ESPN reports that Brett Favre has a hang nail
By John Amato Sunday Jul 27, 2008 9:00pmWell, something like that. They should just call it EBFN---The Brett Favre Network and get it over with already. He's like Anna Nicole Smith to them. They can't get enough. OK, back to politics,..
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you can't beat the media, though the thought is tempting...
the bears are going to whup @$$ this year, that's my prediction. where brett favre is is irrelevent.
watch the bears demolish the colts on opening day. payback for the superbowl. look for mike brown, the most prodigious safety i've ever watched, have a HUGE year.
I KNOW!! ESPN radio today was out of control with this. it was amazing..
bullfrog @ 2:
I think I'll pull out my Giant SB-XLII disks and watch the victory over NE.
bullfrog @ 2:
Hubby tells me the Bears have no quarterback so will finish third. That's still pretty good right?
Tell me about it. Every Packers' game the viewer has to sit through the announcers engaging in a three-and-a-half hour masturbatorial elegiac in front of the altar of "Brett."
He's simply a good quarterback who has played for a hundred years. Please get on with the task of finding the next deity to fill your empty narrative.
No offense to Mr. Favre. He seems like a decent guy. And that's coming from a Vikings fan.
John, you might as well get yours in...everyone else is. This is everywhere.
You're right...Favre IS the Anna Nicole Smith of the sporting world. 24/7 baby!
I'm no NFL fan - I prefer college ball - but lay off of Brett Farv-ruh-vuh: we won't see his like again.
evil media laugh
"hehehehe!"
I'd rather hear about Favre, a genuine heroic athlete, than that silly Madonna-humping baseball Latin.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 4:
man, i can barely read them confounded roman numeros but are you referring to superbowl 20?
i was 14 -the bears came down to urbana to practice in the u of i practice bubble, and stayed at jumer's hotel in lincoln square.
i blew off a rendezvous w/ my girlfriend @ the time to get richard dent and willie gault's autographs.
she dumped me soon thereafter...
As a Wisconsinite (is that a word?) I have to say he's like Robin Yount was for us in the Brewers. We like our sports heroes since they are few and far between here ;)
I have been sick of the Brett Favre story for about 2 weeks now. ESPN has given him is own category on the ticker, NL, AL, NBA, FAVRE, NFL and so on.
MsJoanne @ 7:
Yeah, except for that whole talent thing. At least he's famous for a reason, unlike ANS.
I only watch ESPN to get the scores....especially for my beloved Cubs. ESPN treats sports as if it is solving world peace, famine, cancer, etc. It's just a sports version of the non-news bullshit we've been putting up with the last eight years.
Word
bullfrog @ 11:
fixed!
Left&Left @ 15:
I go directly to the mlb golf nba or nfl sites. msnbc has a better site than all of them for sports.
Fire Millen!!!
RayC @ 13:
that really is overkill.
Just remember folks.....ESPN HIRED RUSH LIMBAUGH.
I was in a sports bar (accidentally) for lunch today, and of the 29 flat-screen TVs I counted, at one point at least two-thirds of them were showing a flavor of ESPN or FSN that was covering the Brett Favre thing. Why is he pulling a Michael Jordan? Football players don't age like basketball players who don't age like baseball players - he's lucky he's played this long without a serious brain damage or a career-ending injury. Cash in your chips and retire for real, Brett! Maybe you can do a few more fun movie cameos while being forever adored by Wisconsinites.
Krisken @ 12:
Wisconsinite is correct although i prefer WisconSINNER ; )
The story may be overplayed by ESPN and others but it is a big story none-the-less so get used to it or buy yourself some blinders...
FREE BRETT!
Trawled Alien @ 19:
why?
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!
;<[)
Left&Left @ 21:
Another reason I don't watch.
I'm sorta with you... But I would like them to add an Elian Gonzolez link first.
cc @ 22:
why not! he's a fucking prima donna!
all time leader in interceptions and they are fighting over this fool!
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!
;<[)
Vexed @ 26:
WTFAYTA?
I love how the have the tracker at the bottom of the screen. They have MLB, NFL, NBA, FARVE. Sick.
I keep hearing how Farve has "earned" one time to say "Hey I know I was leaving, but I changed my mind."
I'd say that was true if this was January-February...before the Packers signed their free agents and drafted new players. But they did those things expecting their QB to be Aaron Rodgers. Farve coming back now disrupts whatever plan they had going forward.
He's doing the same thing we castigated Roger Clemens for - putting himself above the team.
atowngent @ 23:
out west (WY?) i heard us referred to as "sconnies"... kinda rolls off the tongue...
Trekkie @ 30:
the is PRO SPORTS! no t-e-a-m in PRO SPORTS.
taochiapet @ 31:
I've heard "sconnie" right here in the heart of Packerland. Oh ya, she kinda fits right in to tha local lingo, dontchaknow...
FREE BRETT!!!!
I'm just sitting here waiting for NHL training camps to open. :)
Trekkie @ 30:
two interceptions against my giants!
