Archive: NFL
CP on America's Next Top Model
I've been trying to find the footage of Clinton Portis's appearance on "America's Next Top Model" for more than a year, but to be honest, I wasn't trying all that hard. Finally, last night, someone e-mailed me the clip of Portis distracting his model as she tries to concentrate on...
By Dan Steinberg | February 8, 2008; 09:14 AM ET | Comments (5)
Super Bowl Fashion
(UPDATE: To any angry wrestling fans, at the time I met the legend known as Eddie Venom, I was talking on the phone to my wife, whom I had left alone with my baby daughter during Super Bowl week. WTEM's Andy Pollin, whom I was with, stopped the mohawk man...
By Dan Steinberg | February 6, 2008; 03:56 PM ET | Comments (82)
Leigh Steinberg's Super Bowl Party
Wind, solar and wind. It occurs to me that I never actually wrote about going to Leigh Steinberg's Super Bowl on Saturday afternoon, which was one of the more surreal three hours in my life. The vague rundown. All times MST. 2 pm: Leigh Steinberg's 22nd Annual Super Bowl...
By Dan Steinberg | February 6, 2008; 03:14 PM ET | Comments (3)
The Super Bowl Tailgate
Method Man and Super Giant. Three hours before kickoff, Super Giant--a New York fan in storm trooper helmet--and Method Man--a blinged-out Pats fan with grill and jeweled "Brady to Moss" broach--were attempting to pose for dueling fan photos outside University of Phoenix Stadium. A friend stood nearby, offering advice...
By Dan Steinberg | February 3, 2008; 05:34 PM ET | Comments (8)
I Interview Carmen Electra and Wolf
Carmen Electra, on the red carpet. The first red carpet interview of my life was with a friendly man named Wolf from American Gladiator, whom NBC describes as "230 pounds of primal fury." His particular red carpet trick is to howl like, well, you know. He told me that...
By Dan Steinberg | February 2, 2008; 05:33 PM ET | Comments (6)
The Maxim Party
This isn't from last night. Although every non-celebrity in the crowd was taking photos of Akon. So yeah, I got into the Maxim Party, which is supposed to be the apex of Super Bowl cool. I have definitely never ever stood around a posh hotel swimming pool with so...
By Dan Steinberg | February 2, 2008; 02:36 PM ET | Comments (10)
Patriots at the Food Court
Curious what NFL players do 44 hours before the Super Bowl? Well, if they're named Donte Stallworth and Chad Jackson, they hang out in front of the Panda Express at the Scottsdale Fashion Square food court. There was a group of about eight Patriots there in the Food Court around...
By Dan Steinberg | February 2, 2008; 01:34 PM ET | Comments (3)
Stacy Keibler and the Beach Bowl: The Video
What follows is a video about all the famous people at yesterday's Beach Bowl, plus a clip of me doing some bastardized insult to the Ickey Shuffle that probably is embarrassing enough to ensure that I'll never watch the video. But you can also see a brief glorious moment of...
By Dan Steinberg | February 1, 2008; 06:25 PM ET | Comments (11)
The Players Wives' Fashion Show
McNabb on the runway. High on the list of things you simply must do at Super Bowl Week: watch Donovan McNabb bid $5,000 for a fur coat at a charity auction and then cover his head with a pink napkin when it looks as if he might win, watch...
By Dan Steinberg | February 1, 2008; 06:16 PM ET | Comments (2)
The Scene in Scottsdale
Rodney Harrison. All the fun is really happening downtown in the Dirty 'Dale. Fan. For example, you can head into the corner Starbucks, where Maxim models are wandering around with video cameras asking men to strip down to their boxers and dance for the camera. Really. It's for MaximOnline....
By Dan Steinberg | February 1, 2008; 04:42 PM ET | Comments (2)
The NFL Experience, in Video
The NFL Experience, in video. Come vicariously kick 17-yard field goals with me....
By Dan Steinberg | February 1, 2008; 01:25 PM ET | Comments (8)
Diddy's Party
My first published red carpet photo. They tell me this is Gabrielle Union. A brief rundown of what washingtonpost.com's Jon Forsythe and I did last night. * After eating dinner at a downtown Scottsdale establishment distinguished primarily by its mechanical bull and great quantities of Giants fans, we figured...
