By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Mon Sep 24, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Pigskin
The big news of the day is that the Jets’ star CB Darrelle Revis is out for the season with a torn ACL. It’s a tough break after the Jets barely eeked out a win over the poorly Dolphins. [ESPN]
An interesting tidbit is that Week 3 marked the first time ever that Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Ben Roethlisberger all lost in the same week. [Twitter]
More replacement ref wackiness this week as the referee leading the team that worked the 49ers-Vikings game admitted that he didn’t know the rules relating to coach’s challenges. His admission came after scrutiny when he awarded 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh two challenges after he had used all of his timeouts. [PFT]
Raven’s LB Brendon Ayanbadejo was less than subtle regarding the replacement refs on Twitter after the Ravens beat the Patriots Sunday night. [Twitter]
Peter King adds a little legitimacy to Ayanbadejo’s argument and offers his assessment of the referee situation. [SI]
If anyone had any questions regarding the importance of a head coach in the NFL or regarding the potency of of the NFL’s penalties against the Saints they should refer to this fact: “Not only are the Saints 0-3, but the teams that have beat them are 0-6 against everyone else.” [Twitter]
Finally here is your RP Bowl update after two weeks.
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Thu Sep 20, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET  The Politics of Tech Google Fiber is doing its best to embarrass the cable industry into offering better Internet service. I, for one, hope it works. The US is ranked 28th in the world in terms of broadband speeds. [Time]
Canada is not doing any better than the US – their broadband Internet has been graded as “Third World” by Netflix. [gigaom]
AT&T has come under fire from FCC for Facetime restrictions. AT&T stand by the belief that net-neutrality rules don’t apply to Facetime. [The Verge]
Here’s a funny video where Jimmy Kimmel goes on the street to ask people to compare an iPhone 4S under the guise of the new iPhone 5 to the person’s own iPhone 4S. [YouTube]
Could a Warp Drive be on the horizon? It appears to be more of a possibility than once thought. [Yahoo!]
The RIAA’s living nightmare: music pirating is increasing and it’s driving sales. [RealWriteWeb
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Tue Sep 18, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Laughter
Just some fun mind-blowing stuff from Buzzfeed. How long did it take for one of those to surprise you? [Buzzfeed]
Dog Paradox [The Oatmeal]
Street bar [picture]
The elderly on graffiti, in Australia. [picture]
So unfortunate. [picture]
How to Change the World [comic]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Mon Sep 17, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Pigskin
Two weeks into the season and there is some good drama courtesy of head coaches. This week Tom Coughlin took offense the the Bucs’ actions at the end of the game as the Giants were kneeling down. As he executed the Victory formation Eli Manning was knocked down by the Bucs defense and Coughlin let Bucs coach Greg Schiano know how he felt about it. [ESPN]
“CJ. Spiller is first player to average at least 10 yards per carry through first two games (minimum 25 attempts) since Jim Brown in 1963.” -Adam Schefter. That’s a pretty amazing statistic. [Twitter]
Joe Flacco is not pleased with the performance of the replacement refs. [PFT]
Peter King gives his opinion on the replacement refs and the status of the negotiations between the normal crews and the league as well as the other big stories from Week 2. [SI]
The Cardinals picked up a big win this week by beating the Patriots away from Arizona. [Yahoo]
Here is are the standings of the Recovering Politician Bowl after Week 1. If you would like to cheer on yours truly then keep an eye out for the Fighting Mongooses. [Yahoo FF]
By Bradford Queen, Managing Editor, on Mon Sep 17, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET The Politics of Media
Maureen Dowd (really – who’d have thought?) caused quite a stir with her Sunday column on the Romney-Ryan view of foreign policy. Liberals and conservatives alike were leveling charges of anti-Semitism against the New York Times columnist. The Times’ editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal dismissed the claims that she forward stereotypes in the piece. [Politico]
Quotation approval is a topic of much discussion among media members of late. Recently, many government and campaign officials are making interviews conditional to their own approval of quotes. Last week, Michael Lewis received some criticism from several journalists for allowing the West Wing to approve his quotes in a new piece about the President for Vanity Fair. The NYT’s David Carr took a look at the issue this weekend. [NYT]
