The future's uncertain and the end is always near

As the clock ticks closer to six thirty in the morning, and the garbage truck makes it's racket coming up the street, the drunken mind fights for life and this panda has only one thing on his mind. A sip of an old mixed drink of mine, (mostly cheap sake and a bit of cheap beer, I call it a sixteen sixty sake). In fairness, a stressed out sports fan needs a bit of juice to continue through the love and pain that life and sports can bring. At this moment it is uncertainty, the uncertainty of politics that always seem to seasonally correspond to the uncertainty of sports, and this particular sport would be Ducks muthafucking football, or as Vice sports would report it Division 1 College Football, well first off Vice sports can go fuck themselves, I never thought reporters could get worse but congrats to Vice they found a fucking way. This is important so I will not dilly dally on the lack of good journalism in an age where it should be twice as easy to create, I will delve into the lack of media coverage two of the most important parts of this fall season are getting. It is mind blowing that neither the Ducks, a team that was so close to the title it hurt an entire nation to see Urban Meyer lift a trophy instead of Mark Helfrich, or a great politician such as Bernie Sanders, a man who has always spoke of equality between humans in general, fixing the tax irregularities that billion dollar corporations abuse, and refinancing how America spends it's tax dollars, I don't know maybe spending a bit more on health care, perhaps education, oh and how about a little less on military action, or as the rest of the world calls it War! So what, I'm a recovering political junkie, drinking my worries away in the city of lights, the place where most American greats had to experience at sometime, some of them even died here, it doesn't mean I won't revel in the possibility of Oregon going to the playoffs for the second year in a row, though this season for the Ducks is as uncharted as the possibility of a sane human, being elected to the most powerful position in the world, the beauty of this is that the Ducks have an excellent coach with a good track record, and everyone thinks it will be impossible for them to get to the promise land without Mariota at the helm. For Bernie camp, no one trusts a man of his "mad" principles to run this country, yet any asshole who wants to throw it to the wolves is easily elected, though why let that stop you, it is a fact that if you run hard and fast you can be the one to win the race, also the rest look like feed for the slaughter though maybe I touched the LSD one too many times and have a different take on life. Though the facts are in the Ducks will have a bit of a learning curve to deal with, yet I believe they can overcome it, to be fair the Coaches Poll has them ranked fifth, and the AP has them at seventh, so I believe the American world agrees with this panda for once, though we shall see, for me it's back to my sixteen sixty sake, as always go Ducks, and on that note Panda out!!!

What is the true impact of deflategate?

I get it, I truly do, everyone hates cheaters, though is the chess match we call football, just a big game of who can get away with whatever they can? This panda understands, better than most, the bitter taste of loss, and the pain of failure when you are so close to the desired goal, yet we would have to consider ourselves childish if we would agree with the NFL on this overly dramatic dance that they have us intertwined within. This is utter bullshit, Rodger Goodell is blaming a team, (if they are actually guilty) for things he should have under control in the league he is commissioner of, if I did this at my job I would be fired or at least docked pay. Last time I checked the Ref is the last guy to hold the ball before the snapper gets his hands on it, is it not too much to ask to make sure it's a ball that can actually be used? Penalize the Ref not the QB or the team, it is the biggest abuse of power, and it's counterintuitive if you want this successful sport to grow. I know I have never been a fan of Goodell but this is crossing a line I just cannot understand, I am starting to be convinced he wants to kill the NFL before he retires. I look up at the starlight and realize this so called man has no soul, he is simply a cancer eating it's way through a sport I love and crave to watch to maintain my sanity, this evil cunt must be stopped before he destroys one of the greatest sports the world has ever known. This panda certainly hopes Tom Brady wins in court against this asshole, for it will be a small step towards ridding the NFL of this horrible parasite, we must stay strong and not allow this waste of oxygen to steal our sport from us. I urge you all to support Tom Brady in his fight against the dark side, well unless you are a Seahawks fan, then please read my post from the fifth of february and then go fuck yourself. We all have to fight for our NFL, it is time to rise to protect what is ours, and on the note Panda out!!!

After trouble with a writer's block like illness, the Sports Panda returns triumphantly to the typewriter!

We all as living beings struggle with addiction, obsession, and illness, though we sometimes can control these, many times it is better for the creative process to let it engulf you so you can fight your way back to have that first breath of fresh air. This particular Panda may get overly emotionally attached to the teams he writes about, and from time to time the page will dry of all its ink as his tears have stolen the liquid necessary to type the words, perhaps it isn't the best of traits for one that writes about sports, or it could be exactly what the stale world of sports writing needs. If you can feel the emotion in the words you read from the page, it would seem you would be more interested in the words that leap from the page to give you a sense of being truly involved in the game, it certainly doesn't matter the sport as long as the writer has a love that can bleed through his writing. To explain there came a time I couldn't write about a quite disappointing result in the NBA Finals, I attempted to distract with the MLB but the Giants weren't helping me much there, and as time continued to pass it became more and more difficult to dust the cobwebs off this Panda's writing paws. Now we have reached my favorite time of year in sports, I can write about the MLB push for the postseason, the beginning of the NFL, and last but not least the start of the NCAAF season, if I didn't hate the Buckeyes already, after last season now I really hate them and I don't care how many quarterbacks they have, they are overrated and that magic from last season has dwindled. Anyways, the Sports Panda has returned, come here for your obviously biased sports news with a sprinkle of facts, from time to time reading this blog may require a chaser, I know I usually need one when I write it, but I guarantee you will not be bored when you read from the pages of the Sports Panda, so let's get ready for another great football season. Oh, and for those of you that didn't read this last year or have forgotten I am originally from Oregon, GO DUCKS!!!!!