http://jeffpearlman.com Official website of author Jeff Pearlman Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:17:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When it comes to social issues, Fox News is usually the last to come around. Fox News has come around. Most of the network's coverage of gays in the military has been shockingly progressive. Which it should be, because—truth be told—no arguments remain for keeping gay and lesbians from serving, and serving ... http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=4952 I'm about to delve into cliche. My apologies for doing so. Yesterday's Super Bowl was all about strength and courage. That's what we were told by the coaches and the players and the announcers, and within the spectrum of sports that argument can be made. You're Drew Brees, and four guys ... http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=4944 Hands. Down. http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=4942 Here at JeffPearlman.com, we try and mix things up with occasional guest bloggers. Bruce Weber is a noted TV sportscaster who began his career covering the New Orleans Saints. His take on their latest—and greatest—achievement … If hell really did freeze over two weeks ago when the New Orleans Saints ... http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=4935 Just heard Reggie Bush utter the words, "God had a plan." Not in relation to Katrina recovery, or Haiti disaster relief, or weather or love or life or death. No, "God had a plan" for one team triumphing over another team in a game played on a 100-yard swath of grass involving ... http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=4932 When USC hired Lane Kiffin as its coach, people at the school cheered. I moaned. If one thing seems obvious, it's that Kiffin is just another in he long line of Calipari-esque slime-balls who'll do anything to better his own standing. Just look at his approach and antics at Tennessee this past ... http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=4929 When I initially heard the rumors that Sarah Palin wrote notes on her hand, then used them during her recent Tea Party address and appearance, well, I didn't believe it. Palin, after all, takes tons upon tons upon tons of shots from the left (I know, because I've offered up ... http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=4918 When I was a kid growing up in Mahopac, N.Y., Super Bowl Sunday was one of my favorite days of the year. Yes, I loved the game. And sure, it was cool having Scott Choy and John Ballerini and Jon Powell and the gang come over for pizza, soda and ... http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=4916 The Sarah Palin phenomenon is one I don't understand. She was paid $100,000 to speak. To attend, it costs more than $500. So those attendees who speak of a "revolution," well, bad news. Sarah Palin is as revolutionary as my coffee mug. And her references to Scott Brown are downright ... http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=4912 It's 1:42 am, and I'm supposed to be working. I was working. I will be working. But right now I'm completely distracted by an absolutely terrible movie that I love—Fools Rush In, starring Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek (interestingly, I just noticed that one of the accused soldiers from A ... http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=4908