We here at JSF have our fair share of favorite targets to rag on, but that doesn't mean that we'll withhold a ceremonial first bratwurst from one of them if they are deserving. Perhaps no NFL player has endured more of JSF's wrath than Brett Favre. This week however, he earned himself first dibs at the grill by dealing out 6 touchdown passes in a destruction of the Arizona Cardinals.

He followed his first touchdown pass with a horrible interception and appeared poised for another famous gunslinger performance where he matched every quality throw with a "he's just pressing" pick. But instead he went wild on the Cardinals defense piling up 56 points and no doubt sparking several Peter King erections in the process.

So while we'll probably be back to busting his chops within 48 hours or so, today at least we hand him a piping hot Johnsonville and tip our caps.



September 29, 2008

1934 - West India cricket legend Lance Gibbs was born. He wants you to know he's not the athlete who crashed a Lamborghini into a tree at 4:30 in the morning and then sprinted home.

1954 - Willie Mays makes "the Catch" at the Polo Grounds in Game 1 of the World Series. For people like us who never saw Mays play, the best way to comprehend how good he was is to browse his Baseball-Reference page. Even then, we're sure the AARP will argue you had to see it to believe it.

1963 - Dave Andreychuk celebrated his first seconds on earth. The hospital red light lit up and the foghorn blared over the PA system. Everyone was going bananas. And with any reference to Dave Andreychuk, we're reminded of how freaking slow he was as a left winger for Buffalo and Toronto in the  first few NHLPA games.




Cris Collinsworth - NBC Sunday Night Football, Former NFL Receiver - remembering the good old days of hurrying back to the hotel after game duties to play naked poker with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.





The Year in Sabanville: Population 1
January 2, 2008

By going into Georgia and stomping the third ranked Bulldogs this weekend, Nick Saban's Crimson Tide climbed as high as #2 in the country in the latest polls. To celebrate the success of a guy that pretty much no one outside of Alabama cares for, we take a look back at Patrick Imig's review of Saban's eventful first year in Alabama...

If we lived in a perfect world, Nick Saban wouldn’t be a football coach, he’d be a national weatherman. Ex: “It will not rain tomorrow. Stop asking me about it. It won’t rain, it’ll be sunny. I don't know how many times I have to say it: it will not rain tomorrow.”


The following day, it pours, and Saban doesn’t show up for the newscast. He phones in a report stating “It’s raining all day today" and alerts his boss he's just taken a position as an anchor with the Weather Channel.



You should (hang mean, sexy, men on your wall), because (David Beckham) said so.

If you ever find yourself wondering why athletes make so much money from endorsements, let the David Beckham calendar stand as a primary example. David Beckham is a soccer player - yet no soccer balls appear in the David Beckham calendar. Also not appearing in the calendar: a Beckham smile.

Just a mean mug, some boxing gloves, and a heartthrob appeal for women and gay men everywhere.





The Monday Football Column: Terrell Owens and Jessica Simpson have a lot more in common than you might think. Shockingly, it's not because Romo and T.O. are an item.

Sundays from the Cellar - At what point does the quest to dispose of a head coach start to take precedent over actually rooting for your team to win?

Remembering the Only Friend Who Willingly Let Us Urinate on Him - Lenny Dykstra and Kevin Mitchell stop by to recant tales of the '86 season at Shea Stadium. Remembered Mitchell, "I hadn't eaten in days and realized the dugout would probably taste pretty good."