Showing posts with label Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Football. Show all posts
Monday, January 25, 2016

5 Streaming Video on Demand Offerings I'd Like to See in 2016 #3: NFL Films

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We all know one of the most powerful/evil entities on the planet is the National Football League. We also know that if  there's one thin...
Monday, August 3, 2015

5Q Movie Review: Draft Day (2014)

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Q: This movie features the cooperation of the NFL in the form of real team names and logos, appearances by NFL Network personalities, and ev...
Friday, June 5, 2015

Now maybe Yahoo! gets its act together

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"Community" just finished a sixth season of episodes that was artistically successful but not technologically successful. Yahoo! S...
Sunday, February 2, 2014

Ready for the Big Game?

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Personally I think the NFL made a big mistake by playing the Super Bowl after the Pro Bowl. How can the nation get back up for football afte...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Stuff We Should Bring Back: The Statue of Liberty Play

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Remember the Statue of Liberty play in football? Oh, we see variations of it sometimes, but the offenses are always trying to be genuinely d...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

Speaking on Sports

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I compiled some sports-related "Shark Bytes"-ish comments into a single post. If you aren't into sports, though, feel free to ...
Sunday, May 5, 2013

Something weird is going on at ESPN

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ESPN, which could credibly be called ESPNFL, used to run a "Football Today" podcast--not nearly often enough to satisfy its loyal ...
Friday, February 8, 2013

Well, were you watching this space?

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Perhaps you should have been. "But nothing happened," you might say. That's a reasonable response. But let me tell you somet...
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Friday, August 5, 2011

Cultureshark Cares: A Public Service Announcement

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Months ago, when The Greatest Cable Channel Known to Mankind released its Summer Under the Stars Schedule, I rejoiced at the sight of August...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Are you ready for some football? Well, no, but the magazine publishers are

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It was a surprising sight at my local supermarket this weekend: Pro football preview magazines! Not even July, and they're already comin...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

NFL Lockout--ho hum

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The NFL rules America, blah, blah, blah. We all know that. The seemingly fireproof league gets more and more popular every year, at least in...
Sunday, February 6, 2011

Super Bowl Sunday: Stairway to Seven

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Cultureshark is off today in observance of Super Bowl Sunday. Remember, no matter who wins tonight--and, yes, we all hope it's the Stee...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

MLB Network does it again

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MLB Network has another solid offseason programming addition with its "20 Greatest Games" series. Each Monday night, the channel...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Speaking on Sports (on TV)

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ITEM: I watch ESPN "30 for 30" episode on the remarkable story of college great Marcus Dupree. --This is a fine entry in the excel...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

Brooks on Books: Death to the BCS

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This is not a "fair and balanced" look at the college football's (lack of) method for determining a champion at its highest co...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Things I never want to see again

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I want to get this post in before the holiday arrives, and in fact, I'm reluctant to even do it at all, but I think talking about these ...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

Brooks on Books: A football doubleheader

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Since it's Sunday, and since we sort of have a Monday night doubleheader now that the NFL has moved the Giants-Vikings game due to weath...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Callousness of sports fans

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Last week, I was reading an article on Yahoo about former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon and how his memory was shot after years of p...
Saturday, March 6, 2010

Brooks on Books: Football books with attitude

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"Namath" by Mark Kriegel and "Long Bomb" by Brett Forrest are two outstanding pro football books, each well-written and ...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Brooks on Books: Wrapping up football

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It's just about time for baseball season, so this week it's time to wrap up pro football with thoughts on a trio of books I read thi...