I hope he comes back and plays for washington.
Marky Narc @ 34:
wait! brett plays hockey too?
Id rather see them spend the kind of time covering Brett Farve then Anna Nicole Smith or Paris Hilton. At least he has accomplished something.
Just Announced - Favre going to Chicago
atowngent @ 33:
Hm... sconnie..... not sure how I feel about that one.
I'm of two minds in the freeing Brett from the contract.
On one side: Brett should be able to do what he wants. If they don't want him starting, they should let him go wherever he wants so he can play.
On the other side: I don't want to see Favre finish out his career somewhere else. It's greedy on some points, I know. I want him to retain the love and admiration that he has here. I'd hate to see him become the Paul Molitor (sp?) of Wisconsin.
I wish I could find the madden-favre wedding photo, about sums it up.
Yawn....no comment.
MsJoanne @ 7:
Yeah but Dennis Miller is the Cat Stevens of comedy.
At least they have STFU about Spygate.
Besides...Favre will always be remembered for his last pass, a lame-ass stupid forced interception in the playoffs.
Go Bears!!
Jay Severin Has A Small Pen1s @ 42:
for which I am entirely grateful.
Jay Severin Has A Small Pen1s @ 42:
Anything that can make that bucket of fail Bilichek cry makes me smile.
/NOT a bitter long-time Browns fan.
And Favre is to the NHF like the Florida tag is to Fark
rpppolyp @ 45:
If the Pats fired Belichek tomorrow, he'd have 25 teams calling him the next day.
Sage for useless football thread when we should be focusing on the senatorial and presidential election.
Still Belicheck cheated and still choked hard. I laugh at this failures with delight.
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Just be glad Favre doesn't play in New York...ESPN would overflow onto other channels.
bullfrog @ 2:
Dude, you're totally dreaming. And I'm not a Colts fan.
Just rename it the "All Brett Favre All The Time Network." What a soap opera. What is he, the football version Brittney Spears or Paris Hilton?
Vexed @ 26:
Oh, puh-LEEZ!!! I was living in S. FL at the time, and the obvious hypocrisy of the Cuban-American community was never more glaring. These folks wanted to take away an 8 year old from his (joint custodial) father to support their political agenda.
These assholes kept a boy from his father for their own selfish reasons. EVERY non-Cuban in S FL was thoroughly disgusted by them.
These folks should be kicked out of the U.S. for good. I truly hope Raul Castro liberalizes repatriation rules following Fidel's death - we should forcibly export these Cuban assholes who have been sucking off thr U.S. teat for years. They are an example of what blind anit-communist crap has done to subvert American values for years. Good Fuckni' riddance!!!
Black_Knight Says:"Sage for useless football thread when we should be focusing on the senatorial and presidential election. Still Belicheck cheated and still choked hard. I laugh at this failures with delight.
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Yeah, I can't think of a single team that would like to carry such a record.
Get a life, Dude...
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 4:
I still have the Packer game and the Super Bowl on my Tivo. What a run...I wish they got Jason Taylor
Cubans have been given SO many things that all other U.S. immigrants haven't. Any Haitian who steps foot on U.S. soil still has to be processed and processed to determine if he/she can stay...... any Cuban that steps on U.S. soil is AUTOMATICALLY given refugee status.. and fast-tracked into citizenship.
It's a totally racist system, but the wealthy Cuban-American community in SFL supports it.
A heartening enlightened effort is arising, though. Go to Blue America's site and look at the candidates who are challenging the Diaz-Balart brothers and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
The Cuban hegemony over S FL is coming to an end. Thank God!!
Black_Knight @ 47:
That makes a great T-shirt. I had a Pats fan tell me that 18-1 was pretty good. Could you imagine what ESPN would be like if they did go undefeated? Go Giants!
I can't stand NY. But I can't help but love the slogan " 18 wins and 1 Giant loss."
Kudos, guys.
Speaking of which, my beloved Orioles just handed the Yankees their asses, 13-4. Heh, heh.
Don't get many chances to hype those mighty Orioles these days.
What an organization.
Me: STL CARDS.
Well, it not as bad yet as when ABC Nightly News covers this for weeks instead of covering the real issues at stake in the Presidential election, or world famine.
Forget Favre, I am sick of football. It's shoved down our throats even during offseason. Most analyzed, most overreported, and most overrated thing on TV. At least baseball, which I really hate, is mostly forgotten during the winter months. Someone once said that if we analyzed the problems this country faces as much as we analyze football, we'd be much better off.
As someone said above, ESPN is just another tool used to make this public forget about their real problems. Instead of paying down their debt, they get deeper into it by buying new TV's every year just so they can see Favre better than they did on their previous TV. Meanwhile, they don't pay attention to the things that are really important, such as...well, THE WAR.
Geno @ 52:
Yeah, I can't think of a single team that would like to carry such a record.
Get a life, Dude...
Butthurt that the media darlings Pats cheated, and still failed to win the Superbowl? Thereby doing a 180 from greatest team ever, to greatest chokers.
