1. To heck with urban legends: Contrary to popular belief, the cut-off hoodie is not the only piece of upper body outerwear Bill Belichick wears.
2. If you want substance behind a player’s guarantee that his team will win, don’t expect the Steelers’ Anthony Smith—spotted wearing egg on his trash-talking visage today—to be your guy.

3. The yellow flag-tossing trend didn’t catch on. That $25,000 fine the league assessed Bart Scott for his antics on December 3 apparently weren’t much of an incentive.
4. Watching Borat the night before the game may ingrain the phrase “like sleeve of wizard” in one’s head; surprisingly, its descriptive use for anything “loose” or “hanging” …read more

For NFL fans across the US and A (yes, we watched Borat again last night), all eyes or Tivos will be on the Patriots-Steelers game today at 4:15pm.
This eagerly anticipated head-to-head comes on the heels of two nailbiter wins (so close that The Bee made fun of yours truly for leaving the room 7 times in the final 3 minutes). Can the Pats hang onto their squeaky clean, 12-0 record, even though Steelers DB Anthony Smith guarantees otherwise?
Pats Coach Bill Belichick must be feeling the pressure these days. The Hooded One can’t help but wonder if QB Tom Brady’s good-natured disposition and overall pleasant disposition is to …read more

Which team is more likely to have a player so cocky that he can “guarantee” a win in the next game: the 12-0 Patriots or the 9-3 Steelers?
Anyone exposed to a Pats press con knows that they’re about as salacious as a bespectacled, turtleneck-wearing schoolmarm who considers the fashion sense on Little House on the Prairie ”too edgy.”
So . . . that would leave us someone from the Steelers. That someone is defensive back Anthony Smith, whose Humility Ranking is wedged somewhere between Bode Miller and the Williams sisters. Here’s what he had to say about the upcoming Pats-Steelers matchup:
“People keep asking …read more