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Come Fan with UsSaturday, June 20, 2026

Sucked Into the NFL’s Black Hole, Week 8

Everything on this planet
is soon going to disappear into a massive black hole
. Each Monday, we’ll present those football-related elements that have already been swallowed into the abyss. ↵
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Jim Zorn Staying Medium.

The first year Redskins coach seems to live by his “stay medium” philosophy, which basically means that you don’t let yourself get too high or too low, too angry or too happy. During the post-game press conference yesterday, his medium went out the window:↵

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Mike Singletary’s Charitable Donations.

In case you weren’t clear on this, the 49ers are a professional football team, not a charitable organization. As such, Singletary, their newly hired head coach, let the press know that the team will give away nothing for free, except shots to the opponent’s mouth:↵

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Condoleezza Rice’s Presidential Campaign (Maybe).

No, no, not that presidential job opening. We meant the 49ers’ opening for Team President, a job that Rice was rumored to be a candidate for. The team, however, says it’s nothing more than rumors. If it does comes true, however, it surely says something about the Bush Administration that the Secretary of State’s first post-W job would be working for (currently) one of the worst franchises in football. I’ll let you decide for yourselves if that “something” is good or bad.↵

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