By Dan Steinberg | February 1, 2008; 11:15 AM ET | Comments (2)
Westbrook Brothers at Super Bowl
Our conversation with brothers Brian and Byron Westbrook from some previous moment this week, in which they discuss milkshakes, bacon cheeseburgers, who's faster, and being at the Super Bowl....
By Dan Steinberg | February 1, 2008; 09:01 AM ET | Comments (2)
I Teach Stacy Keibler the Ickey Shuffle
Why am I posting this photo? Not sure. The subject line is true. If you know who Stacy Keibler is, or even if you don't, I tried showing her the Ickey Shuffle today and encouraging her to perform said shuffle if she scored a touchdown in today's beach football...
By Dan Steinberg | January 31, 2008; 09:28 PM ET | Comments (15)
The Captain of the ASU Cheer Team
I had gotten the impression that virtually anywhere you went in the state of Arizona this week, you were bound to run into an extremely famous person. Like Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!'s Mike Silver went to a Suns game and ran into Sanjaya. Last night, after meeting up with the aristocracy of the...
By Dan Steinberg | January 31, 2008; 11:59 AM ET | Comments (7)
The NFL Experience
Me and a horse, having a Super Bowl moment. Hundreds of kids were corralled in pens this morning, waiting to be allowed to experience the NFL via the NFL Experience, built by Home Depot. The kids had been conditioned to praise their corporate masters and they responded appropriately: "N-F-L!,...
By Dan Steinberg | January 30, 2008; 05:13 PM ET | Comments (4)
Video-A-Palooza
Jon DeNunzio, sports editor at washingtonpost.com, posting while Dan is "live online." Dan was Mr. Video yesterday, with pieces on the Patriots' media day, the Giants' media day, and a wrap-up of the scene (via Washington Post Live). I'll give you the Partriots video below, but if you want to...
By washingtonpost.com Sports Editor | January 30, 2008; 11:54 AM ET | Comments (4)
Jonathan Ogden With a Lasso
Jonathan Ogden with lasso. So I went to the media party Tuesday night at Corona Ranch in Laveen, Arizona. The Gin Blossoms were there. I've never felt so sorry for a group of highly paid rock musicians. I figured this would be as good a time as any to...
By Dan Steinberg | January 30, 2008; 08:59 AM ET | Comments (14)
The Patriots' Beards
The Mankins beard. Lord knows this isn't a new issue, but if I have a chance to interview professional athletes about their facial hair, I feel compelled to try. Logan Mankins, on his beard: "When you're a lineman you just grow a beard, and wherever it grows and however...
By Dan Steinberg | January 29, 2008; 07:57 PM ET | Comments (2)
Giants Media Day
The astrologist. Well jeez, it was basically just the same thing over again. The players don't really matter, since this is about the media freaks more than the players. The lady in the wedding dress asking all the players to marry her was turned down by Matt Cassel, Tom...
By Dan Steinberg | January 29, 2008; 03:25 PM ET | Comments (3)
Pats Media Day: Astrologists and Wedding Dresses
The red carpet scene. Part I of Media Day ("Presenting, the New England Patriots") is over. The media are being herded to brunch. "The worst of pack journalism," some middle-aged gentlemen spat out as the media were led out of the stadium. How anyone could say that following an...
By Dan Steinberg | January 29, 2008; 01:54 PM ET | Comments (8)
Kellie Pickler and Terry Bradshaw
Super Bowl correspondent Kellie Pickler. So within maybe four minutes of arriving at University of the Internet stadium, who should we see walking past us but Terry Bradshaw, followed moments later by Kellie Pickler, who is apparently here in the employ of the Tonight Show and was dressed a...
By Dan Steinberg | January 29, 2008; 11:24 AM ET | Comments (10)
Super Bowl of Beer Pong
This is called "knowing your audience".... An occasional reader of the Bog who happens to live in the Phoenix area sent me the following important news release yesterday, which I'll quote nearly in full: WEST JORGEN BLVD HOSTS SUPER BOWL OF BEER PONG FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, January 28, 2008...
