“But the real question is: Have you ever been convicted of anything?” Read more
Calling the GAA ‘provincial’ is giving it too much credit. Rugby is provincial, but GAA organizes at the county or parish level, so... “hyperparochialism”? Fecking gombeen men, the whole lot of ‘em. Read more
It’s kind of amazing that for all the right-wing hysteria of fake scandal after fake scandal, the Republicans barely made a half-assed effort on this actual bit of dirt from the Obama Administration. Protecting dirtbag Kevin Johnson isn’t exactly Watergate. Hell, it’s barely Monica Lewinsky-gate. But it’s certainly… Read more
It really is a shame, because I think Ireland is a country that could really embrace the game. What they need is an authentic Irish voice to really act as the voice of basketball, a native son like Shaquille O’Neal Read more
When my grandfather died—I am pretty sure there was a real waiting list—he left the his season tickets to my dad and me. My aunt pitched a huge fit about it. She didn’t actually want to go to the games, but rather than add another item to the list of outrageous, worthless family drama, we let her have them. After the… Read more
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I spent my entire childhood on “the list.” For many years my dad recycled a joke where he would open a letter from the Washington Football Club. Then he’d raise his eyebrows in feigned shock and say, “Good news!” Pause for an excited reaction; which he only got once. Once. So he would continue pausing, before… Read more
When I attended the last game of the 2001 season (the short-lived Martyball era), I filled out a card to get put on the season ticket waiting list. Two years later, just a few days before Joe Gibbs was rehired, I got a call from the Redskins’ ticket office offering me season tickets in the upper level (about three… Read more
So I live in the DC area, and I actually bought into the waiting list myth at one point and decided to jump on. I figured why not, I might not be a huge fan of the team, but by the time I got to the front of the list maybe I’d want tickets, and I’d thank my past self for getting on the list. Worst case I decline the… Read more
My wife runs the ticket office for a team in the AFC and she told me they have a waiting list of over 70k. I told her that the ticket prices were too low if that’s the case..
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I lived in the DC area from 2008-2012. got on the list sometime between 2011 and 2012 and received this email during the 2013 season.
I really, truly don’t understand the appeal of attending an NFL game unless you’re in a comped suite and you got free parking. I went to a Texans game last year where I was literally stuck next to a sweaty fat guy the whole time (or maybe a mirror). And the guy behind me kept yelling, “We need a first down!” as if it… Read more
this was the Studio 54 principle at play Read more
I just looked it up. Gilman, one of the schools in the conference, was 12th in the nation in 2005 and 14th in 2002. Nobody talked about kicking out white school Gilman back then. Just sayin’ Read more
Funny, there is no mention of the bankrolling of the program in the Baltimore Sun. Completely one sided to stoke the flames. None of the other schools in the MIAA have any interest in recruiting outside of Baltimore and they definitely don’t pay the tuition/room and board of any those players. Poggi was asked to leave… Read more
As a DC resident it’s always important to remind everyone of our city motto: No Taxiation Without Representation and Fuck Dan Synder Read more
Every day is a good day to remember that Dan Snyder is a soulless sack of shit. Read more
More like a ‘crotchfelt’ apology, amirite! Read more