Admin | March 26, 2011
Linebacker is the position where the fire of so many great defenses burn. Mike Singletary in Chicago. Ray Lewis in Baltimore. Ray Nitschke in Green Bay. Colin McCarthy has a long way to go before he earns comparisons to any of those players, but he certainly has the DNA for the position. The Miami linebacker [...]
Admin | March 26, 2011
People often criticize a potential college football playoff by pointing to the NCAA basketball tournament each March and pointing out its flaws. Anyone watching the Arizona/Duke beatdown last night undoubtedly saw all the empty seats I did. And TV ratings and excitement for the tournament seem to be their highest at the beginning of the [...]
Admin | March 25, 2011
Former NFL lineman Barret Robbins has been sentenced to five years in Florida prison for a drug-related probation violation. ESPN.com – NFL Technorati Tags: Barret, center, five, florida, Former, Oakland, Prison, Raiders, Robins, sentenced, Years Live NFL Football Streaming
Admin | March 25, 2011
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award last night on behalf of the NFL for his support of their Grassroots program which provides grants to build or resurface football fields in areas of need of financial assistance. NFL.com Blogs
Admin | March 25, 2011
Live win probability for the NCAA basketball championship games is available now at wp.advancednflstats.com/bball. (Final games are here. Games from the previous day are here.) This is something I put together a couple years ago, and I’ve dusted it off for the tournament. The model’s approach is very similar to my football model. Basketball is [...]
Admin | March 24, 2011
HOUSTON, TX – Meeting at the site of the Final Four for this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, Bill Hancock, executive director of the BCS, and six conference commissioners agreed to simply call off the tournament and have Ohio State play Kansas for the championship. Citing “just too much madness” in the tournament this year, [...]
Admin | March 24, 2011
By Russell Goldman of Pats Confidential. The NFL lockout went into effect a couple of weekend’s ago after the NFLPA made the decision to decertify, and take this issue to the courts. The NFL owners then decided to lockout the players. The court hearing on this matter is on April 6th. While the owners and [...]
Admin | March 23, 2011
In light of winning Super Bowl XLV, the Packers home loss to the Dolphins is artistic. Not Artistic like, say, a Rothko color field. More like Varinia leaving for Gaul, showing their newborn son to Spartacus, saying “Please die, my love… die, die now my darling!” artistic. A cave hidden in the great artistic crevasse [...]
Admin | March 23, 2011
The NFL’s competition committee has been meeting in Florida as it always does before the league’s spring meetings. The competition… NFL
Admin | March 22, 2011
As word has spread around the country that former Oilers receiver Drew Hill is fighting for his life in an… NFL