By Dan Steinberg | January 29, 2008; 10:14 AM ET | Comments (6)
Maxim I Love You Please Invite Me
Just wait until you see the logo for the 22nd version. Humor me here for one second.... Some "sports lifestyle" reporters out here were quite responsible and planned ahead, setting up their invites to various parties in advance, so that their various party coverage could be unrivaled and would...
By Dan Steinberg | January 29, 2008; 09:31 AM ET | Comments (4)
Junior Seau's Hat
Rodney Harrison. At some point, listening to Wes Welker discuss the merits of Sam Madison, my eyes glazed and I just left the Patriots media session. I know, I know, the Post should have sent a blogger who actually cares what tackle Matt Light thinks about the Giants' defensive...
By Dan Steinberg | January 28, 2008; 08:27 PM ET | Comments (9)
Belichick on Brady
So, coach, can you comment on Tom Brady's performance at practice today? "No, not really. He was out there, along with everybody else." Uh, can you elaborate on that a bit? "He was out there like everybody else." Cool. Wonder if you might talk a little bit about Randy Moss's...
By Dan Steinberg | January 28, 2008; 05:51 PM ET | Comments (5)
Meet Spike and the Governor
So it's day one, and I've already covered the media mohawks and Host Committee mascots. I've spent a long time now asking potentially stupid questions to athletes, but still, I felt a tinge of shame when I asked the governor of Arizona whether she was particularly looking forward to...
By Dan Steinberg | January 28, 2008; 04:59 PM ET | Comments (1)
Super Swag
Nice jacket. With the Giants not arriving until later this afternoon, the Arizona civic dignitaries not speaking for another hour and Michael Irvin still deep in the middle of his radio show and unable to field inquiries, there's really not much to do right now. Options: 1) Pizza by...
By Dan Steinberg | January 28, 2008; 02:51 PM ET | Comments (6)
OMG Celebrities
So, believe it or not, celebrities go to Super Bowl parties. Crazy, right? Next thing you're gonna tell ms 8 million bloggers will be here this week. Here are some of the names name-dropped in just one e-mail, concerning various events at the 944 Magazine Super Village in Scottsdale: Velvet...
By Dan Steinberg | January 28, 2008; 11:51 AM ET | Comments (4)
I'm at the Super Bowl
What am I doing here? Not really sure. So yeah, I'm at the Super Bowl. And I don't want to make any assumptions, but I'd bet two seats to the America East men's final that I'm the only reporter "covering" the Super Bowl who spent his first night in...
By Dan Steinberg | January 28, 2008; 09:22 AM ET | Comments (7)
Athletes and the Primaries
AP photo. The previous item discussed how some Democratic presidential operatives were supporting the Redskins. But whom, you ask, are the Redskins supporting? Unclear. Mr. Snyder gave $10k to the National Republican Congressional Committee in October. Mark Brunell gave $1,000 to Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.) in April. Couldn't find any...
By Dan Steinberg | January 9, 2008; 12:21 PM ET | Comments (11)
A Short History of Brian Billick's Job Security
(Jonathan Newton - TWP). Dec. 10: "I'm going to be back," he said when addressing the future of the team. Dec. 12: Balt Sun: Any uncertainty surrounding Billick's job status was cleared up recently when he was notified by owner Steve Bisciotti that he would return for a 10th...
By Dan Steinberg | December 31, 2007; 03:08 PM ET | Comments (1)
Vegas's NFL Power Ratings
One of the reasons I post these rankings every week is so we have a way to gauge future Redskins odds. Why? Because after Week Two, a prominent local blogger suggested that the Redskins might be favored in 11 of their final 14 games, and I strongly disagreed. I think...
By Dan Steinberg | November 21, 2007; 03:58 PM ET | Comments (1)
The NFL Quiz of Mediocrity
"Effort finish big play opportunity work hard." (AP Photo) Presenting, the NFL Quiz of Mediocrity!!!! Who said what over the two days? Which was Chris Chambers and which was Casey Rabach? "We didn't capitalize on the opportunities that we had. We kicked too many field goals instead of scoring...
