Apr 20, 2012

For Full Article - The Salt Lake Tribune: A couple of years ago, Les Brown had dropped out of Westminster College and was grunting away in accounting at a private equity firm in West Palm Beach, Fla., paying bills, doing invoices, checking employee expense reports, drifting in and out of various stages of sleepy lethargy. A couple of days ago, he signed a deal...

Apr 6, 2012

University of Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino was placed on paid administrative leave after athletic director Jeff Long learned Petrino had failed to disclose he had been riding with a female employee half his age when his motorcycle skidded off the road over the weekend. Look at that sad sour-puss face.  How’s your neck little buddy?  Got a...

Jan 24, 2012

On Monday, January 23rd 2012, New York Giants Punter Steve Weatherford called me a “jealous bum” on twitter. These are the events surrounding that incident. I never heard of Steve Weatherford before September 25th, 2011. That was the day the newly signed New York Giants punter tweeted this friendly message with an accompanying picture of a...

Jan 22, 2012

Baltimore Ravens Quarterback Joe Flacco told this story on Wednesday on NFL Network’s Total Access: “I’d never been on a skateboard in my life, so I was literally riding it about 10 feet down my driveway just to see if I could stand on it and stay upright. One of my neighbors must have called in looking for [general manager] Ozzie Newsome and...

Jan 22, 2012

It was a tumultuous final twelve hours of the life of former Penn State coach Joe Paterno. Reports of his death started circulating late Saturday night that were ultimately proven false until finally becoming a reality late Sunday morning. I’ll be honest, I don’t know how I feel about his death. My condolences go to his wife, children, grandchildren, and...

Jan 18, 2012

On Wednesday, January 18th 2012, RideThePine.com and its sister sites went dark to raise awareness and protest the SOPA and PIPA acts that are coming up for vote in the House and Senate, respectively.  We are always so appreciative of the time you spend on our site and hope that you were able to use some of that time to get a full understanding of SOPA and...