“Mythbusters” and “South Park” begin tonight. Wait until you see the Vikings/Packers ratings.

Brett Favre has informed the Jets that he plans to retire for the second straight year.
This would be huge news if he hadn’t already gone through his long, dramatic “retirement” last year. And even if he is serious this time, it seems as though the general public is ready for him to go [...]

We don’t have much information right now, but Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com says that the deal is done, and that Brett Favre is a NY Jet.
The Packers get an unknown conditional draft pick and the Jets will likely have to release a QB. According to Glazer, the most likely suspect will be Chad Pennington. [...]

Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that Brett Favre (a QB who played for the Green Bay Packers for many years) currently plans to take the big-money “marketing” deal offered by the Packers. This would mean that Favre retired, un-retired and then retired again.
Schefter points out that the decision isn’t final. Sigh.
Profootballtalk.com says that they [...]

It’s not yet known who the Vikings were tampering with, but I think it’s a QB. Brian Brohm? Probably not. Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com said it’s actually Brett Favre (gasp!) who was allegedly communicating with Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell. The Packers have, per Glazer, officially filed tampering charges, and the Vikings [...]

I have had no interest in reporting on this obnoxious story since Brett Favre announced his retirement. I have had it with all the rumors about Favre telling his cousin’s dog that he might come back, or that Peter King thinks Favre might come back and play in Canada. But, now I actually have something [...]

EA Sports confirmed that Brett Favre will be on the cover of “Madden XX” — Madden NFL 2009, the 20th anniversary of the football video game franchise.

How do you defeat the Madden curse? Easy. Don’t play.