Your Face is a Sports Blog mentioned by a certain New York newspaper

I was quoted in an article about the Super Bowl quarterbacks in a small newspaper. You might have heard of it - the New York Times. I'm pretty much as stunned as you can possibly be. There is roughly zero percent chance that I'm doing anything but buying about 20 copies on Sunday. Yeah, me as the guy who wrote "Friday Night Lights" - I'd say we're equally qualified to be interviewed as experts.

The best part is that I received a second quote, and there got a "Mr. Manfredi" usage on second reference. The Old Grey Lady's naming policies might be arcane, but it's the New York Times, and it's still stupidly cool.

I'm going to celebrate by having a Dr Pepper - and not even a Diet one. I know how to live large.

(Note: The story is in the "Style" section of the paper. As I type this blog post, I am wearing jeans that are "pegged" because it's raining and I don't want them to get soaked, and a T-shirt from a local liquor store that my wife bought for me at Goodwill for $0.99 because there's a typo in the phone number. Yeah, I'm Mr. GQ Smoothie.)

Posted by The Duke of Everything at 11:51 PM 5 comments  

Dana Jacobson Signs Endorsement Deal with Absolut

See. Just because you made a fool of yourself at a roast, offending millions of Catholics and ESPN along the way, doesn't mean that you can't recover and, in fact, thrive. You go girl!

Actually, if Dana Jacobson had received an endorsement deal out of everything, I'm sure it would be for "ESPN the Vodka" or some other similarly-branded nonsense.

"THIS IS THE ALCOHOLIC SPIRIT THAT I ENJOY DRINKING WHEN I AM RELAXING AT HOME ON MY BARCALOUNGER EATING CHEEZ DOODLES, THE MOST IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT SNACK OF OUR GENERATION!" - Stephen A. Smith, ESPN personality and noted food & wine expert.

(Photo credit: Icon Sports Media via The Big Lead)

Posted by The Duke of Everything at 5:33 PM 1 comments  

Ads

In case you were curious...

Yes, I am experimenting with different advertising concepts here on the site. Not to put too fine a point on it, but I have a newborn, and baby has expensive tastes. Some things are OK (banner ads), and other things seem really annoying (the green pop-up highlighted ads). Let me know if anything seems too obnoxious or ruins the experience for you.

And also, do click on an ad on occasion. You might get a good deal (especially if you have a bad back, or need to get laid tonight), and I make a little scratch each time.

Who Heard Steve Somers' Show on WFAN Yesterday?

Several people have commented or e-mailed to me that Steve Somers from WFAN-AM in New York had a segment about Eli Manning that was...suspiciously similar to our blog article (which was later picked up by Deadspin - thanks, Will). Unfortunately, WFAN doesn't archive all of their programming. Short of hiring a monitoring service, I'd like to hear it for myself before we go off the rails, so if anyone happens to have a copy of yesterday's show, I'd love it if you could contact me. I'll be your BFF, promise.

Posted by The Duke of Everything at 10:08 AM 1 comments