The Yankees capped their season off by clipping the Angels' wings Sunday night in the Bronx, beating L.A. 5-2 in Game 6 of the ALCS. The Yankees will try to put the finishing touches on what has been a wild ride with their 27th World Series title when they take on the Phillies in the Bronx on Wednesday.

I had to start with that, now let's get to the NFL...

Favre Finally Fails

Two turnovers and an inability to get five yards when it mattered most cost the Viking perfection as they fell to the Steelers 27-17. Give a hand to the Steelers defense, with two long turnover returns for TDs. First the fumble recover, and then the 82-yard Favre interception returned for a quick six.

Lions, TIGERS, and bears, oh my!

Not only are Tigers this reporter's favorite animal, they're also the Bears' new worst enemy, as the Cincinnati Bengals romped over the Bears 45-10 in a surprising blowout. Carson Palmer couldn't have asked for a much better day, tossing five touchdowns as the Bengals offense finally lived up to their potential. Think Cutler likes it in Chicago yet?

Easy, Brees-y, Beautiful

At least the New Orleans offense was, in their 46-34 comeback against the Dolphins. Here's some fun with numbers: The Saints scored 36 points in the second half. That means the Saints offense scored more in the second half than the Dolphins did in the ENTIRE game. The over-under for the game? 47. The Saints almost hit the over with their score alone. Combined, they almost doubled it. These Saints are fun to watch.

Sanchez Works Up Quite the Appetite

The Jets come back from an ugly loss a week ago by beating up the Raiders 38-0. Sanchez shook off the worst start of his young career by coming out today and running for one touchdown, throwing for another, and eating lunch all at the same time. Cameras caught the rookie QB munching on a hot dog toward the end of the game, which is apparently frowned upon by the NFL's etiquette committee. Acceptable: celebratory dancing -- even if the play has nothing to do with the larger outcome of the game itself, taunting, pushing, fighting, name-calling, and placing phone calls to your mother. Not Tolerated: sharpies, mooning, hitting on Erin Andrews (if you're Joe Namath), and new to the list: grabbing a quick snack.

Miles Rackin' Up the Yardage

Miles Austin gets six receptions for 171 yards and two TDs as the Cowboys power past the Falcons 37-21. Tony Romo looked calm and loose with the sure-handed receiver as a potent new weapon in the offensive arsenal.

On the defensive side of the ball, Dallas pestered Matt Ryan all day, getting the Falcons QB for four sacks, two interceptions, and two fumbles. That's the second week in a row the Cowboys have won, and they had a bye last week. 

Fading Fast

San Francisco got a lot of hype after getting off to a surprising 3-1 start to the season. That seems to be a distant memory, as the team sits at 3-3 after their 24-21 loss to the Texans. Gotta love karma. First round pick Michael Crabtree refuses to sign with the 49ers after his selection, sees the team get off to a great start, decides to join and now they're back living up to their loser M.O.

Brown is the Color of...

I'll give you a clue: it sounds a lot like hit and is an apt description of the way the Cleveland Browns are playing. They continue to deny Brady Quinn the starting job, opting to let Derrick Anderson take the snaps in attempt to save millions in contract incentives Quinn will make if he continues to start.

That's not to say their 31-3 loss to the Packers would've gone much differently had the team started Quinn, it just might have placated angry fans shouting for something, anything to be done about their awful team. Good news Cleveland fans: the NBA season starts soon, and you know what that means. All LeBron, all the time, at least for now.

A Study In Contrasts

Have to love the symmetry as the Colts go to 6-0 and the Rams fall to 0-7 after the Colts 42-6 victory on Sunday. Maybe they'll give the team to Limbaugh now. I can't imagine many other people wanting it at this point, especially after this piece of wisdom from their starting running back: "We have to learn to put four good quarters together. We don't know how to win a game right now." It's the SEVENTH week of the NFL season. Don't you think you should've learned this sooner? Like, maybe, before the season? What the hell were you doing in training camp?

New Meets Old

New England took on the Bucs across the pond in Old England, beating Tampa Bay 35-7. Maybe the Bucs were hoping they'd play soccer, cause there's no way they thought they could beat Brady's golden arm, even it they were playing in a different country.

San Diego Gets Recharged

After an ugly loss to the Broncos Monday night, the Chargers took the week to recover the flu they were battling last weekend and looked much healthier in their 37-7 win over the Chiefs. Philip Rivers tossed for three TDs and LaDainian Tomlinson had his best of game of the season, rushing for 71 yards. Even kicker Nate Kaeding got in on the action, kicking three field goals and he was still sick.

Wild Thing

Doing his best impression of Charlie Sheen in the movie Major League, Jake Delhomme continues to baffle spectators everywhere with his passing accuracy as he threw four interceptions in the Panthers 20-9 loss to the Bills. Rumor has it after the second interception, Terrell Owens asked to play defense for Buffalo.

