I finally got cable installed in my basement office, just in time to watch the Bengals collapse in the first round of the playoffs for the third consecutive year. 27-10, Chargers win. It was a pleasure to watch this happen in the comfort of my home, and that's the main thing I have to say about it. Play of the game: Phil Simms ascribing the Bengals'...

You didn't think his day of ass-kicking in Seattle could get any better, but then you saw this picture of Marshawn Lynch on Saturday morning before the Saints game. As UW hoops writer Marshall Cherrington tweeted Saturday: "Marshawn Lynch this morning at Top Pot Donuts. I guess you could say #PissedOffForGreatness?" Yes. This is why the Internet's...

[THE PEACH BOWL — 1912] MIKE SLIVE, SEC COMMISSIONER: You lost today, kid. But that doesn't mean you have to like it. [SLIVE places a visor on a young LANE KIFFIN's head at a rakish angle, the hat brim blocking the boy's face.] [CLOSE ON THE TOP OF THE FEDORA HAT. The hat brim fills the screen. As the brim tilts up, WE SEE … the face of FULL-GROWN...

Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal guess the lines for Week 20 before discussing the Golden Globes, and then Bill's buddy Gus joins to talk about the Denver Broncos. Listen to the podcast here. Subscribe to the B.S. Report on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.

There was no line for the men's room, but the one for the ladies' snaked way around the TD Garden corridor. It looked more like intermission at a Broadway musical than a Bruins game. The 2014 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, though, contained elements of both: the costumes and the color commentary, the choreography and the competition. There were...

Each Monday, we’ll wrap up three of the biggest stories from the weekend and how they’ll play into the coming week. Jets Get New Pilot We didn’t have to wait long for the first firing of 2014, as the Jets announced Sunday that coach Claude Noel had been relieved of his duties and replaced by Paul Maurice. It wasn’t especially hard to see this move...