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.
Tag: football
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.
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.
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!
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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The Great Mistake
The 2007 NFL football season is approaching fast, and that can only mean one thing. Fantasy Football is back. It is a life long tradition of many football fanatics to gather at a particular facility, get completely drunk, and pick football players that surely will be dancing in the end zone on numerous occasions this year and help bring home some hardware to the family household.
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Top 10…er…8 Calls of All Time
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.
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 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
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