I feel personally loved it since the Pats stole the Snow Bowl game from the Raiders. Pump fake = pass, Tuck rule = bullshit
Brett Favre? Anna Nicole Smith?
I barely know a thing about either one of these people, being that I'm not a spurts fan.
Sports, sorry!
As a diehard Vikings fan, I think what Brett Favre is doing is fantastic!
Watch Brett Favre dominate every press conference, making it necessary for the coach to actually craft answers about Brett Favre instead of focusing on football.
Watch Brett Favre's replacement, Aaron Rodgers flinch every time he throws an interception and the Packer fans start up a confidence killing "Favre" chant.
Watch Brett Favre divide the locker room and the destroy the team chemistry, all for one more chance to bask in the glory.
And lastly...let us all wait for him to be reinstated so we can watch Brett Favre kill whatever team he is playing for's season by throwing a pass that a high school freshman QB would know better than to throw.
Yep...as a Vikings fan, I can honestly say, he's given the team I love the inside track to the Divisional title, all for the sake of his own ego.
Vikings, Bears and Lions fans are now lining up to get on the Brett Favre bandwagon, just to watch him tear his own team apart....again, all for the sake of his own ego.
I couldn't be more pleased with his decision to come back.
ESPN talking points:
Red Sox, Red Sox, Red Sox, Red Sox, Yankees, Yankees, FAVRE, Red Sox, Red Sox, FAVRE, FAVRE, FAVRE, Yankees, Yankees, Red Sox, FAVRE, FAVRE, Red Sox, Roger Clemens, Roger Clemens, Red Sox FAVRE, FAVRE, Arena Football.
Tim in Japan @ 64:
Green Bay will have a tough year because of Mr. Favre.
Black_Knight @ 47:
If Bellichek cheated, so did Romeo Crennel (The Browns coach) and Erik Mangini (The Jets coach). In fact, Mangini took the head of the video department with him to NY and went a surprising 10-6 in his first year. After he blew the whistle on spying, and couldn't spy himself, he went 2-14. Coincidence?
ESPN talking points:
Red Sox, Red Sox, Red Sox, Red Sox, Yankees, Yankees, FAVRE, Red Sox, Red Sox, FAVRE, FAVRE, FAVRE, Yankees, Yankees, Red Sox, FAVRE, FAVRE, Red Sox, Roger Clemens, Roger Clemens, Red Sox FAVRE, FAVRE, Arena Football.
You forgot the Patriots. God, that "Path To Perfection" crap they made us digest was absurd. So is this "Titletown" thing. I'm sure they're upset Boston didn't win....awwwwwwww.
Black_Knight @ 61:
Butthurt that the media darlings Pats cheated, and still failed to win the Superbowl? Thereby doing a 180 from greatest team ever, to greatest chokers.
I feel personally loved it since the Pats stole the Snow Bowl game from the Raiders. Pump fake = pass, Tuck rule = bullshit
I guess that makes the Pats and Raiders even for '76. Roughing the passer, my ass.
Oh, wait. The Raiders intentionally paralyzed a New England player two years later. Then the player wrote a book about it called "They call me assasign".
At least I can take great joy in knowing that the Raiders will suck until Al Davis is dead.
ESPN = Fox Noise of sports broadcasting....
ESPN: "I caint' quit you Favre!"
God bless him, I LOVE Brett, but damn if he hasn't got the abused wife syndrome. He just keeps going back,..
Don't worry John, once the season starts you won't hear much about him. Just like Michael Vick last year, who was all you heard about until they started playing games then he was all but forgotten.
Tim in Japan @ 64:
And when Rodgers gets flattened by Allen on 9/8--then goes to the bench for the season--GB will wish they'd let Favre come back.
Yeah, Favre has the most INTs ever (288), but he also has the most TDs (442), CoIntel.
Jay Severin Has A Small Pen1s @ 69:
I guess that makes the Pats and Raiders even for '76. Roughing the passer, my ass.
Oh, wait. The Raiders intentionally paralyzed a New England player two years later. Then the player wrote a book about it called "They call me assasign".
At least I can take great joy in knowing that the Raiders will suck until Al Davis is dead.
Cry moar. Tatum did a clean hit and he already already had the nickname Assassin. Can't forget about Hitman, or Dr Death either. What's wrong with hard hitting football? Pussies are being pampered these days, we need to bring back the hard hitting glory days of the 1970s back.
George W. Bush:
Will Declare Marshall Law
Suspend the Elections
Cancel the NFL Season
John Amato @ 53:
that would have been VERY NICE!
Matt in Texas @ 57:
WHO DID DALLAS LOSE TO IN THE PLAYOFFS?
just asking?
who?
Go Redskins!
I'm glad they got Jason Taylor...
I'm goin' to Canton this weekend to see Art Monk and Darrell Green get their due!
For the Record:
It was the Pack that eliminated the scourge otherwise known as the Dallas Cowboys from last year's playoffs.
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