The Rush Limbaugh era on ESPN lasted all of four weeks. Limbaugh has resigned from ESPN Countdown after making remarks about Donovan McNabb being overrated by the media because he is a "black quarterback." This means we'll miss Limbaugh's scheduled diatribe, "Why The Liberal Sports Media Is Biased In Favor Of Tony Gonzalez."

Limbaugh's resignation is a tough break for ESPN. Where will they ever find somebody who never played sports, but is willing to shout out their uninformed opinions on the NFL? I mean, besides five million sports-talk radio callers.

Limbaugh railed about how McNabb was overrated, then McNabb went out and carved up the Buffalo defense for Philly's first win. Things couldn't have looked worse for Rush if McNabb had thrown 3 TD passes to Bill Clinton.

I, for one, am staggered by the sheer amount of celestial irony in Limbaugh complaining about how the media has taken something out of context and blown it up. That's like Larry Flynt calling something "tasteless," or Joan Rivers telling us who's had too much plastic surgery.

All in all, it's been a fun season in the NFL so far. Baltimore's Jamal Lewis set the single-game rushing record against the Browns. After the game, Ray Lewis threw him a party that all of the other Ravens were too terrified to attend.

Terrell Owens exploded during the Niners loss to Minnesota. After the game, coach Dennis Erickson said he had spoken to Owens. "He knows where I'm coming from," Erickson said. To be specific, that location is 1-3, 32-36 overall, and way over his head in San Francisco.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady threw three interceptions against the Redskins. The Patriots lost, but luckily, he had benched himself on his fantasy football team.

Raiders linebacker Bill Romanowski missed the first game of his sixteen-year career because of a concussion. It's hard to believe with all of the supplements Romo takes, he couldn't find something for a headache, eh? Maybe Rush Limbaugh could share.

Bill Parcells returned to Giants Stadium Sunday for the first time in two weeks, and the Cowboys beat the Jets. With the Cowboys 2-0 in Giant Stadium while the Giants and Jets are just 1-3, maybe the New York teams should think about some kind of "Trading Spaces" arrangement. The way things are going, it may be safer for the Jets to play their home games somewhere else anyway.

Even though he's still three sacks shy of Reggie White's all-time record, Bruce Smith has already been paid for it. Thanks to a reworked contract, Smith has already been paid his bonus for breaking the record. I guess everyone figures if Smith gets close enough to the record, Brett Favre will just fall down three times and give it to him.

The Atlanta Falcons have suspended cornerback Tyrone Williams after a tirade against one of his coaches. He was punished for "conduct detrimental to the team." Hey, the Falcons are 1-3, whose conduct is really helping all that much?

The NFL set an attendance record for a single weekend when 1.09 million tickets were sold opening weekend. Of course, there are more teams than ever before. Also, on opening weekend fans aren't aware the Jets and Bears have already been mathematically eliminated.

Albert Pujols won the closest National League batting title ever by beating Todd Helton by .00022. Coincidentally enough, that same figure was Jermaine's Dye's batting average.

Police arrested a woman who was stealing a toilet seat from Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The woman apparently wanted a souvenir from the stadium following the last Phillies game at the Vet. Philadelphia sports fans have always shown that kind of ingenuity. Why just buy a license plate frame when you can steal a more authentic keepsake, preferably something with urine all over it? Why just throw a snowball, when you can hurl a frozen D battery? Why just rough up an out-of-town fan when you can break Santa Claus' leg? Philly is just another level of sports fan.

Converse has brought out a new line of sneaker called the "Loaded Weapon." Critics are condemning the shoes as glorifying violence. Thank goodness Converse didn't go through with their initial plans to call it the "Jayson Williams Party Shoe."

The ACC is adding a few members next season, but it's not doing its current members any favors. The football schedule drawn up will require Wake Forest, North Carolina, NC State, and Virginia to play Miami, Virginia Tech, and Florida State for the next two years. That's nice hospitality, eh? That's like staging a housewarming party and letting your new neighbors take turns kicking you in the groin and tracking mud all over your house.

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