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Brett Favre Cult Culture: The Decline of America

The saddest sight at the Lambeau Field Favre-apalooza was the slightly chubby chick and her balding male counterpart holding up a sign proclaiming their undying love for Brett Favre...

Written by Janean Marti about 27 days ago 279 reads 5 comments
The Dilemma of First Round Money: A. J. Hawk and The Green Bay Packers

First, he has a name fans love: HAWK, HAWK, HAWK. He played on a college team always in the mix and in the running. But Green Bay Packer linebacker A. J. Hawk just does not have the sideline to sideline speed and instincts demanded of a top linebacker...

Written by Janean Marti about 3 months ago 1,594 reads 15 comments
Brett Favre Makes It Official: Sports are Only a Business

Looking for a hero for your kids? How about yourself? Looking for a great charitable cause? United Way, Goodwill, your local food pantry, your local school district...

Written by Janean Marti about 3 months ago 462 reads 10 comments
Brett Favre and Minnesota Vikings: A Pass From the NFL To the Taxpayers

What's the Internet for but great conspiracy theories? Like whether the NFL got involved in negotiations for Brett Favre to become the new Vikings quarterback so taxpayers jump on the bandwagon ...

Written by Janean Marti about 3 months ago 315 reads 0 comments
Gambling and the NFL: Permission Granted! Welcome Back, Mike Vick

The NFL purports to be adamantly opposed to gambling, even going so far as to try to stop U.S. states, like Delaware, from allowing betting on single NFL games...

Written by Janean Marti about 3 months ago 225 reads 6 comments
Can All NCAA Athletes Have Sex Ala Louisville Coach Rick Pitino?

If an athlete in any NCAA-regulated program has sex in a McDonald's restaurant bathroom and is caught in the act, would he/she be subject to an NCAA penalty? Well, there are laws about public indecency, indecent exposure, etc...

Written by Janean Marti about 3 months ago 467 reads 0 comments
Steve McNair Is Dead: Lower Your Voice an Octave

We all know the routine by now: Prominent athlete dies, ESPN anchors must lower voices, somber music plays with a photo of now deceased athlete with birth and death year dates...

Written by Janean Marti about 4 months ago 427 reads 0 comments
Imagine There's a Hero: Jim Brown, Tiger Woods, and the Challenge

The first time I heard John Lennon's song "Imagine," I scoffed, spit, and pronounced it "Ono Pap." Just a dream like one of those things we had for Martin and Bobby, both dead, just frankly, irreversibly dead...

Written by Janean Marti about 5 months ago 244 reads 2 comments
Brett Favre and Chad Ochocinco: Bad As Mike Vick?

So when did indecision about retirement or legally changing your name become equated with manslaughter charges, felony convictions and prison terms? Today...

Written by Janean Marti about 5 months ago 300 reads 3 comments
The King is Dead, Long Live the King

When the Eastern Sports Programming Network twitters a Brett Favre fart, who can blame them? Though they might want to check their spelling - a bonafide superstar’s fart is spelled Phooowmmm, ...

Written by Janean Marti about 6 months ago 57 reads 0 comments
Manny: This Bud's For You

How is it that Major League Baseball players can't find medical doctors who know what constitutes a banned substance? Look, I realize people like me who are restricted to certain insurance approved ...

Written by Janean Marti about 6 months ago 28 reads 0 comments
Coach K. Addresses "Coach" Obama's Bracket; Duke Not In His Final Four

Let us now gag famous men. Please! We have a man who makes $1.5 million to teach young men in shorts and tennis shoes to put a round bladder into a hole calling out another man who happens to have been elected as president of the United States...

Written by Janean Marti about 8 months ago 177 reads 0 comments
A-Rod Owes Us More Steroids

As a $28 million a year salary man in 2009, A-Rod owes us more steroid use, not less. Gulping, ingesting and injecting steroids to enhance performance after being paid millions of dollars to play a game should be applauded...

Written by Janean Marti about 9 months ago 76 reads 1 comments
Voters Drive BCS, Not Networks

Aw, c'mon: I know some of you are wearing thongs wedgied too tight, but blaming the BCS fiasco on ESPN is like finding a FOX who knew and was having at it with a hen in the hen house...

Written by Janean Marti about 11 months ago 23 reads 0 comments
Why We Loved Him: A Fan On Brett Favre

Sports are so precious because they are truly meaningless.Your son won’t die today because of a sports score; your daughter won’t get uglier; there will still be whatever chips and dips you bought to stuff your mouth...

Written by Janean Marti about 11 months ago 149 reads 3 comments
Can It Get Any Worse for Green Bay Packer Fans?

True Packer fans were rooting for the Pack to lose to the 0-15 Lions and for Brett Favre to oil up his old, tired, cranky arm and actually reverse his late season interception rate. True Packer fans want GM Ted Thompson fired...

