• ESPN

    Well This Seems Rather Harsh

    The "greater than" meme; so overworked and cliched that Combudsman Iracane banned it from this site more than a month ago. But over at ESPN, it's cutting edge. The Leader decided to use it in a hard-hitting feature about how Eli Manning has surpassed his brother as the more highly-regarded quarterback. As if that wasn't evident previously when, oh, just thinking out loud here, Eli won the Super Bowl. More »

    11:30 AM on Wed Oct 8 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    8,855 views, 83 comments

    Most discussed ASox: So the Giants with Eli > Giants would be with Peyton. Really? more »

  • NFL

    It's Very Hard To Be A Texans Fan Right Now

    The good thing about being a quarterback in Houston is that there is virtually nothing you can do that will be bad enough to equal the worst collapse your fans have ever seen. That would have been in the 1993 playoffs, when the Bills came back from 32 points down in the second half to beat the Houston Oilers in overtime, 41-38. By comparison, Sunday's collapse to the Colts was nothing at all; just the mere loss of a 17-point lead in the final five minutes. Although the game did feature Sage Rosenfel's spectacular Helicopter Fail (video following the jump). You don't see something like that every day. More »

    10:00 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    5,311 views, 44 comments

    Most discussed Cognitive_Friction: So, the Houston Dynamo coach trolling the Houston Chronicle message board? Or do I need more coffee? more »

  • live blogs

    Sunday Night Football: Bears-Colts

    It's the second to last game of the first week of the season, of which there will be only two more this decade. It all takes place in venerable Lucas Oil Stadium. How effective will the Bears passing game be? Will we find out what a bursa sac is? How would John Madden solve the dispute between Russia and Georgia? Looks like you picked the wrong week to stop jumping. More »

    8:05 PM on Sun Sep 7 2008
    By Matt Sussman
    19,753 views, 608 comments

    Most discussed Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: So talking to everyone I know I guess I am the only one who has faith in Matt Cassel. This bandwagon more »

  • NFL Season Previews

    NFL Season Previews: Indianapolis Colts

    The NFL season has officially started, so it's time to fucking finish the impassioned season previews from various writers, bloggers, diehard fans, cooks, TV personalities, and numerous other walks of life whom consider football the only sport worth watching. Clearly, these previews will be running until, oh, the first round of the wild card playoffs based on how quickly they've been coming in. So, for the next few days, expect a lot of these. Actually, let's see how many we can get out in one day.

    Today: The Indianapolis Colts. Your author is BigBlueShoe.

    BigBlueShoe is not your typical Colts fan, but like all fans he's just a regular guy who knows his team is great and your team is puke. Despite what you may think or hear about him, he gets along very well with many Patriots fans. BigBlueShoe blogs for SB Nation's Indianapolis Colts blog, Stampede Blue. He feels his community of Colts fans at Stampede Blue are the best in the U.S. of A., and he thinks anyone who ever questioned Peyton Manning's greatness (Bill Simmons) is a clueless moron (Bill Simmons) who knows as much about sports as a blind, dimwhitted chimp who whores himself out for crack (Bill Simmons). More »

    1:10 PM on Fri Sep 5 2008
    By DAULERIO
    2,907 views, 19 comments

    Most discussed PermanentInjuredReserve: As a Bears fan, this whole article shocks me. People from Indianapolis can write? I guess with a woman running more »

  • nfl

    Pro Football Hall of Fame Game Live Blog

    All right, football zealots. Finally, a televised NFL game (for lack of a better word). It's the Indianapolis Colts and the Washington Redskins. John Madden has been dipped in bronze gravy for this joyous occasion, and Al Michaels will be sitting on his knee. Before you follow along after the J-M-P, please turn in your signed and notarized waiver forms saying I will not be held responsible for you getting bored to death sometime in the third quarter. More »

    7:55 PM on Sun Aug 3 2008
    By Matt Sussman
    13,427 views, 557 comments

    Latest by formerly Chief Wahoo: What you missed while wondering how you got home from Coney Island. more »

  • NFL

    Colts Fans Scalping Tickets to Free Tour of New Lucas-Oil Stadium

    Hundreds of Indianapolis Colts fans lined up for free tickets to walk through the new Colts stadium. In a month. Now you can see why Indianapolis's advertising slogan is, "Like Detroit without the culture." Tickets to tour the stadium are going for as much as $75 online now. Some Colts fans were understandably peeved about their failure to get free tickets to walk inside an empty football stadium. More »

    10:30 AM on Tue Jul 15 2008
    By Clay Travis
    3,591 views, 50 comments

    Latest by xtrarant: Now you can see why Deadspin's advertising slogan is "Like it used to be, but without the talent." more »

  • marvin harrison

    Marvin Harrison Case Still Not Anywhere Close To Being Solved

    And in other, non-champagne-spraying troubled wide receiver news... More »
  • blogdome

    Making Teenage Faces

  • Colts Cheerleaders get their hair did. [Don Chavez]
  • Straightening out what really happened with Bobby Petrino going to Arkansas. [The Slophouse]
  • An exciting summer for Cedric Benson has just begun [Tirico Suave]
  • Some impressive newfangled playbook technology. [The Wizard of Odds]
  • Greg Oden doesn't share my contempt for that G2 ad. I guess injuries are part of the G2 life. [Blazers Blog]
  • Jim McKay meant more in Maryland [Bromoblog]
  • An ode to Mike Tranghese [35 Seconds]

2:30 PM on Sun Jun 8 2008
By Christmas Ape
2,706 views, 4 comments

Latest by NovakAintNoJokovic: @Dieter: Totally agree. I thought it looked pretty cool. Now if only producers could use it with color commentators... more »

  • alternate states

    Ryan Leaf Cleans Out The Attic Of Tearful Regret

    Was it really 10 years ago that the Indianapolis Colts made the fateful decision to draft Peyton Manning over Ryan Leaf in the NFL draft? To mark the occasion, Leaf is showing off his No. 16 Colts jersey — yep, one such exists — which he found while rummaging through some personal belongings recently. More »

    4:30 PM on Thu May 15 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    9,365 views, 115 comments

    Latest by ReggieDunlop: Wesley Snipes tax returns. more »

  • revisionist history

    Tony Dungy Has A Short Memory


    Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy spoke with kids at a high school in Tampa on Thursday and apparently he was in a mood to foment him some controversy. And not in the usual "condemning o' the gays" way. Nope. He took a shot at the rival New England Patriots being embroiled in MattWalshGate. Nothing wrong with that. What was interesting was Dungy's willingness to gloss over accusations against his team.

    Then someone asked if anything happened last season that he wished he could include in the book. What followed was vintage Dungy. He seized the opening. He brought up the videotaping scandal with the New England Patriots.
    More »

    5:30 PM on Sun May 11 2008
    By Christmas Ape
    9,066 views, 31 comments

    Latest by whodatmaninablacksedan: Furthermore...MattWalshGate is not an unsubstantiated, far-fetched accusation like this crowd noise nonsense. The tapes exist, so the Patriots integrity more »