A Giant Step Backwards

The Arizona defense got to Eli Manning early and often, making him uncomfortable all game with their fast blitzes and tight coverage in the Cardinals 24-17 win over the Giants. The older Manning had a much better day than his younger brother Eli, as the Giants' QB tossed 3 picks in the team's surprise loss.

Mark McGwire's To Inject Power into the Cards Coaching Staff

Watching ESPN I saw a sudden announcement of Tony LaRussa's contract extension in St. Louis crawl along the bottom of the screen. Not too surprising. What followed was. "Mark McGwire named St. Louis hitting coach." Seriously? That's like Bernie Madoff teaching finance.

What help can a cheating crybaby be to a team that employs one of the best hitters ever in the MLB? In light of the recent news, I thought of the training plan McGwire would hand out on the first day of Spring Training.

Step 1: Buy plenty of "supplements," and use accordingly.

Step 2: Deny, deny, deny.

Step 3: Appear in court, cry, and say you're not there to talk about the past.

I fail to see how that's helpful.

Three of a Kind

Since everybody else has chimed in, I figure I should to. What do Rush Limbaugh, Donald Trump, and the homemade hot-air balloon that is now more famous than I'll ever be have in common? They all crave the spotlight, receive way too much attention from the media, and are full of hot air. Two have also picked a fight with the NFL.

Rush Limbaugh recently attempted to be part of a group that sought to purchase the St. Louis Rams, but was quickly dropped after the group realized how "controversial and polarizing" a figure Limbaugh was. The right-wing reprobate immediately responded by calling the NFL "as politicized as anything else," and blaming Obama, since apparently "the Obama people have got their hooks in the NFL now."

There aren't many times you get to say everybody involved is wrong -- there are usually some shades of middle ground, but in this case, it's true -- absolutely everybody involved in this whole mess is wrong.

"Wait," you stop and ask yourself, "this idiot actually thinks Limbaugh should be allowed to own an NFL team?"

Eh, sort of, but not because I like the guy. Because of the legal implications involved, I won't share what else I hope befalls him. I just happen disagree with the immense hypocrisy of the NFL here. What they are essentially saying is that Limbaugh's idiotic, ridiculous, and derisive comments are worse for the game than anybody else already involved. They just let a convicted felon back into the league after killing dogs. Not only that; the guy's playing on a team named after an animal! Adam "Pacman" Jones shot a gun in a strip club and constantly finds his name in the paper and not because of activity on the field. Yet he's allowed to commute freely between the courtroom and the practice field. Ray Lewis was the last person to see some dude alive the night before the Super Bowl (read between the lines) yet he was allowed to play in the game, and was even named the MVP! Kerry Collins was an alcoholic racist while playing for the Panthers. He's now at the helm of the underwhelming Titans offense.

Yet Limbaugh is worse for the NFL's image than all of these people? I find that very hard to believe. (In fact, if anybody is bad for the NFL's image (at least literally) it's gotta be Jerry "The Lizard" Jones. They show that guy more than the players during Cowboy games, and I swear he looks older and wrinklier every time. If not him, then it's gotta be the lovely sideline reporter Tony "Goose" Siragusa. "Moose" or "Mt. Moron," may have been more appropriate, but I digress.

If the NFL wasn't denying Limbaugh ownership to protect it's image, than it must have been because so many players came out and said they would not play for a team if Limbaugh owned it. Seriously? You're going to tell me that players that fight for every contract incentive they can get would turn down all the pretty zeroes on their paychecks if it were Limbaugh signing them? I find that hard to believe too. Me? I'd gladly take that windbag's money, and love every minute of it.

Think about it- how much fun would Limbaugh in the NFL be? Just think of the team's first training camp with him as owner. That moron would go out on the field and pretend to know more about the game than Vince Lombardi ever did. How long before the first linebacker mistakes Limbaugh for a tackling dummy and lays the oaf out? I'd give it a week, tops, before the first story broke of him heading down to the locker room and pestering players for all their fancy pharmaceuticals. Ultimately, Limbaugh would probably get himself kicked out of the league before too long, and he's be great media fodder. We're passing up a great opportunity here, people. The man deserves the humiliation, er, I mean, experience.

On the flip side, Limbaugh isn't nearly correct either, the reason he was denied a bid to the NFL is not because it has become overly politicized (which it is), but because it's become overly economized. The NFL is big business at it's finest. It is quite literally a monopoly. The teams are all owned by a bunch of rich, old white guys that didn't want Limbaugh to jeopardize any of their money. He wasn't left out because of politics, it was because of money.

For Limbaugh to claim that the reason the NFL spurned him is because "the Obama people have their claws in it," is just ridiculous. Not only did NFL owners contribute three times as much to the Republican Party as they did to the Democratic, I bet at least half of them are regular listeners of this idiot's radio show. I'm a college student. It took me all of five minutes to look up that stat (those numbers are real by the way). Limbaugh is in the professional media, yet he couldn't do the same? Christ, I'm not sure he's smart enough to own an NFL team. Maybe he should join Siragusa on the sidelines. Now THAT would be fun.