Commissioner Roger Goodell is always tough on NFL players. He says he is all about player safety on the field; but what about the safety off the field? I understand the need to protect players on the field as much as possible, but they need to be protected off the field as well. On Dec. 8, police … Continue reading
With Midnight Madness next week, it is time to start talking college basketball once again. The North Carolina Tarheels will again be contenders for the ACC Championship, but they won’t have a lot of recognizable faces. The Tarheels will almost have an entire new starting line up for 2012-13. Four of their starters from last season took their talents … Continue reading
Not too many people can say they were a visionary during their lifetime, but Steve Sabol certainly could have. He and his father, Ed Sabol, changed sports for the better in the 1960s when they founded NFL Flims. Steve Sabol began working at NFL Films as a cameraman with alongside his dad after graduating from … Continue reading
The short winding road of the college football season begins Thursday Night. Each week, I will give you some of the games to watch for. While everyone will point out Alabama vs Michigan as the game of the weekend, week one has a lot of other intriguing games as well. Tennessee vs N.C. State (Friday Night in Atlanta) … Continue reading
Some people say preseason college football polls are overrated. Many of the rankings are based on what a team did last season and not how they project going into the current season. Alabama lost a lot of defensive players, but voters still ranked them as high as number two in the polls. Every year, there … Continue reading
For years, the Miami Dolphins organization put up with Brandon Marshall’s antics, but first-year Head Coach Joe Philbin is about character in his locker room. That’s why this new regime traded Marshall and that’s why the Dolphins cut Chad Johnson Sunday night. The Dolphins terminated Johnson’s contract after he was arrested Saturday for domestic battery … Continue reading
The College Football polls were released last week. Some people agree with the ranking, but I have a little beef with where some teams are ranked. With college football season less than a month away, I will give you my rankings, conference winners and BCS Game Predictions. My College Football Poll 1. LSU 2. USC 3. … Continue reading
Some people questioned HBO’s decision on choosing the Miami Dolphins for this season’s version of “Hard Knocks.” After last night’s episode, no one is questioning that decision anymore. Chad Johnson was amazing in the first episode. He looked very comfortable in front of the camera. He looked like he was back to the old Chad … Continue reading
As everyone knows, the New York Giants are the defending Super Bowl champions. The season, after they defended their last championship in the 2008 season, the Giants won the NFC East with a record of 12–4 and were the number one seed in the NFC. They would go on to lose to the Philadelphia Eagles, … Continue reading
Everyone knew Penn State would get hit with some harsh penalties, but I don’t think anyone expected the punishment the school received. The NCAA hit the university with a four-year football postseason ban, a $60 million sanction and the school has to vacate all wins dating back to 1998. Penn State scholarship totals will be … Continue reading
