Outside the Beltway

A shorter preseason and more meaningful games may come to fruition as soon as 2012.

From the Onion News Network: “TIME Announces New Version Of Magazine Aimed At Adults”

Has MAD MEN jumped the shark? Or is it getting better?

Roger Clemens is probably regretting today the decision to testify before a Congressional committee about steroids back in 2008.

Christopher Walken does a dramatic reading of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” recycles a Steve Allen bit from before I was born. But it’s still hilarious.

The Daily Mash combines two topics that have taken up entirely too many pixels at OTB and elsewhere of late with their parody article “OUTRAGE OVER PLANS TO BUILD LIBRARY NEXT TO SARAH PALIN.”

Radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger is quitting her radio show following a firestorm over her use of the N-word.

Students entering college today have never worn a wristwatch and think email is slow.

A helpful guide to the pleasures of navigating our nation’s capital by car, bike, or foot.

Under pressure from the Feds, the NCAA is cracking down on colleges who put women’s games ahead of men’s games, which some say relegates them to “warm-up act” status.

A mere thirty years after the Rubik’s Cube craze died out, a team of math geeks has proven once and for all that the puzzle can be solved in 20 moves or less from any position.

It’s rumored that Rick Gervais, who starred in the British original version of “The Office,” will reprise his role of David Brent and replace Steve Carrell on the American version of the show.

If you needed more proof that our tax system is far too complicated, consider the case of Alex Rodriguez’ 600th home run ball.

Alex Rodriguez has just joined the 600 home run club.

I don’t think Brett Favre’s actually retiring this year. But, by the looks of him, he’s earned it.

When I saw Esquire’s headline, “A Rather Strange Conversation with William Shatner,” my thought was, Is there any other kind?

Electronic books outsold paper books on Amazon over the past three months, but the death of the hardcover is greatly exaggerated.