By Dan Steinberg | November 20, 2007; 01:03 PM ET | Comments (2)
Vegas's NFL Power Ratings
Vegas, via Las Vegas Sports Consultants, now says the Redskins have sunk to 16th in the NFL, and ninth in the NFC, which is not, repeat not, playoff position. That also leaves them fourth in the NFC East. With this week's line, it would appear the Redskins will be favored...
By Dan Steinberg | November 1, 2007; 04:25 PM ET | Comments (3)
Pats Fans: You're Boring
Ostrich man. Since attempting to rile up Patriots fans proved so enjoyable yesterday, here's more. Before Sunday's game, I wandered through the various Gillette lots attempting to capture the unbelievable color that would surely accompany the league's best, most dominant team on a beautiful fall afternoon. Instead, I found...
By Dan Steinberg | October 30, 2007; 10:38 AM ET | Comments (19)
The Pats Have No Class
(By Jonathan Newton - TWP) Did the Patriots run up the score? Um, duh. Most Redskins said no, or deflected the question; a few said yes and were ticked off. But they don't have to say what it was; we're all sentient beings, and we can judge for ourselves....
By Dan Steinberg | October 29, 2007; 12:14 PM ET | Comments (90)
Vegas's NFL Power Ratings, and Skins as Dogs
Redskins lose to Green Bay (but cover) and move up in the Vegas rankings. Redskins beat Arizona (but don't cover) and move down in the Vegas rankings. Vegas, via Las Vegas Sports Consultants, says the Redskins are now 12th best in the league, and the sixth-strongest NFC team, behind Dallas,...
By Dan Steinberg | October 25, 2007; 01:59 PM ET | Comments (4)
Vegas's NFL Power Rankings
So in Vegas, if you lose by three in Green Bay, you actually move up four spots in the rankings, since you were supposed to lose by 3.5, and since many other supposedly strong teams did poorly. Vegas, via Las Vegas Sports Consultants, says the Redskins are now 9th best...
By Dan Steinberg | October 18, 2007; 11:34 AM ET | Comments (3)
Willis Is Trash
Since the Ravens face the Bills in Week 7 and this Web site will be in all the stories coming out of Baltimore tomorrow, you should go right now and listen to "Willis Is Trash," Buffalo's homage to Willis McGahee. As a native Western New Yorker, I'd like to...
By Dan Steinberg | October 17, 2007; 03:59 PM ET | Comments (5)
Ravens Fans Eat Whole Pig
Seen at yesterday's Ravens game. Why such images haven't yet appeared in those "This Is Our Country" ads, I have no idea. Sadly, I didn't get a photo of the part where Piggy gets crushed by the boulder. Also, I hate to say this, but by golly tailgating at...
By Dan Steinberg | October 15, 2007; 12:41 PM ET | Comments (18)
Daughtry Does Stover
Continuing my pattern of writing about Baltimore teams when I can't think of what else to do..... From the e-mail abyss: Baltimore's FM Talk 1057 WHFS Morning Radio Program "The Kirk and Mark Show" has been inspired by the foot of Baltimore Ravens Kicker Matt Stover. They have penned the...
By Dan Steinberg | September 26, 2007; 12:21 PM ET | Comments (1)
The Mike Vick Poortrait
You know you've made it as a blogger when you get a mass e-mail that goes something like this: Keeping with recent times and recent controversies, societal reflective artist KELLY WAN has decided to "honor" Mr Vick with painting this special portrait. You may be asking yourself why is...
By Dan Steinberg | September 25, 2007; 03:24 PM ET | Comments (3)
Dead Baseball Players Emulate Belichick
The inevitable post-scandal spin coming from the media last week was that maybe Belichick's cheating wasn't so bad, or at least, so unusual. The Post ran a big story on other historical shenanigans, although I'm not sure that sending blurry videos is quite the same thing as what the...
By Dan Steinberg | September 20, 2007; 11:14 AM ET | Comments (1)
Bart Scott the Blogger
(AP Photo) As we hurtle toward the day when every professional athlete has a blog, I found out today that I've been horribly remiss in not reading the Yardbarker blogs of the Ravens' Mark Clayton and Bart Scott. Clayton keeps it real in his blog; like, check out this...
