NFL
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Any Conclusions from Aaron Hernandez?
Photo by totalprosports.com As with most any big, shocking story the Aaron Hernandez fiasco has become a Rorschach Test…whatever your cause Hernandez becomes the poster child. For the NFL detractors: just...
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Money’s the Root of All Evil in Sports, Right?
Photo courtesy of dodgersrumors.com When someone says ‘it’s not about the money’, you know it’s about the money. Tru dat. Kudos to Zack Greinke for refreshing honesty and self-awareness: upon signing...
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All-Access Fandom: When Is It Too Interactive?
Photo Courtesy of streakingthelawn.com The Holy Grail in sports fan experience has always been to get the fan ‘in-the-game’…give them a sense of playing, managing or being a team member. As...
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Numbers Don’t Lie, But What Do They Tell Us?
After Jose Canseco became the first member of the 40 HR/40 Steals club in 1988, Mickey Mantle remarked, “Hell, If I’d known 40–40 was going to be a big deal, I’d have done...
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To Be Young, Gifted and Unpaid
Jadeveon Clowney, Photo courtesy of bleacherreport.com Restraint of trade vs. freedom to make a living…a debate that comes up from time to time has just re-emerged in recent days with the...
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PEDs: Where Are We Going With This?
Photo by cthoyes on flicker Leading off a post on PEDs, who better to usher in the topic but the Bash Brothers led by Jose Canseco, the self-described ‘Godfather of Steroids’?...
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The 3 Main Reasons The Pistol Offense Won’t Last In The NFL
Everyone is saying that the evolution of the quarterback position is upon us. There were always guys every few years who had a little extra athletic ability at the position, but...
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Jets New GM: Like We Said, Rex in Charge
Photo courtesy of sportstalkflorida.com Well the Jets introduced new GM John Idzik at today’s press conference, and I think we can confirm we were right…Rex Ryan is firmly in charge of the...
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Jets Press Conference: Empty Talk, and the Jets ARE Rex
Photo by Marianne O’Leary Overall takeaway from today’s Jets’ Press Conference with Woody and Rex: In the absence of any substance or specifics we learned nothing: a lot of empty talk...
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Sports World: Gimme Some Truth
Photo by Keith Allison There’s “the whole truth and nothing but…” and then there’s everything else, such as spin, omissions and outright lies. We’re seeing a lot of ‘everything else’ in...
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Giants: Big Blue Mystery Crew
Photo by Mike Morbeck The Giants 2012 edition weren’t just an enigma, they were as Churchill put it, “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”. Although to be fair...
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Jets’ Circus, Clown Car and All
Photo by Ed Yourdon The season began with the NY Post declaring the Jets to be a circus. Rex Ryan was miffed and vowed to prove everyone wrong. Of course that...
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Black Monday: NFL, as in “Not For Long”
photo by The Brit 2 on Flickr Black Monday resulted in 7 coaches being fired this Monday. The only news here is the swiftness and decisiveness in getting 7 firings done within...
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Jet QB Carousel: Anybody but Tebow?
Courtesy of thebiglead.com We had to have at least one more bizarre turn before this Jet season could reach a merciful conclusion. Naturally Greg McElroy has been ruled out for Sunday’s...
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Adopt-A-Ballclub Today
Photo by Keith Allison In the words of the great philosopher W.C. Fields, “If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then quit. There’s no use being a damn fool about...
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Jets’ QB…What Are We Missing In This Picture?
Courtesy of footballnation.com OK, everybody’s crushing Rex, Tannenbaum, Sanchez and the Jets in general over the QB debacle. Why did we have to endure this much Sanchez? Why did they bring...