30 Rock takes issue with the way the “Tiffany Network” is characterizing the ratings of ‘Face The Nation’. [AP]
Sign of the times? The new redesign for USA Today also signaled the addition of Web TV listings for YouTube and Hulu. [NewMediaRockstars]
By Bradford Queen, Managing Editor, on Fri Sep 14, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET The politics of the screen were on full display this week as an anti-Islam film has been credited with inciting violent protests in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Protestors attacked U.S. embassies in a number of countries. In Libya, an attack resulted in the death of Libya Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other staffers. Actors and workers on the film said they were duped. Now, the U.S. is bracing for more violence. [CBS News]
“Saturday Night Live” returns tomorrow, and presidential politics will be center-stage. Lorne Michaels has announced the men that will play the roles of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the show’s satirical sketches. [NYT]
A trailer for Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” biopic was released yesterday. [LA Times]
“Arbitrage,” the new drama featuring Richard Gere about a hedge fund manager who’s life seems to be crumbling is released this weekend. [NYT Review]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Thu Sep 13, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET  The Politics of Tech Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Internet, is accusing the British government of extreme levels of snooping. [Telegraph]
Cosmo, the online alias of a 15 year-old hacker (one of the most notorious) has been arrested. Wired has a fantastic write up about his personal life and arrest. [Wired]
Samsung and HTC are doing their best to insure that the iPhone 5 does not have a smooth launch. They are currently blocking sales in the US and Europe with LTE patents. [AndroidandMe]
The FCC has informed mobile companies that it will begin monitoring claims of wireless broadband speeds. This is good news for anyone that has ever felt like their 3G wasn’t as fast as they expected it to be. [BGR]
The astronauts aboard the International Space Station repaired a malfunction in its Main Bus Switching Unit with a clever combination of materials including a toothbrush. Yes, really. [The Atlantic]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Tue Sep 11, 2012 at 6:00 PM ET The Politics of Laughter
To the people who kept us up all night… [picture]
Flaily Arms [JBabb Comics]
Higher Education [SMBC]
Never misplace your remote control again. [picture]
You only had one job! [picture]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Mon Sep 10, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Pigskin
Much was made during the offseason about Peyton Manning’s 4 neck surgeries and his absence last season. However, on national TV last night he looked like the old Peyton again. [Washington Post]
Robert Griffin III started off on the right foot on Sunday to proving his supporters right and making any detractors feel silly. [SI]
Jets star CB Darrelle Revis sustained a “mild” concussion against the Bills. His status is currently unknown for the next game, but given the new set of rules and tests the smart money is on him sitting out. [ESPN]
A lot of analysts and fans picked the Eagles to make it to the Super Bowl this year, unfortunately their week 1 performance can’t have done much to instill confidence in those predictions. [ESPN]
Here are the top 5 throws from this week. [NFL]
The Trent Richardson truck is a thing to behold. [.gif]
The Recovering Politician Bowl began along with the league this Sunday. However, I will forego offering the result just yet because there are still two games to be played for MNF. Check back next week to see how things shook out after Week 1.
By Bradford Queen, Managing Editor, on Mon Sep 10, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET The Politics of Media
Roger Ailes, the man who runs the show at Fox News, is in the midst of contract negotiations that could make him among the best paid TV execs in the business. [NY Mag]
Capitol Hill newspapers Roll Call and Congressional Quarterly are merging. [NYT]
Is it February yet? Nope. But if you have a few million dollars to drop on a Super Bowl ad, you better buy now. Slots are now 90% sold out. [USA Today]
Last night, CBS’s ’60 Minutes’ dedicated the full hour to the Navy SEAL who is the author of “No Easy Day,” the book that goes inside the raid that led to the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. [CBS]
Mark Owen is the pseudonym the SEAL used for the book. Several outlets – including Fox News – reported the man’s true identity. CBS chose not to reveal his identity, and seemingly called into question a “cable news outlet’s” choice to do so. [TVNewser]
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