Daniel J. Flynn - Page 18

Eli Manning merely confessed, in a dead-tree newspaper no less, that he did not Tweet. From the reaction, one got the impression that the Giants quarterback moved to a log cabin deep in the Pine Barrens.

Boston banned smokeless tobacco at athletic fields, including Fenway Park, on Wednesday night. Blame second-hand stupid. San Francisco imposed a similar measure earlier this year, and one must keep up with the Joneses.

When Andrei Arlovski debuted in the octagon against Aaron Brink at UFC 28, 9/11 meant a number to call in emergency, Creed’s “With Arms Wide Open” topped the Billboard Hot 100, and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood still aired new episodes.

The New England Patriots quarterback plays in the league’s season opener but at home the commissioner stays. Who’da thunk it?

After defeating the rest of the league in 2014, Tom Brady opened the 2015 season by triumphing over the NFL itself.

Ronda Rousey faces a date with Holly Holm in the octagon just days after the Marine Corps birthday. But her date for the Marine Corps Birthday Ball appears a go due to the fortuitous delayed December 11 timing of a Camp Lejeune celebration and the accelerated scheduling of her fight with Holm.

The O.co Coliseum recalcitrantly stands as the last of its kind, a one-size-fits-all stadium that serves as the mi casa es su casa address of the Oakland Raiders and the Oakland A’s. Neither franchise appears happy with the communal living arrangement.

Like a bad neighbor, State Farm wasn’t there.

The NFL and NFL Players Association failed to reach a settlement in the Tom Brady Deflategate case on Monday, forcing Judge Richard Berman to announce his decision to issue a ruling on the case later this week.

Painters are not the only artists who complain that the public just does not understand their work on the canvas.

Darryl Dawkins, a man mean to basketball rims but nice to people, passed away on Thursday after a heart attack at 58. He is survived by his many nicknames.

A construction worker died building the new Minnesota Vikings stadium in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The man toiled on the structure’s roof before falling into a crevice.

Russell Wilson says God picks winners and losers. An All-Pro on the other side of the ball says He separates the injured-reserve list from the active roster.

Steve Almond, who resigned an adjunct teaching position at Boston College because the school refused to rescind a commencement invitation to Condi Rice, wants an ESPN blackout of yours truly.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) voted unanimously not to recognize a labor union of student-athletes.

A Brazilian fighter captured a mixed-martial arts championship carrying a baby. It’s later than you think.

Michael Sam announced a leave from football on Friday night. The Montreal Alouettes player cited pressures over the last year adversely impacting his mental well-being.

It’s as though the Roadrunner summarily dismissed Wile E. Coyote or Sherlock Holmes informed Professor Moriarty he no longer wished to follow him around.

Anderson Silva, the longest reigning middleweight champion in UFC history, received a one-year suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Thursday.

Fans of 31 NFL teams deride Tom Brady as a “pretty boy.” A courtroom sketch artist does not agree.

The judge in the Deflategate case badgered an NFL lawyer for proof of a New England Patriots conspiracy to deflate footballs, leaving the league to concede that no such smoking gun exists.

UFC welterweight Cathal Pendred called CM Punk a “massive personality” who brings “a lot of attention to the sport” when Breitbart Sports caught up with him in Boston earlier this year. Yesterday on Twitter, CM Punk called the Irishman “boring,” a “coward,” and an alternative name for a cat.

The judge overseeing the lawsuit brought against the NFL by its players’ union on behalf of Tom Brady today again ordered the two parties to settle their differences.

The UFC announced that Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo will finally fight—just in time for Christmas.

Frank Gifford, who died this weekend at 84, lived as a man too blessed. An All-Pro at running back, wide receiver, and defensive back who threw fourteen touchdown passes for good measure, offseason actor, product pitchman for Vitalis, Lucky Strikes, and Palmolive, staple of the Monday Night Football booth for more than a quarter century, and husband of Kathie Lee, Frank Gifford so obviously would make an excellent fictional character that he naturally became one.

Investigator Ted Wells asserted attorney-client privilege a half dozen times during his testimony during the Deflategate appeal to avoid discussion of matters between him and the National Football League, which he now terms his client. Simultaneously, Wells stressed his complete independence from the entity that readers discovered he represents as an attorney.

Arian Foster revealed to ESPN that he doesn’t believe in a divine power. Then the Houston Texans running back suffered a groin injury requiring surgery that likely claims most of his season. God moves in mysterious ways.

Cecil, a socially-conscious king of the jungle, presumably eschewed the parched-grassland delicacies of antelope, zebra, and giraffe in favor of vegan fare. This would explain why his apostles trashed Walter Palmer’s vacation home and St. Sharon Osbourne, married to a known predator of smaller flying creatures, dubbed the hunter “Satan” and called for his head mounted to a wall. Such a beautiful creature would never stoop to the level of a beastly dentist.

The documents released as part of Tom Brady’s lawsuit against the NFL include an email from Indianapolis Colts equipment manager Sean Sullivan to general manager Ryan Grigson stating that the Baltimore Ravens informed the Colts that they suspected the New England Patriots of tampering with footballs.

Ted Wells testified in front of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that the league and its referees displayed ignorance that balls lose air pressure because of weather conditions.

A transcript released of testimony given before Roger Goodell in the Deflategate appeal reveals that the NFL remained ignorant of the Ideal Gas Law and the influence of temperature on ball pressure when the league busted the New England Patriots for playing with balls beneath the league’s minimum pressure levels in the AFC Championship Game.

Fox Sports firing Craig James over his religious views left the former running back seeing the red of his old New England Patriots jersey. His litigation against the broadcasting behemoth leaves readers seeing black.

Fox Sports has responded to the lawsuit filed by Craig James against it for religious discrimination, a story Breitbart Sports broke earlier today.

The International Olympic Federation recognized disc sports, including ultimate frisbee and disc golf, at its 128th session at Kuala Lumpur this weekend. The IOC did not say whether they plan to recognize the tradition of drinking between holes (disc golf) or smoking pot after games (ultimate frisbee), too.

College football analyst Craig James filed suit against Fox Sports in a Dallas court this morning contending religious discrimination for his termination over his stance on same-sex marriage.

Don’t make a federal case out of it.