Mickey Mantle In Greene County

When they came in and asked for whiskey, the owner took one look, and said, “It’s Mickey Mantle!” The Georgians inside didn’t pay any attention, so, the story says, he fired a shotgun through the roof. “It’s Mickey Mantle!”

Mantle bought a round for the house.

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Busted: My Bounty Lies Over The Ocean

From the Mailbag: 

Whatdya think of yer Saints NOW?

Grr.  Shaddup.

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Saints at San Francisco: A Prediction.

Updated on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 8:36AM by Otter

Updated on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:35AM by Otter

Updated on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 8:10PM by Otter

It’s time for the Tuesday mail-call:

From the Mailbag:

Is God involved in sports?

That’s like asking if physics is involved in sports.

Saints or San Francisco 49’ers?

Hmm.  Offensive bad-ass or defensive bad-ass?

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Saints Express Sympathy as Lions Wide Receiver Calvin "Megatron" Johnson Goes Missing

Calvin Johnson: The wide receiver, who was hurled by the gods from Olympus two seasons ago to wander among mortals performing heroic feats, has gone missing. New Orleans Saints officials call the apparent abduction “A damn shame,” and speculate about motive and method.Drew Brees at press conference demonstrates to reporters how a powerful sedative might be administered from behind to render the Mighty Calvin Johnson powerless to resist abductors, who might then keep him in captivity until his contract could be renegotiated.

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Saints-Lions: Prediction

Updated on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 11:58PM by Otter

Updated on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 12:56AM by Otter

Updated on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 9:05AM by Otter

When Hugh Douglas and Tedy Bruschi predict a major blowout, I get worried.  Both had great careers, but I’m not sure I like their analysis much.

So I better put up my own.

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Every Team's Got One

As I was watching Sports Center, I thought this guy on the bench cheering his team on needed either his moment on YouTube or a spot in a Broadway chorus. I'm giving him the former.

You gotta wonder if his teammates aren't all, "Uh... Dude? Dial it back."

You kind of have to like the guy: geeks rule.

Going Up

I could do this if I were twenty years younger, thirty pounds lighter, and somebody else.

Some people just know how to live well.

The Right To Trash Your Home: Vancouver Gets Rowdy

Vancouver hockey fans, sentimental for the Spirit of 1994 (when they also lost the Stanley Cup), trash the place.  Might be a good time to revisit this blog entry on violence and sports... 

Update on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 8:27AM by Otter

But on the plus side, at least one couple got it right.

This might be one of the most iconic kisses on film since the Times Square V-J Day pic.  (The girl, Alexandra Thomas, was slightly injured and fell.  Her boyfriend, Scott Jones, is comforting her.)

Make love, not war, baby.

Run for the Rose-Colored Spectacles: Mint Julep

Updated on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 4:26PM by Otter

One of the great ironies is that the fastest two minutes in sports, the Kentucky Derby, leaves the least time to drink, and has the best of sports-related drinks.

The last two minutes of an average football game leaves you enough time to drink a keg all by yourself, probably of some swill from St. Louis that tastes like water with hops sprinkled on top.

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How To Give Away The Game: Saints versus Falcons

This week the Saints go up against division arch-rivals the Atlanta Falcons, and it's shaping up to be one of the more exciting and emotional Monday Night Football games in recent memory.

Here are the Riparian Church Sports Division's keys to giving the game away to the Atlanta Falcons.

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