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Super Bowl Party Recipes

Wendy went through The Cooking Blog and put together a list of the best Super Bowl Party recipes she could find.  If you are throwing a party next weekend, these are worth checking out.

All-22

The camera angle that the NFL doesn’t want you to see. Without the expanded frame, fans often have no idea why many plays turn out the way they do, or if the TV analysts are giving them correct information. On a recent Sunday, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith threw a deep pass to tight [...]

Tebow won but Sparano has to be fired

First the good news.  Tim Tebow lead the Denver Broncos to a win over the Miami Dolphins.  He looked horrible for 55 minutes, good for 5 and got the win.  The bad news has to be for Miami coach Tony Sparano as he lost to Tim Tebow and an untalented Denver Broncos team, his owner doesn’t [...]

Memo to ESPN

From Yahoo! Sports’ Jason Cole Not only do you need to put a leash on Gruden’s constant fawning over anybody who has ever worn a jockstrap, please put an end to the insipid pregame interviews that he does before Monday night games. Having Gruden sit there and pal around with guys like Romo would be [...]

What it takes to be an NFL player

Your body has to take a lot of punishment The players stick to typical fitness rules: get plenty of rest and eat healthy foods. When an NFL player is watching what he eats, staying disciplined can mean the difference between wins and losses. "Diet is A-No. 1," said James, who makes sure he has a [...]

The hypocrisy of the Terrelle Pryor decision

Some of you know I am a big fan of Yahoo! Sports’ Mike Silver.  He has a great column on Terrelle Pryor’s entrance into the NFL Supplemental Draft and the hypocrisy that is shown by the NFL by punishing Pryor and letting coaches like Pete Carroll to move on from programs under suspension to the [...]

Buffalo deserves better

I am not a Buffalo Bills fan for quite a few reasons.  They were great when my Denver Broncos were only good, Jim Kelly always used to find a way to beat them and just when I started to cheer for them, Thurman Thomas lost his helmet.  Yet they have amazing fans.  Fans so loyal [...]

Eleven

About the time this goes online, Mark will be awake and opening his birthday gifts.  We bought him an upgraded cellphone, a LG Rumor 2, NFL Training Camp for the Wii, a dopp kit for the lake, and an iTunes card.  He is also getting a cell phone case (but he will want to pick [...]

The week in bad ownership

In a week where the Washington Football Club/Racist Nickname asked the Washington Post to rename a sports news blog that covers the team and you also have Jerry Jones trying to intimidate the union in negotiations which lead them to decertify and sue the league, you would think the NFL would be a lock for [...]

Ken Dryden on Hockey Violence

In today’s Globe and Mail I wonder what will make people say that about us 50 years from now. What are the big things we might be getting really wrong? Chemicals in our foods? Genetic modifications gone wrong? Climate change? In sports, I think, the haunting question will be about head injuries. It wasn’t until [...]

Bill Simmons on the NFL Labour Dispute

On of his best articles ever (which is saying a lot) in which he takes on the mentality of the owners in terms us bloggers can understand. If Charlie Sheen is addicted to winning, then I am addicted to making money. I have lost any and all perspective. I don’t care if I lose my [...]

The rise and fall of The Fridge

ESPN chronicles the struggles of William (the Refrigerator) Perry In November, the Bears organization staged its 25th anniversary reunion of the ’85 team, and planned a raucous weekend in Chicago. The Fridge didn’t attend, and when asked why, he says, "I didn’t even know of the anniversary.” The truth is, he did know about it [...]

The New Dan Snyder

Dan Snyder, the owner of a certain Washington based NFL football team that has a racist nickname, is threatening to sue a paper for an article posted if the author is not fired.  What’s funny is that the article is not that inflammatory.  While it is childish, it’s not any worse than anything written about [...]

Don’t Stop Believin

ESPN has a long piece on why Jason Taylor has dedicated his season to his agent. Taylor was still calling Wichard every day, trying to give him the same kind of pick-me-ups the agent used to give him. But something was off, and he soon found out why the agent seemed to have gone into [...]

How NFL Footballs Are Made

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