Posts by Michael Weinreb

  • The Saturday Agenda

    Your viewing/listening guide for this weekend’s college football bonanza, sorted into those clashes that appeal to the mainstream (The Cannon) and the indie (The DuBose):

  • Chuck Wepner, Muhammad Ali

    The Real Rocky

    A visit with the Bayonne Bleeder.

  • TBD

    Who Invented the Seven-Game Series?

    The story behind our strange modern standard.

  • The Saturday Agenda

    Your recommendations for the coming college football Saturday, curated into mainstream (The Woody) and the hardcore (The Markbreit).

  • The Saturday Agenda

    The most intriguing televised contests of your college football Saturday, collated into the somewhat obvious (The Manning) and the somewhat less obvious (The Leaf): Act I The Manning: North Carolina (5-2) at no. 7 Clemson (7-0), noon EST, ESPN Appeals To: Tobacconists, Homer Jordan Always at this time of the season, there is at least […]

  • Anthony Calvillo

    The Best Passing Quarterback Ever

    It’s just too bad Anthony Calvillo plays in the CFL.

  • The Saturday Agenda

    Your weekend college football viewer’s guide, parsed into duel categories: The (relative) mainstream (The B. Stoops) and the indie (The M. Stoops). Act I The B. Stoops: no. 20 Baylor (4-1) at no. 21 Texas A&M (3-2), noon, FX Appeals To: I Love the ’90s/Texas Blood Feud Enthusiasts

  • The Saturday Agenda

    The genesis of this feature is simple: The editor in chief of this website, having fallen into a deep funk over the now-irreversible cancellation of a Raptors-Pistons preseason game, and having deemed himself too slothful to do the legwork required to consult his television listings as the college football season nears its apex, has ordered […]

  • The Grantland Top Five

    1. The Atlantic Coast Conference, Greensboro, N.C. What bothers us most is the growing lack of regard for geography. What bothers us is that there should be some sense, some inherent logic, to the way these things are arranged. There are always anomalies in sports (Does anyone think the Dallas Cowboys belong in the NFC […]

  • The Grantland Top Five

    1. DENARD There’s a reason He is here, and that’s because He is an extraterrestrial being sent down to usher us into the future. I mean, His middle initial is X! Is that not enough proof for you? Remember that Twilight Zone episode when the kindly old traveling salesman comes upon a washed-up baseball player […]

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