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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012This was probably ill-advised, but it happened, so whatever. Here, via the magic of Storify, is last night’s Dan Steinberg-fueled shenanigans starring yours truly, 106.7 the Fan’s Chad Dukes and assorted ringside spectators.
Update: We couldn’t get the Storify embed working right on our site, so visit Mr. Irrelevant on Tumblr to go down the douche [...]
Redskins-Cowboys Open Thread
Monday, September 26th, 2011That’s our brother Beef following the Skins’ win over the Giants in Week 1. Here’s to him striking the same pose later tonight, except more Dallas-y.
Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. ET
Line: Redskins +3.5
Prediction: Redskins by 3
Sorry Ladies of the Internet, Chris Mottram Is Off the Market
Monday, August 1st, 2011In case you’re wondering where we’ve been since last Wednesday, here’s a pic of Chris getting married at New River Gorge in wild and wonderful West Virginia (pic via @chrislittman):
Yeah, it was pretty fantastic. Leave a congratulatory comment if you like, and many thanks to JP Finlay for covering the Redskins beat in our absence. [...]
Programming Note: Back From the Beach
Monday, June 13th, 2011We haven’t posted anything since Wednesday because I was at Chris’ bachelor party doing bachelor party things. Those things did not include sports, unless you consider beersbee or limo wrestling to be sports. But we’re back now, more or less intact.
Give me a day or two to find my blog legs, and enjoy the above [...]
Scott Van Pelt Is Aware of Our Existence
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Finally, my brother’s bizarre obsession with the weather nets him something other than mockery from loved ones — a shoutout from Scott Van Pelt:
Mottrams should kill SB Nation or Mottram bros kill it? I’ll go with the latter.
That was quite nice of SVP, and it was in response to Chris retweeting something Van Pelt had [...]
Redskins-Colts Open Thread
Sunday, October 17th, 2010This is a matchup of 3-2 teams, although one (Indy) is +35 in points while the other (Washington) is -3. Take the two teams’ divergent recent histories into account, and you can see why the Skins are a 3.5-point underdog at home this evening. Also, Peyton Manning.
As we’ve done the past few weeks, this is [...]
Mr. Irrelevant Milestones: 2,000 Posts, Etc.
Monday, June 14th, 2010Chris and I joined forces and moved Mr. I to WordPress almost three years ago, all the way back when Flight of the Conchords was topical.
Since then he was hired by Sporting News, and then SB Nation. I left AOL for Yahoo!. He relocated to Charlotte, and I to Wilmington. He bought a house. I [...]
Off-Topic: WaPo Critic Slams Vienna Inn
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010We’ve probably eaten at the Vienna Inn more than any other restaurant in our lives, and WaPo food critic Tom Sietsema just gave it a half-star review.
His beef with the Northern Virginia institution famous for chili, beer and good company? “Rushed service” … “no one asks how we want ‘the hamburger’ cooked” … “the home [...]
Cooleys vs. Mottrams Throw-Off Part II, in Which the Outcome is Determined
Monday, August 10th, 2009As promised last Thursday, here is our half of the throw-off against the Cooleys. (Watch their half here, or after the jump.) The video evidence provides a clear winner to the competition. Spoiler alert: It’s the Mottrams.
Two quick footnotes to the throw-off: 1) We attempted to record an accuracy portion, but Jamie’s camera had no [...]
Cooleys vs. Mottrams Throw-Off, Part I
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Nearly two months ago, Jamie posted video of Chris Cooley tossing a football to little tikes, after which he declared “Cooley throws like a girl.” Based on that video, this seemed like a factual statement.
This then prompted the Brothers Cooley to challenge the Brothers Mottram to a good ol’ fashion throw-off. (Or maybe we challenged [...]