Tag Archives: Luke Winkie

A fan from a distance

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How to pick your Premiership squad

Intercontinental fandom is a strange thing. The best soccer leagues in the world are an ocean away, and as Americans have become more and more interested in the beautiful game, we start picking our teams for incredibly arbitrary reasons. No geographic or cultural implications, just a sense of “I don’t know, I just decided to go with them.” We’ll never weather a lonely Mancunian winter to catch United make another victory lap, but we can watch it all go down in a Plucker’s. So how about you? Have you always wanted to be a Premiership-head but never had the right team to get behind? No worries. Here’s our guide to the English soccer team that best suits you.

Peyton Manning vs. Everyone

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A pro and con for Peyton Manning’s decision

Now that Peyton is a Bronco, did he make the right choice? Brian and Luke duke it out to determine whether or not Denver was the right fit for Manning. Hilarity ensues.

You could call it a comeback

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Tips on how to salvage the rest of your semester

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t in the same boat as you. Fresh off the good vibes of a new semester you find yourself in a rut. Perhaps a few classes are taking care of themselves, but all of a sudden you’re faced with the proposition of being an excellent student to salvage a few sections from lost-causes into respectable, solid GPAs. Spring Break makes for a good turning point. More or less the halfway point of the semester, it’s a great refueling station for the weeks ahead. Here are some tips to help you make it out alive.

Let’s push things forward

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 A few suggestions for future South by Southwests

Look, we love you, South by Southwest. You’re a truly unique presence in our world. Austin is literally the only city in the country with the navigation-ready smallness and the incredible density of rock clubs to have such a festival. You bring millions of dollars, loads of prestige and Bruce fucking Springsteen. Austin wouldn’t be Austin without SXSW. Still, there are a few things worth improving, a couple pointers to help reduce annoyance, and build a better city.

The other NBA teams

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A breakdown on some of the teams we’re not talking about

If you only knew the NBA by watching ESPN coverage, you might think we were in a five-team league. The Bulls, the Heat, the Thunder, the Lakers and the Clippers. We talk about these squads because, well, honestly they do have the best shot at winning a title, as boring as that sounds. But let’s get away from LeBron James and Kobe Bryant for a minute. Let’s talk about some of the other 26 teams in the league. The spoiler potential, the upsets, the seventh seed knocking out the second seed. Here are some teams that could be very dangerous come playoff time.

The Saints come marching in

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A pro and con on the New Orleans Saints’ actions

Last week it was revealed that the New Orleans Saints defensive unit had been running a bounty program, monetarily rewarding players for certain hits that inflicted pain or injury on the desired target. While football is obviously a tough man’s game, the scalps the Saints collected included the likes of Brett Favre and Kurt Warner, beloved ambassadors and icons of the game who have since retired. While it would be naive to think the Saints were running the only bounty program in all of the NFL, was it still a big deal and what would be a deserving punishment in the grand scheme of things? Brian and Luke bump heads mano-a-mano in this week’s showdown.

Burnt orange alternatives

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Embracing the other sports in UT’s athletic repertoire

Texas football has long been over, and Texas basketball continues to be a massive disappointment after the promises of last year. For most people that means UT’s collegiate sports are a lost cause, and those people are also full of shit. We’ve got plenty of athletes amongst our 50,000 students, most of them who aren’t involved in America’s most popular games. If the season has you feeling blue, take a look at any of these other ventures to rev up that athletic pride in a nontraditional way.

The elite guide to SXSW

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Our navigation plan for all the badge-holders out ther

Yeah, yeah, free shows are awesome, but you’ve got a badge, so why front? Ditch your friends at the house show and enjoy all the free beer you can get. SXSW is your oyster. Here’s a few badge-required, non-free showcases we find particularly exciting.