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Professional sports are filled with exciting games and crowds cheering on their favorite teams. But within those teams are stories of obstacles they are forced to overcome to achieve success. The 2021 Las Vegas Raiders was one such team, whose opening game was in prime time. In the first game of ESPN’s Monday Night Football […]
Professional sports are about competition, training, representing one’s team or country, as well as a desire to win. It is also about achievements, both individually and as a team. We see the joy of victory and the agony of defeat. In 1993 the Phoenix Suns and Montreal Canadiens made the championship game of the respective […]
The coronavirus pandemic has raged on for over a year and everyday life continues in a new normal. The way we watch sports has changed, with a reduced crowd and at times even no crowd at stadiums. However, there is always that desire to celebrate a monumental victory, especially in college football. Despite pandemic restrictions, […]
The 2014 Fantasy Football season is fast approaching and you’re probably wondering if you should draft a QB in the first or second round or wait until the later rounds for a 2nd tier quarterback. I’m about to tell you why you should draft a QB in one of the first two round of your […]
The reports are that the Denver Bronco’s have picked up QB Peyton Manning for a wallet busting $96 million 5 year contract. So this likely signals the departure of Tim Tebow from the Bronco squad. A move that I think will hurt the Bronco’s in the long run. Sure, Peyton Manning has the track record, […]
This is a guest article by author James Ross. Readers know James Ross as an avid golfer, but golf is not his only love. He is also an avid College Football fan. I asked him his thoughts on the Joe Paterno controversy and here is what the characters of his fictitious Prairie Winds Golf Course […]
 This is a guest article by Tigercat 81 That doesn’t sound quite right as the NFL is in their pre-season, however there are full contact football teams that are all female. There is probably a team right next door or possibly in the very town or city you live in and you never even knew […]
Written by Dallas, Texas resident Mark Oristano, A Sportscaster’s Guide to Watching Football: Decoding America’s Favorite Game is designed to be your very basic guide to football. While much of the discussion centers on the pro game, the explanations will also in many places apply to the college game and high school as well. This […]
A couple weeks ago, I ran across a strange story about Zimbabwe: a couple of known terrorists were caught crossing the border from Zimbabwe into South Africa at Beitbridge. 33 year-old Imran Muhammad…was arrested last Sunday while trying to get through Beitbridge border post to South Africa on what officials believe was a fake Kenyan […]
You do not represent me, a low income widow with a racially diverse family. You do not represent my daughters, two of whom have had children out of wedlock while still in their teens. We love our babies and would never hurt them. Please don’t pretend to speak for all women.
I was born in New Orleans Louisiana and raised in the area so if I was not a Saints fan I would be ashamed of myself. I guess I am what you would call a die hard fan. I stick by the team like glue even in their worse times. When fans were wearing paper […]
David Barer Many were the dubious Texans fans who did not believe in a .500 season after the abysmal 0-4 start; nevertheless, with the help of offensive standouts Andre Johnson and Steve Slaton, the Texans managed to finish with 8-8 for the second year in a row. For any football fan around the nation is […]
NFL Parity Scheduling: Who Will be 2008’s Parity Dog? Parity Dog Winners 2003-2007 Likely 2008 Parity Dog Contenders Something that casual followers of the National Football League may not know: the National Football League’s scheduling is rigged. It’s not an accusation: it’s a fact–and one of which the league is proud. It’s called parity scheduling […]
The great anthropologist Margaret Mead always described the formal rituals of the societies she studied as a way of illustrating the core values and mores of those societies. Had she studied the Britain of modern times the Wimbledon tennis fortnight would have been an essential ritual for her to examine – indeed sport and sporting […]
The Cowboys Were Upset by the Giants Terrell Owens was upset, too–Breaking Down After the Game During Questions “It’s not fair! It’s not fair!” Long off-season for Dallas Fans as the Giants Head to Green Bay The stories all said the same thing, only in slightly different ways: “T.O crying.” “T.O Cries” “Terrell Owens Crying” […]
