Your NFL Week 6 Preview
Things just get weirder this NFL season, but there do appear to be some teams you can count on to be great and some you can count on not to show up at all. I’m confident my slump of the last two weeks comes to an end with this week’s games, as the season focus...
The Broncos Can’t Be Stopped: Week 6 Power Rankings
(Won-Loss Record and Last Week’s Ranking in parentheses) 1. Denver Broncos (5-0) (1) - Notice to League: 48 points ain’t enough. 2. New Orleans Saints (5-0) (4) - Leading the NFC in point differential. 3. Seattle Seahawks (4-1) (2) - Let’s face it - they were due...
Frontline’s League of Denial and other NFL Random Thoughts
If you are a fan of football in general, and the NFL in particular, then you owed it to yourself to watch League of Denial, an episode of Frontline that aired last night on PBS. If the title sounds familiar, it’s probably because you originally heard that this would...
TMNT Hockey Jerseys are the best thing you’ll see all day
Hockey fans are no strangers to jersey concepts. Some are good, some are ok and most are terrible. But this concept designed by Dave Delisle of Dave's Geeky Hockey is slap yo' mamma good. Based off the party wagon from the old days of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the...
NFC East: How Many Wins Will it Take?
Remember the old commercial…How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? No? Well, your dad remembers it. Go ask him. But today’s question is even simpler. Could, for the second time in NFL history, a division fail to produce even ONE .500...
Upsets and Unexpected Outcomes: NFL Week 5 Preview
Another tough week - filled with upsets and unexpected outcomes. There are a lot of teams out there that haven’t given you a good read on what they will do next, which obviously makes handicapping their games all that much more difficult. Nevertheless, there are some...
Tiger, Phil and Dufner pose in epic photo
For those that appreciate the game of golf, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Jason Dufner are all legends in their own right. While two of the three have collectively more success than the other, the following photo that was snapped of top guys in their sport is...
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings
(Won-Loss Record and Last Season’s Final Ranking in parentheses) 1. Denver Broncos (4-0) (1) - Record pace. 2. Seattle Seahawks (4-0) (2) - Having “one of those seasons.” 3. New England Patriots (4-0) (4) - All they do is win. 4. New Orleans Saints (4-0) (5) - Why...
Kate Upton in a Braves uniform on the cover of SI
Kate Upton was once known as a Tigers fan. But when her relationship to Tigers' pitcher, Justin Verlander, ended earlier in the year, it seems she's switched divisions. Gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated along with the Braves brothers, Justin and BJ Upton, Kate...
The Seahawks and Chiefs Are the Real Deal
In my week 4 preview, I predicted the Seahawks to lose their game in Houston this week, ending with a rhetorical “Do people think they’re gonna go 16-0?” Maybe now they do. Trailing 20-3 at the half, Seattle’s defense completely clamped down on the Texans, shutting...
Coaches Fired, SEC Offensive Shootouts, and Looking Ahead
As awful as Week 4 was, Week 5 was just as good. There was plenty of action on the field, and the big matchups actually lived up to the hype, for the most part. It wasn't just the on-field stuff that provided drama, either, as a couple of coaches' hot seats finally...
Ravens WR and Wife Announce Pregnancy in Fantastic Fashion
Ravens WR Torrey Smith and his wife Chanel Williams got married over the summer. And clearly, the man picked a woman he can share a good laugh with because their pregnancy announcement Monday night via Smith's Instagram is amazing.
How Many TD’s is Peyton Gonna Throw?
It’s week 4. WEEK 4! And Peyton Manning has already thrown 16 touchdown passes. Let that sink in. That’s 4 per game. At this rate, Manning will throw 64 TDs this season, which would shatter the existing record by 14, set by Peyton’s old friend Tom Brady in 2007....
Mariano Rivera’s Tearful Yankee Stadium Goodbye
Whether you're a fan of the Yankees or not, most baseball fans would agree that Mariano Rivera was the epitome of a champion who played every game with the utmost class and skill. So when he said goodbye to Yankee Stadium last night, it was no doubt an emotional one....
NFL Outlook for Week 4 is a bit tricky
All good things must come to an end, it seems, and my hot streak was one of them last week, although in my defense I won my office pool last week, the first of many I hope. In the meantime, this is the point of the season where you have a series of “will they or...
Your NFL Week 4 Power Rankings
(Won-Loss Record and Last Season’s Final Ranking in parentheses) 1. Denver Broncos (3-0) (1) - A totally dominating display of dominance. 2. Seattle Seahawks (3-0) (2) - Best team in the NFC, bar none. 3. Baltimore Ravens (2-1) (3) - Looking more like the team that...
What’s Wrong With the 49ers Defense?
What’s wrong with the Niners’ defense? They’ve given up 90 points (30 per game) through the first three weeks of the season. In 2012 they surrendered over 30 only twice all season and were the third ranked defense in NFL allowing just 17 ppg. I know the Niners have...
Why Running Backs Still Matter in the NFL
In the aftermath of the Browns trading Trent Richardson, who less than two years ago was the 3rd overall pick in the NFL draft, there has been much talk about whether the running back position is dead. Don’t believe the hype. Running backs matter. Here’s why. Hit...
