NFL vs. NFLPA – Why do fans need to pick a side?
The National Football League Players’ Association produced a television and online advertisement recently with the theme of “let us play,” imploring the National Football League to allow the players to continue playing under the collective bargaining agreement that has been voided....
How Should We Measure NFL Coaching Success?
Something that seems obvious when you stop and think about it: winning the Super Bowl is not easy.
With an increasing number of opinions scattered throughout radio and television airwaves (does that still apply for TVs?), as well as the Internet, it seems that calls for greatness in all things sports...
Purina Can’t Be Happy About This Ad
This cannot possibly be what Purina Dog Chow was thinking about when they decided to advertise on NBCSports.com today.
Click the picture for a better view.
Foundation Friday – The Brees Dream Foundation
I had previously pledged to highlight one athlete’s charitable foundation every Friday in an effort to enhance everybody’s knowledge about how certain athletes are using their fame and fortune to better the lives of others. Unfortunately, I haven’t done this nearly enough, but today...
Questioning the Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens appear to be the hot pick for most analysts, pundits and fans to come out of the AFC and play in Super Bowl XLV in Dallas, Texas. With the additions of Anquan Boldin and T.J. Houshmandzadeh, the Ravens appear to have added the right pieces to bring the offense to the elite level. Quarterback...
Miller Lite Becomes the Official Beer of Fantasy Football…Wait, What?
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Aug 31st, 2010 |
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How does this even happen? Nobody owns Fantasy Football, although apparently Yahoo! Sports thinks it does. I found the below picture on Facebook today and immediately wondered why anyone would think they could sell an official sponsor of Fantasy Football.
Theoretically Bud Light could become the...
Making My NFL Survivor Pool Picks Now
I enter at least one survivor poll every football season and I’ve never won. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten to week nine. These pools aren’t the easiest and I feel like every time I lose it’s because of some fluky last second fumble in the game I need to win...
**Updated** Guess the Quarterback
In statistics, an outlier is a piece of data within a data set that is numerically separate from the rest of the data…or something like that. A lot of times in sports we talk about fluke statistics, such as Brady Anderson’s 50 home run season or Kobe Bryant’s 81 point game. With...
Understanding the Darrelle Revis Holdout Situation
Darrelle Revis officially became a member of the New York Jets on August 15th, 2007 after agreeing to and signing a six-year, $30 million contract that included $11 million in guaranteed money. He made his way to Gang Green by way of the 14th pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, a spot initially held by the...
How the College Sports Conference Realignment Should Look
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Jun 11th, 2010 |
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Okay, we get it. 16 teams are required for a power conference in college football sports. We still haven’t been told why 16 is necessary over of a more manageable 12, but fine, whatever. 16 it is. With the University of Colorado joining the Pacific 10 Conference, even though Boulder, Colorado...