife, son, and babysitter with his Hummer. (The […]