For Those About to Copy, We Salute You Sometimes, I worry about head coaches. No, not necessarily NFL coaches, but just in general. Two weeks ago, while announcing a Division III college football game, during a critical two-point conversion try with the score 30-20, I witnessed the trailing home team trotting out the wildcat formation. […]
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The 2008-09 RotoRob NBA Draft Kit continues today, as we move into the meat of the kit, with Derek revealing our choices for busts this season. As the NBA season rapidly approaches, let’s take a look at a few players who may be in store for a decline this season. Andre Miller, PG, Philadelphia 76ers
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Jersey Law Working at a college gives me an opportunity to do a lot of people watching during a day. The latest phenomenon on campus this year is to wear the jersey of a team that won on Sunday. For some reason, such a relatively simple concept seems to have caught on this year. Driving
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Favre Nation Brett Favre throws six touchdown passes against the Arizona Cardinals and America is goo-goo over the Golden Brett again. Due to alarming amount of press coverage he received over the last five months especially, I’m at my wits end with Favre. In the past few months, anytime I’ve tried to enjoy NFL programming,
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Down With Upward Mobility Parity is an ugly word. It invokes thoughts of words and phrases like mediocre, average, sub par, substandard and second rate. Fans shouldn’t support those concepts. However, the NFL loves the thought of parity. It helps drive ratings, create more fans and spark interest. I’m sure somewhere in the darkened spaces
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Monday Night Madness While walking through the parking lot at a Philadelphia sports bar before Monday night’s Dallas/Philly slugfest, an excitable gentleman hustled through the area trying to pawn off t-shirts. “Get your t-shirt! Romo and Owens: Brokeback Mountain 2.” The aforementioned t-shirt sported a photo-shopped picture of the Dallas duo wearing cowboy hats and
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The King is Gone Soon after Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard rocked the NFL world by careening into Tom Brady’s left leg, thus causing a season-ending injury, my phone exploded with text messages from well-wishers and player haters. Messages came in from all points of the east coast; one from an excited Bills’ fan
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