Loss of Jamiel Shaw's Life Transcends Sports

By dgrassi, Section Other Sports
Posted on Mon Apr 28 2008 at 9:15 PM EST
More on: Sports, Illegal Immigration, Government, Football (all tags)

The story of Jamiel Shaw, Jr., as reported, is not that of sensation but rather that of the war between our communities and our federal, state and local governments. For they have dropped the ball, not Jamiel, not his family, not his neighborhood.

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Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus and We Can Still Play Just as Good as We Used To...

By b d fenton, Section College
Posted on Sat Mar 29 2008 at 10:45 PM EST
More on: funny, football, humorous, BYU, USC, Stanford, alumni game, nostalgia, wacky, good, grid iron (all tags)

This is a true story. The names of the teams, the place and date have been intentionally left out to preclude the possibility of our team trophy being taken away because of the negligible contribution of two old men.

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Why I Care About The Giants So Much

By JSOppenheim, Section NFL
Posted on Wed Jan 23 2008 at 10:48 AM EST
More on: NY Giants, love, fan, football, sports, NFL (all tags)

I had the good fortune of watching the last two New York Giants games in the company of a young lady who can only be described as "heavenly", by virtue of us both being invited to watch the contests at the apartment of a mutual friend.  Playoff football is not a conducive atmosphere to get to know someone, so I have every intention of asking her out for a cup of coffee the day after Super Bowl 42.  

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Regarding Sean Taylor: I Have My Answer

By JSOppenheim, Section NFL
Posted on Sun Dec 02 2007 at 11:20 PM EST
More on: football, Sean Taylor, Washington Redskins, Safety (all tags)

It's been 60+ hours since word came that Sean Taylor had passed.  When I first heard of the shooting, I did not think of death as the eventual outcome.  When news trickled out about the severity of the injury, I was surprised.  Soon, Sean Taylor was lost.

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Big Ten Football Rocks!

By Flemish American, Section College
Posted on Sat Nov 17 2007 at 10:43 AM EST
More on: NCAA, Football, Big Ten (all tags)

Hey all you Big Ten bashers!  What's your problem?  You just don't like success?  Why do you keep picking on the greatest conference in college football?

Didn't you know that with 43 out of 44 non-conference games played, the Big Ten has only lost 8 games?  Of those 8, Michigan lost those two fluke games and 3 others were lost by Minnesota.  This means only 3 other teams lost a non-conference game.  Is that dominance or what?

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Top 10...er...8 Calls of All Time

By JDWC, Section Other Sports
Posted on Wed Apr 25 2007 at 3:01 PM EST
More on: announcers, baseball, hockey, football, basketball (all tags)

Recently, I was watching the Best Damn Top 50 Spectacular Plays and it got me obsessed with Top Ten lists. Naturally, I had to watch Who's Number 1? and The Sports List afterwards, and yell at Summer Sanders when I disagreed. Now I'm hooked and I have been trying to think of unique top ten lists. With this list of the best sports casting calls of all time, I feel I've accomplished that (even if I could only think of eight worthy of the list).

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How the NFL dropped the ball.

By Wheeld1, Section NFL
Posted on Sun Dec 10 2006 at 12:41 PM EST
More on: NFL, Terrell Owens, Dallas Cowboys, football, Seahawks (all tags)

In the NFL, there is a serious disease affecting every player and every team.  The symptoms of the disease become apparent at the worst possible times, when the game is on the line.  It affects everybody, even the game's best.  The most terrifying thing is that no cure exists now or in the future.  This disease affects a person's ability to catch a ball also known as, "the drop."

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NFC Playoff Contenders

By Zachooo, Section NFL
Posted on Wed Nov 22 2006 at 12:06 PM EST
More on: NFC, Playoffs, Contenders, NFL, football (all tags)

by Zach Richardson

Recently we've seen at least five NFC teams cluster around the same record with a few more jump in at one or two games close behind. Which teams will or won't make the playoffs and why?

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Pigskin Picks: College Football

By johnnyrico, Section College
Posted on Sun Nov 12 2006 at 4:31 AM EST
More on: College Football, Football (all tags)

Louisville vs. Rutgers
   This is the sexiest game on the schedule this week.  Two unbeaten Big East teams with completely different styles of play clash on a Thursday night in New Jersey.  Ray Rice is one the most talented football players in the country at any position.  Throw in the all-conference fullback Brian Leonard, and you have best rushing tandem in the Big East.  Louisville's defense will have its hands full, but Brian Brohm, Mario Urrutia, and their offense should man-handle the Rutgers defensive squad.  This one will be hard-fought throughout, but the Cardinals cash their ticket to an inevitable BCS snub.

Louiville-27
Rutgers-21

Arkansas vs. Tennessee
   The "Dirty South" just got a little nastier.  Expect emotions to run high when these two SEC teams mix it up in the best college football matchup on Saturday.  Arkansas is having its best season in years on the legs of Darren McFadden, a homegrown running back coming off a career high 219 yard performance last week. Both teams have questions at quarterback, with Casey Dick replacing an ineffective Mitch Mustain and Jonathan Crompton starting for injured Tennessee starter Erik Ainge.  The Vols have off-the-field issues as well with three suspensions this week.  But can the Razorbacks continue their unlikely run through the SEC West?  All signs point to the pigs.

Arkansas-17
Tennessee-10

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Thug U Strikes Again

By matt Jordan, Section College
Posted on Mon Oct 16 2006 at 11:01 PM EST
More on: Miami, FIU, Football, brawls (all tags)

The single most disgraceful act in college sports happened this weekend. Something so heinous, it's almost shameful to admit to being a fan of sports. Of course by now, you know I'm talking about Miami taking on Florida Atlantic. Even with the idiotic behavior with the players, the more shocking thing might be the dumb comments by color commentator Lamar Thomas, an ex-Hurricanes player. Thomas went on to say the following, "Now, that's what I'm talking about. You come into our house, you should get your behind kicked. You don't come into the OB playing that stuff. You're across the ocean over there. You're across the city. You can't come over to our place talking noise like that. You'll get your butt beat. I was about to go down the elevator to get in that thing."

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