“No man is an island, entire of itself; never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” — Ernest Hemingway John Donne (see clarification from John the English major in the comments below)

Was Donne referring to cowbells, as in Mississippi State’s noise maker of choice? There may be more pressing issues of the [...]

What’s that? You wish your OutLoudBlogs.com blog was mobile friendly? OK, presto it’s done! Don’t believe me?  Well mosey on over to your blog from any mobile device and check it out. For reals? Yes, for reals. You may notice the menu button is somewhat obscured and the real estate at the top is all bunched together from the [...]

It’s a big week for Cal quarterback Brock Mansion.  Not only will Mansion make his first start of his college career on Saturday against Washington State, but he also must to live up to the hype of being ranked No. 8 on TheSportsFag’s 2010 Top 25 Hotties of College Football. The Bears starting quarterback, Kevin Riley, [...]

It’s something I’ve been thinking about before the football season started: How do I justify my sports loyalties when they conflict with my personal values?  So this morning when I got this tweet from a fellow Auburn fan and follower I decided it was time to write it out. Where do our sports loyalties lie, why [...]

Streams of unconsciousness while considering the greatness of Airplane; perhaps the best comedy of all time? Ditka being Ditka… With so many athletes/coaches turned analyst on NFL coverage most pre and post-game coverage is filled with lame-ass comments from reticent former teammates who are more concerned about their perception in the locker room than expressing their true feelings. [...]

Jerry Jones finally pulls the plug on dead coach coaching Wade Phillips.  TheSportsFag has learned — from TV — that Phillips is out and much maligned offensive coordinator Jason Garrett will assume the head coaching duties for the remainder of 2010. It appears the Cowboys want to control the message because shortly after their 45-7 ass [...]

Dear readers, passerbys, friends and fellow bloggers. I’m not one to talk about family to the vast blogosphere except about myself however because of what will occuring over the next few days I think it is required for those who stop by and will wonder “hey what the heck is up ?”. This week my elderly [...]

“Death threats, and the now worldwide controversy surrounding your election of me as bishop, have been a constant strain, not just on me, but on my beloved husband, Mark” and on Episcopalians in the state, he said. From the New York Times article about Bishop Gene Robinson and the announcement of his pending stepping down and retirement as [...]

When I first read about this the other night after getting in from work and getting my email subscription to Mediaite I couldn’t believe this nonsense about Keith Olbermann being “suspended” from MSNBC over making political donations. Because it is unlikely my commentary here will be presented in other mainstream websites to wit I say what [...]

Going into Saturday, the conventional wisdom was that if Alabama won out they would be defending their national championship a few days after we all recover from our New Years Eve’s hangovers. Toss that script out! LSU came up large against Alabama; using fourth-down trickery and big pass plays in their 24-21 win over No. 6 [...]