A Farewell to my Readers

April 24, 2009

Dear Faithful Readers of There’s Always Next Year,

I regret to inform you that I will be taking a leave of absence from the blog in order to pursue a life long dream of playing quarterback for the Carolina Panthers.  After reading this story yesterday about how well the franchise takes care of its under-performing, marginally skilled quarterbacks, I figure that I cannot possibly do worse in the NFL than throwing 5 interceptions and losing a fumble in my team’s blowout playoff loss to the Cardinals.  I have a strong suspicion that my mediocre skill set will be right at home in their backfield and I hope you all will wish me luck.  Thanks for reading.

Marion

P.S.  Please post any thoughts on how I should spend my $20 million signing bonus in the comments.  You might just be able to cut yourself in on my new found stardom.

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The Craziest Offseason Ever?

April 12, 2009

While the nation’s sports fans have passed their time this spring by watching North Carolina collect another NCAA tournament title, suffering through a seemingly endless Spring Training thanks to the recently created World Baseball Classic that has clearly captured the imagination of a nation, and starting to actually pay attention to NBA and NHL standings, the NFL may have provided the most drama of all without playing one game.  We’ve seen one of the best of all time retire, Pro-Bowlers cut one after another or traded, and the Redskins hand out a record contract to another team’s aging star (on second thought, this might not be so groundbreaking).  All this and we haven’t even mentioned Michael Vick!  So, in order to be fair to past off-seasons and their notoriously fragile egos, I will run down my top five shocking off-season moves in history.

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