By Dan Steinberg | September 6, 2007; 04:17 PM ET | Comments (2)
Billick's Answer of the Day
Gold Q: "You guys starting to work on the Bengals now, and is the gameplan getting in there?" A: "That would probably be a good thing to do, given that we're playing them Monday." Silver Q: "How's Mr. Ogden?" A: "Good. Ask him. I didn't." Bronze Q: "Do you tell...
By Dan Steinberg | September 6, 2007; 03:29 PM ET | Comments (3)
Chad Johnson Says: Bring Popcorn
This is the first time in my life I ever drove an hour just to listen to a conference call. And, somehow, it wound up being worth it, sort of. "¿Cómo está," 85 said, to start the proceedings, which was also a first for me. Someone immediately asked if...
By Dan Steinberg | September 6, 2007; 02:39 PM ET | Comments (5)
Ravens vs. Redskins
This looks sorta like Redskins Park, vaguely. Greetings from Owings Mills, where the ice cream refrigerator says "Ice Cream is For Media Only," the sodas are free, there are separate bathrooms for men and women, the chairs are plush, the desks are luxurious, the media room is vast, the...
By Dan Steinberg | September 6, 2007; 01:37 PM ET | Comments (13)
Purple: Just For Women
Walk around a tailgate outside a Ravens game, and take note of the female fans. You'll see purple hair and purple wigs, purple boas and purple fringey tops, and of course purple mini-skirts stitched together from purple camouflage bandanas. These most fanatical of female Ravens fans have been treated...
By Dan Steinberg | August 30, 2007; 06:45 PM ET | Comments (9)
Opinions on Michael Vick Vary
There seems to be a surplus of just awesome Michael Vick opinionating in recent days, so I'd like to puncture that bloated pus-filled surplus and post the foul and yellowy drainage here. Tom Knott in today's Wash Times: Mexico, in being black, certainly has curried support among a number of...
By Dan Steinberg | August 14, 2007; 10:22 AM ET | Comments (4)
Our Local Teams' Odds of Winning it All
I gave myself a window of 45 minutes this morning to accomplish a non-NBA diversion. When the 45 minutes were up, I was the proud owner of an ICAST Classics 50th anniversary calendar, a "Keep'n It Reel" ICAST convention bag, 29 print-outs from the Las Vegas Hilton Sports Book, and...
By Dan Steinberg | July 11, 2007; 05:33 PM ET | Comments (5)
Willis McGahee Talks Baltimore Trash
Willis McGahee was joking. He wasn't trying to cause any trouble. But when I asked him whether he felt outnumbered at the Eastern Motors shoot, seeing how there was one Raven and three Redskins, he answered honestly. "They're good guys out there, you know what I mean?" he said. "They're...
By Dan Steinberg | June 12, 2007; 04:16 PM ET | Comments (6)
At Eastern Motors
The Redskins have had their calmest offseason in years. Personnel turnover is so 2006. That is, except at Easterns Automotive Group, where the roster of celebrity athlete mouthing the lyrics to the world's catchiest (if most puzzling) jingle is markedly different this summer. That roster was unveiled during a taping...
By Dan Steinberg | June 11, 2007; 05:49 PM ET | Comments (8)
Brian Billick Channels Grey's Anatomy?
When I interviewed Ravens CB Evan Oglseby about the recent paintball tournament, I was especially inspired by the following quote: It's like the chicken and the pig. The chicken lays an egg, that's all he sacrifices, but the pig lays out his whole life for the bacon. We was all...
By Dan Steinberg | June 7, 2007; 01:26 PM ET | Comments (3)
Paintball Pics
If you missed yesterday's extensive Redskins and Ravens paintball coverage, you can read about it here. I keep waiting for the Baltimore Sun's bloggers to do some follow-up, or at least link to my item, but jeez, they're all private-like. Just to extend the olive linking branch, here's Roch's Sun...
