Pacifist Viking

According to RandBall (which got the info from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ), Troy Polamalu's legal last name used to be Aumua. And ...

Horse racing must be a sport; after all, sports bloggers can't resist talking about Barbaro. And Barbaro just died. Which gives us rea...

Some sports seasons become, even years later, synonymous to me with one particular figure or storyline. In the NBA, 92-93 was the year of B...

I can't recall a moment of my life when I cared about horseracing. I can't recall a moment when I cared about a horse. But as reside...

PETA on horse racing According to Deadspin, horse Barbaro has been killed . Barbaro probably should have never existed--at least not in the...

In "Politics and the English Language," George Orwell's first rule of good English usage is “Never use a metaphor, simile, or ...

Over the weekend, I devised a way for the Vikings to make major improvements and compete for a Super Bowl championship next year. Step One: ...

The Colt's victory over the Patriots to advance to the Super Bowl reminds me of a few historical parallels. I'm sure I'm not th...

Reggie Bush taunting the Bears Having already expressed my ideas on "class," you can guess that Reggie Bush taunting the Bears or...

So I was watching "Cold Pizza" on ESPN in the afternoon and they talked about Bruce Pearl and his crazy decision to paint his body...

In part because I have no mental inclination to write anything creative today, I'm instead providing links to articles I think you'l...

Exciting times. For the first time in history an African-American Head Coach has made it to the Super Bowl. In fact not only one has made ...

It's always a long, long wait on conference championship Sunday for that 2:00 start time. Either sleep in or keep yourself busy. I...

That is right I am only going to write about what I wish to happen in Sunday's games not what I think will happen. The reason for this ...

In the early 90s, the Cowboys and the 49ers were the two top teams in the league, and they played each other in three consecutive NFC Champi...

There's been a lot of talk in these NFL playoffs about "class." Well, what the hell is "class," and how does one han...

The Minnesota Timberwolves are 4 games over .500. If this keeps up, they'll be right back where they belong: losing in the first round ...

I know many of you are regular readers of this blog, and this open letter is not merely a trite convention of the blogosphere. I also know y...

Indy over Baltimore If the Colts lost a playoff game 49-48, Manning would get blamed for it, so who cares if the Colts won with great defens...

I love the opening Sunday, and I love next week's conference championships. But the Divisional Round might be the most fun we have all ...