Random Thoughts on Evil

If you do a Google search on the words "karma and belichick" you'll get 128 results for web pages that just started appearing in the last 24 hours. Some great originality out there on the intertubes.

Here are a few more combinations and what their results are for the last 24 hours:

Belichick and cheating: 428
Belicheat: 130
Belichick and classess: 175
Belichick and spygate: 167
Belichick and evil: 491!
Belichick and devil: 99
Belichick and antichrist: 4 (to be fair one of them is this blog)


Does anyone else as a Boston sports fan cringe when they know they're about to read a comment from someone called PatsRule4eva in the comments section of columns? Although I do have to say, the jackassery used to be much more limited to people (supposedly) from Boston, but lately drunk asshats from other teams are taking up the challenge. A year ago you would never have seen something like this from a Colts fan:

I guess we don't have to play....all the "experts" have BELLYSICKS boys crowned as the "NEXT COMING"......give me a break.
Colts 31 Pats 17 You'll understand after Sunday what it was like to play a "real" team. Go carve a pumpkin and say BOO

Pretty creative and Halloween-themed, so we salute you Column Comment Asshat.

Every team's fans has its share of jerks..but just because we're a little more internet savvy, doesn't mean we own the monopoly on this stuff.


I miss the days of the Digital City version of Sportsguy (ESPN's Bill Simmons) when he would routinely take media members to task for mailing it in. So in memory of the DC Bill, here is a short list of media members who don't look like they're even trying anymore:

Tapioca Division:
Peter Gammons - i know he's beloved, but seriously when was the last time he wrote anything even remotely informative. He didn't even wake up until the A-Rod press release during game 4. And don't tell me that becoming an ESPN Insider didn't kill his career.
Frank Deford - Just read every single column in the last year that he's written. Shouldn't take long, it's all information previously written about and lasts 4-6 paragraphs.
Dr. Z - Flaming Redhead...blah blah...i miss Butkus...blah blah...here are some power rankings 5 days after 200 other versions have been posted. Dr. Z actually had a decent column on the backlash/karma/antichrist theme this week, but he's still on this list for overall "i wish i could get that 5 minutes back" moments this past year.
Bob Ryan - Bob, a former great columnist, is totally incoherent at this point in his long illustrious career. Is it me or did he start to lose his touch right after he suggested someone needed to slap Jason Kidd's wife? On a side note, wouldn't the height of unintentional comedy be a conversation between Bob Ryan and Mayor Tom "jumbletrum" Menino?

I'll add to this list more, but send me your comments on who you think belongs here or feel free to disagree on these guys.