Yay!!!! The NFL is back!!! It’s on NBC and it rocks — even with unnecessary pregame concerts!!! OK, enough hyperbole, although, I was being serious about that pregame mess. I just don’t think we need recycled pop country and a pale imitation of the Black Eyed Peas — I’m sorry, but they [...]

This here is Troy Polamalu’s latest Head and Shoulders commercial and thankfully for the rest of us, it focuses on his adjective-defying hair. The description “God-like” comes to mind and apparently, when you see it, you can’t help but be won over by it, whether you verbally acknowledge it or not. You can’t [...]

I’m not trying to kick Ben Roethlisberger while he’s going through a potentially tough situation, but his new commercial for Dick’s Sporting Goods/Nike isn’t accurate. In it, Big Ben is telling a prospective buyer how the new Nike Marauders are good for helping a quarterback move around the pocket so they can better avoid [...]

After being dragged over the coals for their lack of Ben Roethlisberger coverage, ESPN has decided they’d throw their two cents in, as long as it delivered the story in a favorable light towards Big Ben. See, Mike Florio feels because they were “late” to the party, ESPN wouldn’t join in unless they could [...]

ESPN is still mute on the Ben Roethlisberger situation — save for a Topix link on his player card. Is there something going on besides glacially-paced “due diligence?” Is ESPN more concerned with protecting their relationship with the NFL instead of reporting the news? Does ESPN have a responsibility to deliver all [...]

Apparently, today is my “reference TMZ” day. All because of Ben Roethlis-something (way to go, Cowhah), whether he’s found liable or not. Thanks to the guys who stole Perez Hilton’s needed-stealing thunder as a gossip site, we now know what Big Ben’s accuser — Andrea McNulty — looks like. Now, far be [...]