Written by Janean Marti about 11 months ago 222 reads 7 comments
Pity The Cash Cow: Brett Favre, Dr. Z, and Moo Pooh

Pity Brett Favre. Someone, somewhere dubbed him a cash cow, told him he can be all things to all kinds of folks, including people looking to make some cash. Consider Sports Illustrated reporter Paul Zimmerman, whose column goes by the moniker Dr...

Written by Janean Marti about about 1 year ago 144 reads 0 comments
Evaluating NFL GMs: Players Drafted Who Start Is Not Necessarily Competence

Just a quick note to all the professional "analysts" who evaluate NFL general manager competency and score the GM higher if a player the GM drafted starts. If the GM has compiled a really crappy team, lots of players the GM drafted will start...

Written by Janean Marti about about 1 year ago 271 reads 0 comments
Why The Vikings Will Win The NFC North: A Packer Fan's Regret

In the end, it isn't the end but the middle. The Minnesota Vikings have the best defensive line in the NFL. You might try to debate it but, in the end, you have to come to the conclusion the "Braids" have the front four to wreak havoc...

Written by Janean Marti about about 1 year ago 516 reads 10 comments
CC Sabathia's Arm Pounded in Game against Brewers: Will He Have Anything Left?

Yes, we all know the small market Milwaukee Brewers won't be able to afford to re-sign their pitching aces CC Sabathia and Ben Sheets, so some say they should force and wrench every pitch they can get out of the two guys...

Written by Janean Marti about about 1 year ago 448 reads 5 comments
Packer Fans Booing Rodgers; Mothers Allowing Their Sons To Run Amok

Booing Aaron Rodgers at practice camp is akin to beating up your local convenience store clerk because you're paying a ton of money for gasoline...

Written by Janean Marti about about 1 year ago 193 reads 1 comments
Brett Favre: Shell-Shocked, Tired and Not Committed

Brett Favre gave New York Jets fans his tired, sad, uncommitted press conference today. Lifting up a Jets jersey way too small, Favre appeared on the verge of tears. The press conference was Favre's personal river to cross...

Written by Janean Marti about about 1 year ago 94 reads 0 comments
If Ordinary Packer Fans Could Interview Ted Thompson: The Questions

If an ordinary Packer fan could ask questions of Packer General Manager Ted Thompson:1. In the words of Vince Lombardi “What the hell is going on out there?” What the hell are you ...

Written by Janean Marti about about 1 year ago 186 reads 0 comments
If Ordinary Packer Fans Could Interview Brett Favre: The Questions

If ordinary Packer fans were asking the questions of Brett Favre:1. You have repeatedly accused Packer management of lies and untruths...

Written by Janean Marti about about 1 year ago 116 reads 0 comments
To BF: BFF. (Insert Heart Symbol Here.) National Media Enables Favre.

To BF: BFF.That’s likely the text message several high-profile national sports reporters have sent to Brett Favre...

Written by Janean Marti about about 1 year ago 507 reads 0 comments

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Janean Marti Article Archive

Brett Favre Cult Culture: The Decline of America

The Dilemma of First Round Money: A. J. Hawk and The Green Bay Packers

Brett Favre Makes It Official: Sports are Only a Business

Brett Favre and Minnesota Vikings: A Pass From the NFL To the Taxpayers

Gambling and the NFL: Permission Granted! Welcome Back, Mike Vick

Can All NCAA Athletes Have Sex Ala Louisville Coach Rick Pitino?

Steve McNair Is Dead: Lower Your Voice an Octave

Imagine There's a Hero: Jim Brown, Tiger Woods, and the Challenge

Brett Favre and Chad Ochocinco: Bad As Mike Vick?

The King is Dead, Long Live the King

Manny: This Bud's For You

Coach K. Addresses "Coach" Obama's Bracket; Duke Not In His Final Four

A-Rod Owes Us More Steroids

Voters Drive BCS, Not Networks

Why We Loved Him: A Fan On Brett Favre

Can It Get Any Worse for Green Bay Packer Fans?

Pity The Cash Cow: Brett Favre, Dr. Z, and Moo Pooh

Evaluating NFL GMs: Players Drafted Who Start Is Not Necessarily Competence

Why The Vikings Will Win The NFC North: A Packer Fan's Regret

CC Sabathia's Arm Pounded in Game against Brewers: Will He Have Anything Left?

Packer Fans Booing Rodgers; Mothers Allowing Their Sons To Run Amok

Brett Favre: Shell-Shocked, Tired and Not Committed

If Ordinary Packer Fans Could Interview Ted Thompson: The Questions

If Ordinary Packer Fans Could Interview Brett Favre: The Questions

To BF: BFF. (Insert Heart Symbol Here.) National Media Enables Favre.

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