Since we're not doing anything productive*, please take this opportunity to admire our grandmother's refrigerator magnet art.

* Just kidding. We've actually been busy doing our jobs, which led Chris to write something Skins-related on The Sporting Blog. Traitor.

The unstoppable force that is the Redskins' pass rush is being revved up to 11 this Sunday: Jason Taylor is back! And seeing as he accounts for exactly 16% of the team's total number of sacks this season (6), this is kind of a big deal. I guess. Plus, we totally need all our weapons [...]

Haywood is out for up to six months, Antawn may be gone 'til December and Gil probably longer than that, but stay medium, Wizards fans, because remember who we drafted:

THE VALE OF CASHMERE A.K.A. LaVALE I MEAN JaVALE MCGEE!!!1!

Who, you ask? Oh, just the best player on the board at No. 18 in June's draft, [...]

This is something we've only seen once since I was 10 years old. And I would know. I had a huge gambling problem back in '92:

As you can see, the Skins are favored by 14 points against the Rams, as of right now. The last time they were favored by 13 or more was 2005 [...]

I try to avoid all NFL pregame shows like the plague a€" especially ones that feature Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson on the same set a€" so I missed this on Sunday. Here's Strahan, who you may recall played for the Giants, leading a "hip hip hooray" cheer after discussing Jason [...]

Thanks to Zorn's zen powers, everyone is staying medium:

Chris Cooley!: "We just need to continue to get better. We kind of have to stay medium here, not get too high on what we're doing, and just get back to work."

Ladell Betts!!: "We are getting better as an offense every week, and we continue to get [...]

The highlight of my appearance on Friday's edition of Washington Post Live was LaVar and Rusty's end-of-segment handshake. Or fist pound. Or both:

And in case you couldn't make out my silver-tongued quip, I said, "That was like the high five/fist pound that Zorn and Buges had in the Dallas game." This is why I'm on [...]

I'm not sure who buys a Bruce Smith Redskins jersey, other than this guy:

You can't really blame him though, as he was no doubt persuaded by an administration pushing hard on the public the jerseys of a past his prime-yet-recently acquired AFC East defensive end.

And in today's other random Redskins jerseys news, it's Jay Schroeder!

JC's obviously having a big year, but there aren't many non-partisans who thought he was headed that way prior to the season. Count Geico among the believers.

During the broadcast of Skins domination in Philly, Fox played a new Geico spot starring Campbell and a Lumberg-esque agent. It was just OK for me, dawg, but the [...]

As Steinz noted this morning, it was Randel-El who led the three cheers yesterday, not the Zorn Star. So, because we are quickly falling in love with the "hip hip hooray," here's video of ARE breaking it down:

Don't forget, friends, "hip hip hooray" shirts are now available!

Bonus Footage: After the jump, relive the glory [...]

Handing out labels following Skins games. Today: a 23-17 win over Philly a€¦

WINNERS:

Clinton Portis. CP continues to party like it's 2005, and yesterday was his best game of the season. He rushed for 145 at a five-per-carry clip, including a much-deserved TD. But, most importantly, he picked up the game-clinching first down on 4th [...]

Well, this pretty much speaks for itself. Here's Mr. Snyder after the win yesterday enjoying his team's success on the road. Warning: It's even more painful than last week's Snyder Gone Wild clip, so brace yourself:

PS. Winners & Losers still to come today, just as soon as I get a moment away from TSB duties [...]

Jamie is back in NoVA, enjoying (hopefully) the game with our good friend Andy (better known here as Putts From the Rough), so he'll be unable to do a post-game Winners & Losers thang. And I'm forced to the bar to see the game (stupid fucking Panthers hogging the TV), so I'll be drunk post-game. [...]

After a torrid two months to close the regular season in L.A., Manny has a homer in each of the first two games of Dodgers-Cubs. And as bad as I feel about that for Cubs fans, I can't help but be happy for the guy who has been knocking the cover off the ball and [...]

Three cheers for Yahoo! Sports executive editor and my boss Dave Morgan for making BusinessWeek's list of the 100 Most Influential People in Sports. Read the profile if you like, and know that, yeah, he does look like Jon Stewart, but with a bit of Pete Carroll thrown in. He also doesn't carry that bat [...]