Phil Zajicek is, well, Phil Zajicek. Pro cyclist and Arizona homeboy. He tried to push me over the top of Pistol Hill once down in Tucson. He soon realized he was wasting his time and left me to my fate, but I appreciated the gesture.He’s got a website, and its philzajicek.com of [...]

The Flagstaff Chapter of Arizona Single Speeds is one big collection of slapdicks. Since it’s not even February right now, we pretty much ain’t doing shit but drinking and leaving town to ride. The trails are covered with snow at the moment. And where they aren’t covered with snow, they’re muddy as hell.
When it gets [...]

It’s over folks. I gave it everything I had, we all did. But the two photographs of Billy Penn I placed, facing eastward, in Flagstaff, Arizona were not enough to win over the Fat Angry Quaker.
I’ve already got plans for next year. More Billy, more places. Because that’s what Philly fans do, they plan for [...]

Tomorrow is the second round of the Eagles playoffs dreams against the New Orleans Saints. The Saints are hot right now, and I’m a bit scared of them. The Giants are punks, and they lost like the dogs that they are. But the Saint’s have one of the greatest stories in sports [...]

This is the first round of the NFC playoffs. This is huge.
We’ve got the double bad mojo of Billy Penn’s curse and Sports Illustrated. What the hell did we ever do to Sports Illustrated?
This is go time. Billy Penn will now grace one of Flagstaffs premier football viewing establishments, Brinky’s famed Garage Mahal.
Desperate times call [...]

The Eagles split their regular season games with the Giants with an overtime loss in September and a convincing win in December. Is Garcia the difference? Or is it Billy Penn?
I got an interesting letter from my father today:
From: Dad
Subject: Curses
Now that you have or are solving the curse of Billy Penn, what about the [...]

The Birds tuned up the Falcon’s in a meaningless New Years game and took the NFC East title. Again.
The game was meaningless only because the Cowboys lost to the Lions earlier in the day. And how good did that feel?
That’s right, it felt great.
We’re going to the playoffs!
And, what is this? A curse you say? [...]