Audibly Offensive

To celebrate the third anniversary of Audibly Offensive, Chris Lemke and Patrick Swafford break down the first round of the NFL draft the only way we know how. Will St. Louis pick Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford first, or will something remarkable happen?
Also, will Raiders owner Al Davis do something so stupid that even Chris’ infant [...]

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When you’re away for some two months because of moving, new jobs and a variety of other distractions…. boredom sets in and Chris starts coming up with spoofs of Tiger Woods commercials. That said, we’re back for the long haul… and with a new NBA analyst.

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I wish I could tell you what it means to me to be able to say that the New Orleans Saints are in the Super Bowl. Honestly I think I have thrown out four or five different drafts of this column just trying to explain the magnitude of what that statement entails for me personally [...]

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As the football world descends on Miami for Super Bowl XLIV, there are 30 teams that are already planning their off-season acquisitions and their draft plans.
For one quarterback, he’s planning his re-ascension to the top of the NFL’s food chain just a year and change removed from a stint in prison.
For Michael Vick, it’s not [...]

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Wednesday afternoon brought news that Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner could announce his retirement during a press conference scheduled for Friday.
While a lot of other blogs and sports news sites have already lamented his great career and his unbelievable ride through the football landscape, I’m not.
I’m not here to bury him, I’m here to praise [...]

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With Alabama’s Mark Ingram winning the 75th Heisman Trophy, it marks the first time a Crimson Tide player has won college football’s highest honor. For a program that is known for producing names like Starr, Namath, Stabler, Alexander and countless others, including Brodie Croyle, it’s sort of shocking that it’s taken 75 different Heisman trophies [...]

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The Double Standard…

It’s the one thing in life (and in sports) that drives me up the wall.

For anyone to take the approach that “it’s okay for me to do something, but not you” makes me want to slap the Hell out someone.

Jesse Jackson’s guilty of it. It’s perfectly fine for him have infidelity issues, but [...]

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Note: While I know there are A LOT of Alabama fans that are not like this, I am talking about the “stereotypical” ‘Bama fan here. Any threats should be sent to chris@audiblyoffensive.com

Dear Alabama Fan,
Yes, I do realize that your precious team is 3-0. So are countless others in college football, including a few inside your [...]

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Swafford makes the long overdue return to talk college and pro football.

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We go live for our first LIVE podcast THIS SATURDAY at 3 p.m. CDT for the AudiblyOffensive.com NFL Draft Day Extravaganza.
Join Swafford, Lemke and others as we go through the first two hour of the draft LIVE!!!
You can listen to the show LIVE on the net at:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/PatAOcom/2009/04/25/Audibly-Offensives-Second-Annual-NFL-Draft-Extravaganza-1
Also, we’ll have a LIVE chat going during [...]

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Hirings, firings, trades, drunken murder and bankruptcy… all we need now is a honeybaked ham and we have a weekend with the Kennedys. WELCOME TO THE SWAFFORD AND LEMKE SHOW!!

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If being a Cleveland Brown wasn’t punishment enough, now receiver Donte Stallworth might have to wear the one uniform even more ugly than that Brown’s jersey…an orange jumpsuit. Though Michael Vick says it brings out his eyes.
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth hit and killed a pedestrian with his Bentley on Saturday morning on a [...]

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