Quest for Greatness: A Punter's Tale

By bobbyjim45, Section NFL
Posted on Sun Jan 20 2008 at 11:59 PM EST
More on: Jeff Feagles, New York Giants (all tags)

A little trivia question: Who holds the NFL record for most consecutive games played?  Brett Favre, of course... right?  Nope.  Incorrect.  Negatory.  Wrongo.  The correct answer is Jeff Feagles.  No, not the crazy kicker from Ace Ventura.  That was Ray Finkle.  "If he had held the ball laces out like he's supposed to, Ray would never have missed that kick... Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell!"  Jeff Feagles is in fact a punter, currently booting the ball down field after frequent Eli Manning third-and-outs with the Giants.

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A Real Life Fantasy

By bobbyjim45, Section NFL
Posted on Thu Jan 17 2008 at 8:05 AM EST
More on: NFL (all tags)

Does your football team suck?  I'm a Patriots fan, so my team doesn't, but don't worry, I've been in your shoes before.  Remember, in the 90's Boston fans were just a bunch of miserable losers.  You hang on to hope until you hear that tragic death sentence: "mathematically eliminated."  You love the draft because your team finally gets to be number 1.  You go to church and pray for the starting QB to get hurt, because it can't get any worse.  They're down 21-0 at halftime and you start rooting for the other team.  You buy a Drew Bledsoe voodoo doll, and curse his name every chance you get.  Your head coach refers to your top wide receiver as "she".  You say, "I swear on everything holy, if he says Ben "Winter" Coates one more time, I'm going to go down to Bristol and strangle him with my bare hands!"  They let Curtis Martin go to the Jets?!?!?  Yes, I have felt your pain.

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Thanksgiving Travesty

By bobbyjim45, Section Journals
Posted on Thu Nov 22 2007 at 9:05 PM EST
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From ArmChairGM.com (http://www.armchairgm.com/NiteOwl_Needs_Your_Help#end)

Written by Tyrone Briggs

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Matt Williams and Dante Bichette would be proud

By bobbyjim45, Section MLB
Posted on Sat Oct 13 2007 at 6:18 PM EST
More on: Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks (all tags)

It's Royce Clayton's worst nightmare... who does he root for?  With the NLCS looming, it's important to understand that what we have here are two teams with long, rich histories in the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies.  Histories of all-stars, playoff appearances, humidor scandals, desert heat, Rocky Mountain thin air, and even a World Series championship.  Combined, the two teams are almost as old as my sister at the ripe old age of 25.  Put away your calculators, because I already figured it out for you; that's 175-years-old in dog years!

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Life Worth Living

By bobbyjim45, Section MLB
Posted on Mon Apr 30 2007 at 4:04 PM EST
More on: (all tags)

By Rob LaBrie

"Man I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same
But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams
I think his death it must be killin' me" - Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers)

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Slugger? Yes. Attention Seeker? Probably Not.

By bobbyjim45, Section MLB
Posted on Thu Mar 01 2007 at 3:02 PM EST
More on: Boston Red Sox, Manny Ramirez (all tags)

By Rob LaBrie

As if Manny Ramirez wasn't unpredictable enough, now he's so unpredictable, we can't even predict his unpredictability.  What?

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Any Sports Memorabilia Experts?

By bobbyjim45, Section Journals
Posted on Sun Dec 24 2006 at 10:07 PM EST
More on: (all tags)

A family member of mine recently inherited a set of signed 9x11 pictures of the 1950 Red Sox team. They are in the original envelope and are in very good condition. This is the team including greats like Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, Dom DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr, Vern Stephens, etc...

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The Propaganda Files: Stavring for Another Season?

By bobbyjim45, Section NFL
Posted on Thu Dec 21 2006 at 2:58 AM EST
More on: Brett Favre, Packers, ESPN (all tags)

By Rob LaBrie

A flash comes across the screen, "Breaking News!" it reads in immortal ESPN text.  It's midnight and you just realize you've been dozing off on the couch.  You see the screen and you decide it's worth wiping the drool off the side of your face and sitting up to see what the news is before hitting the sack.  Naturally, John Clayton pops up on the screen.  "I've just received big news out of Green Bay.  It seems Brett Favre may have played his last game in the NFL.  Sources close to Favre say the legendary quarterback is leaning toward retirement.  Of course, this is not set in stone, but we are one step closer to seeing Favre hang it up [pushes glasses up higher on his nose and sniffles]."  You put your pants back on to hear this?  Well, at least it must mean pitchers and catchers will be reporting pretty soon...

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Good to be Green... for now

By bobbyjim45, Section NBA
Posted on Wed Dec 20 2006 at 4:03 PM EST
More on: NBA, Boston Celtics (all tags)

By Rob LaBrie

Five games ago, they were the worst team in the worst division in sports, a broken franchise with no hope of being fixed.  Their young players were absolutely terrible, their coach had absolutely no idea, their GM was an absolute failure, and their only star was playing with absolutely no help.

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The Smorgasbord

By bobbyjim45, Section Other Sports
Posted on Fri Oct 13 2006 at 8:12 PM EST
More on: Cory Lidle, Alex Rodriguez, MLB, Terrell Owens, Stephen Jackson, White Sox (all tags)

By Rob LaBrie

For the past month or so, I've been a little busy trying to elude Stephen Jackson and his posse.  Ever since I threw that beer on one of them in the Bada-Bing strip club, they've been tryin' to bust a cap in my (butt) and chasin' me with Cadillac Escalades.  So, needless to say, I've been a little too busy to write about sports.

What better way to get back in the saddle than with a nice little smorgasbord (yeah, that's how you spell it) of sport?  A good smorgasbord covers all the bases.  That means we're going to need a little of everything, from the basics ("the player" and Blue Lips) to a first in the history of mankind; a sponsor for time.

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