Happy 2009 and welcome back to The Dirty Burrito! You’re probably reading this from your work desk and thrilled about it, so welcome back to work as well. You may be wondering, “What great song has The Dirty Burrito chosen to kick off 2009?” Well, I’ve decided to discontinue Music Monday. Th...

Every now and again, I head into the online archives of The New York Times and dig up the first time the paper covered various topics. Here are 16 first mentions worth mentioning (again), from Princess Di to Archie Bunker, U2 to YouTube. If you’ve got a topic you’d like to see here, leav...

The ladies golf world is reportedly "aghast" at the revelation that the new world champion of a long drive contest is a transgender woman. TV golf-watchers in the US sat aghast over Christmas when it was revealed that the winner of the RE/MAX world long driving championship for women - shown on the ...

We'll try to keep it positive here as we send out 2008, one of the best, most well-rounded sports years that I can remember. In a world where we don't like many people, I've devised a simple question, the results of which will create a segment of people that I have a 75% chance of liking (up from ar...

I have written on several occasions about how to define sport and what qualifies as sport, a common game among “sports-and-____” academics. A frequent response to these posts has been “so what, what difference does it make?” And, in truth, it is largely an academic exercise and a fun way to ...

Consider this a live blog, except that it isn’t live. Perhaps at some point I’ll try that, but not today. And since it’s so long, I hope someone reads all the way to the end and enjoys it just a little. Starting the day, the Eagles need a loss by Tampa Bay and a loss by either Minnesot...

January 1st: Capital One Bowl -- Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and the heavily favored Florida Gators were upended 41-35 by a Michigan Wolverine squad highly motivated in coach Lloyd Carr's final game on the sidelines. Chad Henne and Mike Hart both had big games for the Maize and Gold who forced f...

It is fitting that the great Dock Ellis died on a Friday, which is the worst day to die. Nobody pays attention to news on Saturdays. It makes sense, though: No one was ever quite had a monumental achievement in sports ignored so thoroughly as Dock Ellis. You really can't overstate what he did. You c...

Lana Lawless is the current Women’s Long Drive Golf Champ, a sport driven by power, muscle and speed. How she got to where she is today is not your usual golf champ story - Lana used to be a man. Read more about her below, see a photo and a video. Lana is a 55 year old bartender from Palm Spri...

Down goes… Die beiden Free-TV-Sender Nuts TV und Sports Xchange haben das Zeitliche gesegnet. Eine Schrifttafel auf Sports Xchange verabschiedet Sender & Zuschauer. Goodbye Goodnight and God bless From everyone at the sportsxchange RIP July-Dec 08 Sportsxchange RIP – Crunch Credited Dit...