We All Have Our Fantasies -- Well, I Do- August 31, 2006 In order to submerge myself more fully in the "Monday Night Football" experience, I've decided to dip my toe into the world of fantasy football by joining the "PTI" league. I figure I might make a little extra cash, which is always good, and at the very least I'll learn how to pronounce the names of some of these players. (Technically, I'll also be learning who they are, since I've done zero prep. Hmm, now that I think about it, isn't being in a fantasy league a form of insider trading,...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402662_xml/~3/23... Interacting With Fans Is Risky Business- August 30, 2006 Those of you stayed up all the way to the end of the "Monday Night Football" game in Cincinnati -- and, believe me, I didn't want to -- will recall that it was resumed after a delay of almost an hour because of lightning. Personally, I couldn't believe that they would send the teams back on the field with nine minutes left in an exhibition game that, at that point, was 41-10. I mean, really, wasn't that enoughhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402662_xml/~3/23... It's Theismann's World, We're Only Paying Rent- August 28, 2006 So here I am in Cincinnati for tonight's game between the Bengals and Green Bay. The reason to be here is to watch as Carson Palmer tests his left knee for the first time since that playoff game against Pittsburgh in January when, after that one long pass, he went down awkwardly and ripped what medical experts call "the stuffing" out of it.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402662_xml/~3/23... Bambino, Madden, Kornheiser- August 24, 2006 You know how there's that John Madden curse That every athlete who is on the front of his video game seems to immediately get injuredhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402662_xml/~3/23... In a Memphis Funk, May the Farce Be With You- August 23, 2006 MEMPHIS -- So here I am walking in Memphis, walking with my feet 10 feet off of Beale. I'm about to get some barbecue, maybe at the Rendezvous. Because you can work up a serious appetite on this drive-by and walk-by tour of American landmarks. As you remember, I drove by Graceland the other day. (It was too complicated to actually park and then get out and tour. It was soooo hot.) And Tuesday I drove by the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Everything about it has...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402662_xml/~3/23... Can't Help Falling for Graceland- August 21, 2006 So here we are in Shreveport, La., for tonight's game with the Cowboys and Saints. Shreveport is the last stop on a bus trip that began over 1,000 miles ago in Minneapolis, stopped in St. Louis, continued through Memphis, where I dallied in front of Graceland (more on that in a second), then went on to the Saints' training camp in Jackson, Miss., and ended here.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402662_xml/~3/23... Suite Dreams Are Made of This- August 17, 2006 CLAYTON, Mo. Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes you're the bug.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402662_xml/~3/23... Whaddya Mean, Don't Quit My Day Job- August 16, 2006 I don't know if you stayed up for the entire "Monday Night Football" game, but I did for the first time in about 25 years. It also was the first time I was paid to stay up and admittedly that makes a difference. Things were going along pretty well, I thought, and the game was winding down when I had this moment of terror. Suddenly, the Vikings were within field goal range in a three-point game and Theismann leaned over and told me you actually do go to overtime in preseason. I couldn't believe..http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402662_xml/~3/23... Being Viewed in a Whole New Way- August 14, 2006 MINNEAPOLIS - Well, here I am in Minneapolis and tonight is Monday night and, in my new life, that means I'm working. I'm doing a little thing I hear is called "Monday Night Football."http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402662_xml/~3/23... I Don't Like Learning to Like People- August 10, 2006 Tomorrow night, we have our last practice game for "Monday Night Football." Mike Tirico, Joe Theismann and I are going to Baltimore to broadcast the Ravens-Giants exhibition game. Of course, it won't be on the air, so you won't be able to see or hear it and I won't have to be spackled with makeup like I will for HDTV, but it will be the first live action we've done. Until this point, all we've done is talk over taped games from last year, which is nothing like doing games that are new and live..http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402662_xml/~3/23... |