By Dan O’Shea

It’s NY vs. LA in the battle to land superstar Carmelo Anthony before the trade deadline, and the Denver Nuggets doing a deal with either the Knicks or the Lakers could have some interest fantasy implications.
In New York, ‘Melo, SF/PF, would become part of a faster offense that would probably need him to score early and often, with the possibility that both Wilson Chandler, SF/PF and Danilo Gallinari, SF, or Landry Fields, SG/SF (though maybe all three) could be shipped elsewhere in the trade.
In Los Angeles, ‘Melo would be playing second fiddle to Kobe Bryant, SG. I don’t see him taking points away from Kobe, do you? From a fantasy perspective, if you have Anthony, the better destination is the Knicks.

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Posted on February 9, 2011

By Jim Coffman

It’s clear after watching Aaron Rodgers march his team to a Super Bowl victory that there is really only one thing for the Bears to focus on in the coming months: The pass rush.
The Bears only have one option when it comes to dealing with Rodgers in the future and it isn’t civilized. Rodgers did just about what he wanted against the best defense in the league on Sunday – after he ran roughshod over the best teams in his own conference in the earlier rounds of the playoffs. At this point he is so accurate and so deadly that when he is healthy he is just about unbeatable.
So when they face off against him next season, the Bears will need to hit Rogers hard and hit him often.

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Posted on February 7, 2011

By The Beachwood Cheesehead Affairs Desk

Today’s Packerland papers.
1. The Racine Journal-Times.

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Posted on February 7, 2011

By The Beachwood Revenge of Janet Jackson Affairs Desk

There was nothing more enjoyable about the Big Game on Sunday than tracking – and participating in – the Twitter stream (and to a lesser extent, Facebook) about the #halftimefail of the #BlackEyedPeas.
The New York Times captured it with this set of tweets it memorialized for posterity.
We, also, were active on Twitter and present our work forthwith, also including our Twitter stream about Groupon’s ad embarrassment.

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Posted on February 7, 2011

By The Onion Sports Network

“The country narrowly avoided tragedy as inept terrorists detonated a bomb in the middle of the meaningless, sparsely attended Pro Bowl . . . al-Qaeda issues statement denying responsibility.”

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Posted on February 4, 2011

By The Leinenkugel Brewing Company

Football, food and beer are undeniably a winning combination. The Wisconsin-based 144-year-old Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. is showing football fans how Wisconsin celebrates with brew-based recipes and pairings as its home state team competes in the country’s biggest annual sporting event for the top spot in football.
Leinenkugel’s Honey Beergarita

Kick-off the Big Game with a new take on Leinenkugel’s best-selling brew!
* 1 cup tequila
* 1 12-oz. can lemonade concentrate
* 4 12-oz. bottles of Leinenkugel’s Honey Weiss
Mix in a pitcher and serve over ice. Garnish with lemon slices. Makes one pitcher.

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Posted on February 3, 2011

By Dan O’Shea

We interrupt this snowpocalypse to bring you breaking fantasy sports news:
Well, not really. Actually, we’re in kind of a no-man’s land where fantasy football is over, fantasy baseball isn’t quite ready to go and fantasy basketball is in its lazy days before its way-too-late All-Star game and trading deadline.
It would help if there were some interesting trade news brewing in the NBA, but not much has happened in the last week, with Carmelo Anthony no closer to leaving Denver. So, all we can really do is make tweaks here and there, bring in a hot hand in exchange for a cold one.
Here are the some of the hottest hands of the last seven days who could be worth picking up:

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Posted on February 2, 2011

By Natasha Julius

Sigh. I suppose once the NFL decided it was safe to re-enter the 21st century, the scourge of Nipplegate having passed its radioactive half-life, the inevitable choice of first contemporary act would be the Black Eyed Peas. Lyrically inert, rhythmically dance-tastic, sizable back catalog, perfectly willing to compromise their artistic integrity for the sake of the all-mighty dollar . . . they’re the ideal choice to make a viewing public still reeling from Prince’s subliminal fretwork feel like they’re down with what the kids are listening to these days. Besides, Beyoncé is opening a car dealership in Burbank that weekend.
So for those of you unfamiliar with this wager, once the halftime entertainment for the upcoming Super Bowl is announced, I start taking predictions of which songs will be performed. Choose three songs; the person who guesses the most correctly wins bragging rights for the year. Hopefully no one in the band will give away the set list prior to the show, ROGER DALTREY.

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Posted on February 1, 2011