Drink up! CHFF's all-time beer tour
Things got a little heavy around here last week, with the whole Spygate debacle dominating the headlines. So, like big-band maestros of moodswing, we change the pace of life on Planet Pigskin by asking our own globe-trotting, beer-swilling publisher to list the 10 greatest beer-drinking experiences of his life. His stein truly runneth over.
Dereliction of duty: the Arlen Specter story
Perhaps Sen. Arlen Specter is so determined to dive further into the seedy underworld of pigskin conspiracy because he's the same guy who, while working on the Warren Commission, added the "lone gunmen" and "magic bullet" theories to the nation's politcal lexicon. Regardless, this football foray in a time of great geopolitical crises amounts to nothing less than a dereliction of duty.
Troll Report: the Spygate body count
We were piecing together our own reaction to the Spygate non-story when we got this email from CHFF Troll Dario Beresford, one of our loyal readers from the U.K. He did a lot of the dirty work for us, collecting dog tags off the bloody and battered reputations that litter the battlefield of the football world today.
Who was spying on the Patriots?
"Spygate” resurfaced in full fury with a meeting Tuesday between the Gridiron Godfather Roger Goodell and former Patriots employee Matt Walsh. But one side of the story has generated little attention: the fact that the NFL itself saw someone spying on the Patriots before Super Bowl XXXVI back in 2002.
"Pundits" agree: CHFF lords over all
Own our Chief Troll was honored by the Pro Football Writers of America for the nation's best game story in its 2007 writing awards.
The niftiest pigskin nicknames
With the dreaded gridiron doldrums descending upon us, we enter the realm of pigskin minutiae and trivia with a look at our favorite football nicknames, including a fleet of Crimson Tide legends, Bear Bryant, Broadway Joe and Hog Hannah, along with 17 other all-time great literary additions to football lore.
The CHFF Hall of Awesome
We were giddy to the point of sobriety to introduce the charter class of the Cold, Hard Football Facts Hall of Awesome last year. Soak in its rotund Awesomeness!
The greatest Old School seasons
ESPN.com trumpeted its "Greatest NFL seasons of all time" in January. It was a great idea, except for the fact that they casually dismissed 50 years of actual NFL history in their definition of "all time."
Real men drink mint juleps
Highly trained booze hound Lew Bryson tells you why the mint julep is great liver fodder all summer long. He even has a recipe.
Jerk wings from hell
A tailgate-friendly classic from the new book by the dynamic grilling duo of Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby.
Kool-Aid pickles
A new book by Food Network star Alton Brown includes this recipe for refreshing pickles brined in Kool-Aid that he discovered in Mississippi.
Here's Bill Belichick's interview on CBS Evening News Friday night. One of the interesting nuggets: Belichick says the Patriots fired Matt Walsh for taping an interview with one of his superiors.
Who's the biggest loser among the overpopulated village of losers surrounding Spygate?
Drink up! CHFF's all-time beer tour 
