Been a little behind on the blog in the past week with a busy time at the office as well as a couple of projects that I am currently working. But time to get the Tractor in gear and take a look at a busy sporting weekend. Not a bad past few days on the sporting front. Plenty of action on both sides of the pond, unless you happened to be watching the Premier League games on Fox Soccer Channel stateside, but that aside the rewind this week will try to touch most of the highlights. Click to continue reading...

i was reminded of the Yogi Berra quote in this blog post's title yesterday when i went to a Sports Authority store in Wisconsin looking for a New York Jets Brett Favre jersey.

Being a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan, it took a monumental management mess up (in my mind) to get me to do this. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you get a little too friendly with a park bench... End of the Mad Jens Mannschaft era (Germany WCB) Anthony Annan - Blackburn's Makelele? (101 Great Goals) Arsenal and Ajax serve up a five goal thriller (Calcio Plus) Petition to name a stand after Sir Bobby Robson (Newcastle United FC Blog) Wanted: Premiership Striker (Hull Offside) Brett [. Click to continue reading...

About $12 million to leave!

Brett Favre gets offered millions to stay retired and this guy -- who's been a shell of his former self -- gets millions to go away!

How does this happen?

If only being rewarded for failing worked in my line of business also. Click to continue reading...

Yes, Brett Favre is going to compete for his old job ... and in this excellent commentary by Tom Curran, I find a good summary of the whole danged episode. I was too tired of Brett's familiar ambivalence to pay a lot attention to the furor. Now I am caught up ... [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Back with the Pack . Click to continue reading...

We can finally count on a bit more space in US newspapers to cover MLS and Olympic soccer now that the mystery of American football star Brett Favre's future has been solved. Instead of playing for the Green Bay Packers (or some other team), it seems he has been disguised as Americana singer Shawn Mullins. Click to continue reading...