Jerry Thornton

In a Fascinating Hypothetical, the Internet is Asking Whether Bill Belichick Would've Drafted Drake Maye

As Drake Maye comes streaking out of the tunnel, climbs into the ring of the NFL's Royal Rumble, and starts tossing everyone over the ropes to announce his presence with authority, one thing that should never be lost in his sudden success is that none of this was guaranteed.  When he came out of Nor

Stephen A. Smith is Saying the FBI Arrested Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier Because 'Trump is Coming' for the NBA

There are moments like right now that serve as a reminder that professional sports are a house of cards built on a wobbly table. Except those metaphoric house is made from virtual cards that are worth hundreds of billions of dollars. And that abstract table holding it up is the interest of the vast 

A 'Manhattan-Sized Interstellar Object' That Defies 'Normal Comet Behavior' Triggered NASA's Planetary Defense System

According to my search on Shutterstock, this an image of 3I/Atlas, an object currently hurtling through the solar system doing some very unnatural things. Displaying the kinds of traits astronomers, physicists and other people who are smarter that you and me don't associate with balls of interplanet

Michelle Wie West Just Said it Best for All Women's Pro Sports: They Don't Need to Be Treated Like 'Charities'

When it comes to female athletes, few have see it all the way Michelle Wie West has.  A child prodigy who was basically raised from birth to be a tennis pro, she qualified for a USGA Amateur Championship at age 10. The youngest qualifier for an LPGA event, she turned pro at the age of 15 and was sig

From the Video of the Thieves' Getaway to the French Detective in Charge of the Investigation, Everything About the Louvre Heist Continues to Be Straight Out of a Movie

The cliche' "You can't make it up" doesn't apply to the break in at the Louvre. Because if you were going to make it up, you'd do it in the exact way it went down.  …  Police have not yet found the criminals, but one of the stolen relics — a damaged crown belonging to Napoleon III's wife — was disco

Adam Driver Proves Disney Has No Clue What They're Doing with 'Star Wars,' as They Killed the One Sequel Idea That Might Have Actually Been Good

History may look back on Disney's mishandling of the Star Wars franchise as the biggest mistake in the history of popular entertainment. That is, if we're not at that point already.  The biggest media conglomerate in the world paid $4.05 billion for the rights to do whatever they wanted with Lucasfi

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“Do Your Pod” is a weekly show focusing on the New England Patriots featuring the same type of content Jerry Thornton has been bringing to the Barstool blog from its inception in the early 2000s. With analysis of the games, news, storylines and the sort of slanted, biased, but totally honest opinions that helped build the Barstool empire. Each week he’ll be joined by different guests, including Patriots beat writers, media people, insiders, comedians, Barstool colleagues, and anyone entertaining enough to deserve a major audience during one of the most pivotal years in the history of football’s greatest dynasty.

The Belichick Way ft. Evan Lazar: Do Your Pod Episode 22

As a show of gratitude to all those who have reached out asking for another offseason Do Your Pod, Nick Fasoli and I present this post draft reaction episode.  We're glad to be joined by CLNS Media's Evan Lazar, one of the most insightful, knowledgeable, and often-cited Patriots analysts out there. 

A Very Brady Episode: ft. El Pres, Feitelberg and Hank Lockwood: Do Your Pod Episode 21

Nick and I weren't expecting to put together another Do Your Pod so soon, but once Tom Brady's retirement news took over the world, we had no choice. We're joined by three of the brave, intrepid souls who sacrificed their freedom for Brady during the Deflategate witch hunt. Programming note: We reco

The Finale, Ft. Phil Perry: Do Your Pod Episode 20

It has obviously been a tough week to follow the Patriots. But it helped a lot to talk to NBC Sports Boston's Phil Perry. Phil and Nick and I start where you'd assume we would, slipping into metaphorical hazmat suits to clean up the radioactive waste from that meltdown in Buffalo Saturday night. We 

Onto Buffalo Ft. Matt Chatham -  Do Your Pod Episode 19

On this week's show, Nick and I are joined by our first ever former Patriots player, ex-linebacker and member of the elite Three Ring Club Matt Chatham, now of NESN. He's not only one of the best analysts in the business in terms of explaining scheme, concepts and terminology, he offers a ton of gre

My Conversation With JFK Files Expert Jefferson Morley in the Wake of New Revelations About the Assassination and Coverup

This is a follow up to the discussion I had with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, who's heading up the congressional task force on the assassination of JFK: Jefferson Morley is arguably the world's foremost expert on the assassination, the coverup, the Warren Commission's lies, and all the shadowy

Do Your Pod ft. Barstool Legend Uncle Buck: The Future is Bright

This week's special guest to talk about the Week 1 game against Miami is none other than Barstool Founding Father Uncle Buck, who sometimes goes by his alter ego name, Adam Cormack.  Buck is the creator of features that helped put Barstool into orbit back in our infancy, including the Wake Ups and S

The OnlyFans Mom Whose Kids Got Kicked Out of Catholic School Talks to Barstool, and She Takes a Flamethrower to the Parents Who Started This War

A little over a month ago, I brought you the story of Mrs. Poindexter, otherwise known as Crystal Jackson, a mom whose kids got expelled from their Catholic school because a group of parents found her OnlyFans account and demanded they be removed: Shortly after, Crystal reached out to me to say than

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Chaps Jags-Off Francis To The Point Where People Were Diving In Mayo And Getting Engaged

What a time, man. Our pals at the Bold City Brigade showed up a great time. Nothing but a bunch of straight up animals out there. Duval til I die, baby.

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Patriots/NFL writer. From Barstool, to WEEI, to back on the pirate ship. Staunch defender of Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and all things Patriots.

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