I think this is still quite fun-loving, if admittedly egotistical. And its a great way to tweak the humorless NFL brass and hopefully score a minor victory against the No Fun League by getting "Ocho Cinco" on his official jersey.
On a side note, its great to have a football-following Atlantic blogger finally - with Yglesias the NBA got all the love.
Here's a piece no one cared about. Meh, whatever, probably the most enjoyable article I did during my stint at TIME. Premiered a month before I got laid-off. The nail in the coffin? Ya think?
Here's me going after Al. I didn't so much have a problem with him, as I had a problem with media acting like this dude was the go-to guy for everything black.
This was my first real story at time. I was writing for the Business section, a real change of direction for me. At any rate, it's about Wal-Mart's attempts to colonize the inner-city. As much as I enjoyed this piece, I mostly enjoyed going out to Chicago, which is a beautiful, beautiful city.
This a piece I did about the cops just outside our nation capitol, in Prince George's County, a few years back. I wanted to offer a counter to the dumb, conventional wisdom that if you paint your police force black, you could eradicate police brutality. In fact, Prince George's--one of the richest, blackest counties in the country--also had one of the most brutal police force's in the country.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
Eh, Chad Johnson - er, Chad Ocho Cinco - can't absolutely man-handle defensive backs like T.O. can.
T.O. was offensive to some. I don't think Chad Johnson ever has been; he's always come off as very fun-loving. T.O. is a bit of a dick.
And no Chad Johnson post is complete without this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgNREzBAnY4
Hey pity my 49ers they wasted a number one pick. Compared to that Ocho-Cinco isn't so bad.
1400 yards, 8 TDs and 1 mad commissioner last year. Hopefully all those numbers will go up this season.
I think this is still quite fun-loving, if admittedly egotistical. And its a great way to tweak the humorless NFL brass and hopefully score a minor victory against the No Fun League by getting "Ocho Cinco" on his official jersey.
On a side note, its great to have a football-following Atlantic blogger finally - with Yglesias the NBA got all the love.
There's still Randy Moss, even if he is currently employed by the SS....
And I say this as a Patriots fan!
Ocho Cinco is just fun. He was also great to have in older versions of Madden because you only had to pay him like $1.5 million a year.
taking a page out of World B. Free's book.
I like Chad. Especially compared to the rest of felons that make up the Bungles.
Heh. I like Mr. Ocho Cinco. I don't want my Broncos to ever even think about picking him up, but I like him. Over there. In Cincy.