By Dan Steinberg | June 5, 2007; 01:46 PM ET | Comments (2)
Redskins vs. Ravens, in Paintball
These athlete charity eventss are supposed to be laid-back affairs, full of good-natured ribbing and jocular banter and perhaps some casual competition. Now listen to a few NFL players describe their mindset during Saturday's Baltimore vs. D.C. Celebrity Paintball Tournament. "It was every man for himself at times, definitely full...
By Dan Steinberg | June 4, 2007; 06:41 PM ET | Comments (3)
Redskins vs. Ravens, Maybe
In paintball. Maybe. Ravens TE Daniel Wilcox, in addition to being a huge Washington Mystics fan and an enthusiastic blogger, is apparently a big paintball guy. Also, his foundation supports two youth camps, the Paul Robeson Academic International School of Excellence (PRAISE) Academy in Baltimore and the Summer Bridge Leadership...
By Dan Steinberg | May 22, 2007; 11:07 AM ET | Comments (5)
Brian Billick Does Commencement
Camille Powell just reminded me that Brian Billick is giving a commencement address at Johns Hopkins today. You know, just so those kiddies understand that there are people in the world more genius than they. He's actually the speaker at the The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and...
By Dan Steinberg | May 17, 2007; 02:14 PM ET | Comments (4)
Christmas Wishes From the '80s
I know we've all seen this video before, but I felt myself strangely drawn to it last night. So just in case you need an extra jolt of holiday joy, here ya go....
By Dan Steinberg | December 24, 2006; 10:47 AM ET | Comments (2)
Columnist Calls Out Wilbon
I know this Michael Irvin stuff is very old news, but did you actually listen to it? Remarkable. Since some of my co-workers haven't even seen it, and they work in sports, it's worth a quote. Quoth The Big Lead, in a fairly good transcription: At about the 3:42 mark...
By Dan Steinberg | November 28, 2006; 11:39 AM ET | Comments (14)
Mike O'Malley Weighs In on Boswellgate, and Jimmy Johnson Likes Beer
Two pieces of exciting news in the inbox today. First, Mike O'Malley, the TV superstar and ex-host of "Guts," responded to my query attempting to locate Bobby Boswell foil Robin Rexroat. Here's what Mike wrote (in two e-mails). The things you learn as a blogger.... No idea how to track...
By Dan Steinberg | November 15, 2006; 02:49 PM ET | Comments (10)
Redskins vs. Ravens Fans, Part II
In last week's episode, we used YouTube to compare the artistic and musical stylings of the Redskins and Ravens fan bases. The chosen Ravens fan preached and rapped to an audience of action figures, while the musical Redskins fans serenaded little kids concerning urine and the Cowboys. In my belief,...
By Dan Steinberg | November 14, 2006; 10:41 AM ET | Comments (2)
Ravens Fans vs. Redskins Fans
As seen through the eyes of recent musical performances on YouTube. On the one hand, we have a clearly insane Ravens fan preaching about the Ravens to the tune of Amazing Grace, and also spittin' some extremely profane rhymes, in front of a rapt audience of bobbleheads and action figures,...
By Dan Steinberg | November 10, 2006; 11:39 AM ET | Comments (2)
Lights Out
I've never met Shawne Merriman, never seen him in person. But if there's one thing that's been established, long before this whole Nandrolone thing, it's that he's an angry man. A very angry man. Angrier than Denny Green. Angrier even than this soccer player who was bitten by some other...
By Dan Steinberg | October 24, 2006; 04:19 PM ET | Comments (8)
Byron Leftwich and H.D. Woodson
We called Byron Leftwich around 6:30 last night. Well, I didn't call him. H.D. Woodson assistant Wayne Johnson did. "Byron can't come to the phone right now," Leftwich said, "but you know what to do." "B, just wanted to call and say what's up man, give love to you, and...
By Dan Steinberg | September 27, 2006; 01:51 PM ET | Comments (1)
Did T.O. Attempt to Hurt Himself?
Joining the Saints and Chris Simms in the "non-funny NFL news" category, a Dallas news station says the T.O. police report indicates he might have been attempting suicide. The Fort Worth paper has now picked up on the story. You will, perhaps, hear more about this as the day goes...
By Dan Steinberg | September 27, 2006; 09:39 AM ET | Comments (9)
