NFL -Instant Replay Challenge
The NFL Instant Replay Challenge review has been proven to be far from being perfect time and again. Multiple gaps in this rule contribute to the problem of costing games to various teams. We have all seen it happen already a couple of times this season. The Monday night game between Redskins and Cowboys on September 27th stands exemplary to this fact. The NFL needs to take a deeper look at this rule and close the gaps.
I wrote this article on August 4th, one day after the death of one of the greatest announcers baseball has ever seen…
These days, whether reloading or rebuilding, overhauling your roster in MLB is as much about getting rid of talent as it is about finding it.
By Alex Fitzsimmons
Fresh off a massacre that left all of New York battered and bruised, the most lucrative and thriving sports franchise in all of sports history desperately needs to be rebuilt. As I sat in my living room watching ESPN while simultaneously listening to sports talk shows, the latest buzz seems to be that Houston outfielder Carlos Beltran is the missing piece the Yankees need. People just don’t seem to get the drift–if the Yankees sign Beltran, next season will be a mirror image of this one, a season marked by defeat.
A man in Green Bay finally had his 37 year wait pay off. He got his Packer season tickets! The man had waited on a list that grew to over 60,000 fans for the chance to purchase the tickets at over 500 bucks a pop. Maybe if they continue to play as poorly at home as they have this season, that waiting list will go pretty fast.
But the fact remains that season ticket waiting lists like the Packers have – and the Redskins and the Eagles among others — NFL football is freakin’ popular! Every Sunday afternoon during the fall and winter has become Event Television. The Sunday NFL Ticket on DirecTV outsells all other pay sports packages by a 3 to 1 margin. And if you don’t want to plunk down the coin for the dish – or the extra coin for the NFL package — sports bars all around town thrive by doing it for you.
Such popularity has continually begged the question: could the overwhelming interest in the NFL sustain another league? The USFL asked that question back in the 80’s, and the XFL experiment — or experience, whatever the hell it was — lasted all of one season. So does the failure of these leagues imply that the clear answer is “no?” Hold on, He Hate the XFL. I got the fix.
For the last 13 seasons there has been but one constant: that the Atlanta Braves will win their division. There has been one other near-constant: that the Atlanta Braves will lose in the playoffs.
The Boston Red Sox may have a two game advantage, and they have beaten the Yankees. They think the so-called Curse is broken. They’re wrong. Because of their shaky fundamental play, it’s only beginning to come into play.
Driving into downtown Salt Lake for the first time after six month in Las Vegas, I saw a Billboard featuring the University of Utah Football team. It boldly claimed “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!” Someone must have had the inside scoop, because earlier this morning, Utah claimed the sixth spot in the BCS rankings. If they can hold it, they’re going to a BCS Bowl. A team that many argued would fall to the bottom of the rankings after the loss of Ron McBride is on its way to proving a lot of people wrong.
The NFL is a strange place. Just when you think you have it figured out, someone like Indy does something stupid and loses to Jacksonville. At home. But then you have someone like the 5-1 Falcons who you knew weren’t as good as their record and they go out and prove everyone right. We’re almost at the halfway point in the season and it’s looking more and more like a five horse race. Well, here are your horses.
The Beginning
The alarm rang, 8:30 a.m. After a shower, banana and water, shoes on, it was 9:15.
I saw my neighbor on the way out, nodded, climbed into my car and fought my eyes as the hills of Marin unraveled.
Phone calls, typing and coffee, and it was back in the car.