A question.<\/p>\n
Which was longer: the monstrous pregame show heading into this year’s Super Bowl game, or the appeal hearing yesterday for star quarterback and scapegoat Tom Brady’s suspension for his involvement in the so-called Deflate-gate scandal?<\/p>\n
Answer: windbags with law degrees beat windbags with TV microphones every day of the week.<\/p>\n
Now we await the\u00a0real<\/em> fate of Tom Brady, who as of this moment faces a four-game suspension for his involvement for the underinflation (is that a word?) of footballs preceding the 2015 AFC Championship Game. Brady is appealing his suspension as all scrappy victims do.<\/p>\n What the hell kind of topsy-turvy world am I living in that Tom Brady–football hero married to supermodel–is an underdog? Add him to the 2015 lovable long shot list with LeBron James, Alex Rodriguez, and Tiger Woods. I suppose you can throw Pete Rose and the Confederate flag in there too, but let’s face it, the Confederates have been underdogs since 1860. And for the first time in a century in a half, ain’t nobody rooting for them these days.<\/p>\n But Brady? Well, first time in a decade and a half for me this season, because you know I love an underdog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A question. Which was longer: the monstrous pregame show heading into this year’s Super Bowl game, or the appeal hearing yesterday for star quarterback and scapegoat Tom Brady’s suspension for his involvement in the so-called Deflate-gate scandal? Answer: windbags with … Continue reading