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Super Bowl XLIV Preview: Saints & Colts in Miami
Adam Underhill
02.03.10
I never thought about the double entendre of awfulness that would have fell on earth had Bret Favre beat New Orleans last week and gone on to (maybe even win?) the Super Bowl. No I'd forgotten about the cheeseheads and the humiliation that would haunt them had THEIR guy won on that damn Vikings team (I like Favre btw - CM). Was just pondering New Orleans, still Katrina repairing, rushing to their first Super Bowl ever by beating a fellow borne and bred gulf coaster... that game was a team vs an individual right? the twilight of a heavyweight? the phoenix-like rise of a city? or did I get confused? Well Adam Underhill, long time Green Bay fan didn't miss anything. Here's his preview for Super Sunday, 'tween the Saints and oh yeah, the Colts. And speaking of drama, keep an eye on Colts receiver Pierre Garçon, the Haitian descent player who played with incredible gusto in the AFC championship. Prediction? Well read on...
Momentum
Adam Underhill
01.08.10
It's been a long time since we talked football (talk about momentum, not that we haven't been watching). Most of my teams have gotten knocked out by now - the Giants first of all, the Falcons, the Bills ...ah well this always happens with them, lately, but it doesn't have to, I mean welcome back Jets, but that can only last a week, 'cause who knows, what evil, lurks in the head of Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis who may rouse his team from somnambulism for a rematch of last week (it didn't as I write this, sorry Cincy and Ochocinco - change the name back, get the mojo back, if it helps). It's wild card week from Adam Underhill (who must of got a Beatles Rock Band for Xmas...see last page). Art by Danny Jock. -CM
Benny and The Mets
Gail Hosking Gilberg
09.20.09
Both of New York's MLB teams played in new stadiums this year. While the Yankees are 9 games up as this blurb is written, the Mets, with 64 wins & 85 losses, have looked less than amazing, have already been eliminated from postseason play, and don't seem quite as cozy in their snazzy new home. For longtime Mets fans (and baseball fans in general), forget about this season for a moment and take a gander back in time, as Gail Hosking Gilberg takes us back here through the eyes of her Mets loving son. Art by Danny Jock.
Threading the Needle: Deconstructing NFL Uniforms
Adam Underhill
09.13.09
With the scent of fresh pigskin fresh and heavy in the air, our attention shifts slightly from the art of working the clock while clinging to a 34-31 lead, or an agonizing dropped pass in the end zone, to that subtle, ever-present force, yet so often overlooked in terms of team superiority. That's right, it's the uniforms. And while Adam Underhill may have a different cultural definition for "Cleveland Browns" than I, he possesses a unique zeal and sharp, critical eye for such topics. He opines—no, he decrees—exhaustively on The State of the Uniform for each of the 32 professional football teams. Art by Danny Jock.
Herr Bud
Adam Underhill
07.18.09
Bud Selig: a man often vilified among the ranks of baseball fans and sports writers alike, a man whose judgement and quiddities often flew in the face of baseball purists, a man who made many changes to the game to keep it up with the times, for better or for worse, but usually for better. Although he will probably be best known as the commish who reigned during the ugly times of steroid scandals, Selig's positive contributions to the game must be (reluctantly) acknowledged, as Adam Underhill does here.