Glendale Arizona Mayor Elaine M. Scruggs announced on local radio station K.T.A.R today she will not be participating in or representing the city designated to host this years super bowl. Her Honor thinks its a waste of money for the city to spend 900 dollars for a couple tickets nor would it be appropriate for her to accept comps and […]
Who Plays Who How They Got There When They Play Zippy’s Early Bird Predictiions COLLEGE BOWL ROUND-UP: Who plays who and some early predictions. HOW THEY GOT THERE Ohio State will take on LSU in the Bowl Championship Series title game on January 7 in New Orleans. The Buckeyes finished atop the BCS regular season […]
What’s Going to Happen? Nobody Knows, Everybody’s Guessing A state of confusion and shock in the college football world? What could be better! After #1 Missouri and #2 West Virginia both lost last night, who’s going to be in the title game is a guess–and there are plenty of those being made right now. Here […]
Overview of Game 30 Years of Backyard Brawl Highlights A Newsflash and a Poem It’s the Mountaineers Vs. the Panthers with a berth for WVU in the BCS National Championship on the line. 100 Years of the Backyard Brawl between West Virginia University and University of Pittsburgh. A story, scenes from the last 30 years, […]
Jason Whitlock, Sports Writer at the KC Star and FoxSports is Angry Taylor was a Victim of the Black KKK Whitlock Dishes Out Strong Medicine Sean Taylor was sometimes called “half-man, half-beast” for his unbelievably hard hits. Two days ago, the part of Taylor that was a man lost his battle with a beast with […]
Once again it is time for that gloriously and uniquely Canadian event know as the Grey Cup. This annual event, the very apex of Canadian Football, will no doubt draw huge crowds, I personally know of at least two people that plan to watch it on TV, one of them was going to host a […]
Something came to my attention when I watched part of the San Francisco 49er-New York Giants play. The Niners go three and out on a series, where in one play, Trent Dilfer drops back to set up for a pass and slips and falls on the turf, then on the next play he’s sacked. It […]
In this interesting analysis, Legal Times senior editor Douglas McCollam explains that Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Vick got caught in the legal version of an illegal shift – an act that is technically illegal, but rarely enforced, unexpectedly becomes the focus of a media feeding frenzy that inflames public opinion and compels aggressive prosecutorial action […]
Michael Vick was in court today (July 26, 2007) to plead not guilty to the federal charges against him in a disturbing dog fighting venture. No surprise here. And yes, due process is in action and he is innocent until proven guilty. But the evidence leaked thus far is pretty damning. To read George Dohrmann’s […]
Just about everything Arthur M. Blank touches turns to gold, or rather, orange. He is a man who believes in strong employee-management relations, and that by investing in his people, he is present and accountable for the community. He is a man of strong convictions and morals. The co-founder of the home improvement chain, Home […]
Nobody was a bigger Michael Vick fan than me. Ask anybody. To me, he was the most magical player I had ever seen. The way he ran, the unpredictability of his moves, how he could make three guys miss him in a row. Mike Vick was a football God.  I knew he had his problems […]
New England Patriots defensive end Marquise Hill was found dead in New Orleans’ Lake Pontchatrain on Monday afternoon after he and a friend fell off a jet ski Sunday night. He was 24-years-old. The two were not wearing life vests when the jet ski toppled over. The unidentified woman who was with Hill survived by […]
Despite his huge popularity and a Super Bowl win under his belt, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will enter his fourth NFL season among the lowest-paid starting quarterbacks in the NFL this fall with a salary of $1 million this year, not including a $9 million signing bonus as well as roster bonuses during his […]
Could you see Brett Favre in a Vikings jersey? Me neither. After the New England Patriot’s landed Randy Moss in a trade during draft weekend, Green Bay Packers franchise quarterback Brett Favre requested a trade because of his lobbying to get the troubled receiver fell through. This is according to a report on the Fox […]
Friday night while addressing the Wisconsin Republican Party Convention, 2008 GOP presidential candidate, Sam Brownback drew boos and jeers for using a specific quarterback in a football analogy while talking about families.
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