Matthew Goldberg
Sports Editor
Outlook:
The apocalypse is coming! The apocalypse is coming! Arnold is now governator of California. The Cubs and Red Sox are both just one step from the World Series. Maybe the winless Jets can win a game too. But my Chargers can’t get off the snide because they have a bye.
Game of the Week: Atlanta at St. Louis
Vick is out and the Falcons are down. Marshall Faulk is back and Marc Bulger is ready. The Rams should roll in this pitiful Monday-Nighter. The only question is: will the game be outrated by Yankees-Red Sox?
Pankaj Chhabra
Sports Editor
Outlook:
My car broke down a couple weeks ago, leaving me stranded on the highway for two hours. During that time, I thought about the important things in life – like my family, my education and Chicago Bears’ football. Then I puked.
Game of the week: Carolina at Indianapolis.
I’ve been to the RCA Dome before, and it sucks. Everything about the Colts, other than their players and their coach, sucks. I mean, that comeback against the Bucs last Monday was sensational. But come on, how many blue and white colts do you see roaming the countryside?
Joe Ciolli
Sports Editor
Outlook:
For the first time since getting shot squarely in the buttocks outside of a Colorado night club, Pittsburgh Steelers’ linebacker Joey Porter will play in a game against the Denver Broncos. The Steelers hope, for Porter’s sake, that they don’t get their asses kicked.
Game of the week: Tampa Bay at Washington
LaVar Arrington recently expressed concern over Bucs lineman Warren Sapp’s disruption of warm-up drills. When are these guys going to relax and realize that nothing matters but who’s got the phattest Kangol hat and the most exquisite collection of Burberry apparel?
Ashley Malnove
Sports Designer
Outlook:
I’m not doing so hot right now in my picks. The Eagles lost last week. My only consolation is that I’m still in a better position than Gray Davis, Mr. ex-Governor of California. Not that I would want to be Arnold Schwarzenegger. Any time a politician runs on a platform of no new taxes, how many times do they actually succeed in not raising taxes? Probably as many times as I pick NFL picks correctly: not many!
Game of the Week: Kansas City at Green Bay
Come on Kansas City, Chiefs are way better than Cheeseheads.
Jonathan Greenberger
Associate Editor
Outlook:
The best thing about this weekend is what you won’t see on TV-the Bengals, Chargers, and Lions all have byes. Then again, every time you turn on the tube you’ll be inundated with “political analysts” trying to use the words “Arnold” and “Total Recall” in the same sentence.
Game of the Week: Ohio State at Wisconsin
Either of these teams could probably beat Matthew’s hapless Chargers, but I’ve got to go with my Buckeyes on this one. Particularly with Craig Krenzel back in the huddle, I see my Buckeyes extending the nation’s longest winning streak.