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Friday, November 20th, 2009

These Aren’t The Plays You’re Looking For: New Trick Plays

 
Trick plays have been used in football even before they legalized the forward pass.  But many of the plays that probably confused the hell out of the defense when they were still new (reverses, double passes, draws, screens) are considered commonplace today.  Even the Statue of Liberty play gets used often enough these days that, […]

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Modern Warfare, Too: Recent Sports Rivalries

This Sunday is the annual Brady v. Manning bowl. What, you hadn’t heard? You must not own a TV…or an internet machine. This is the yearly occurrence when everyone debates who is better, and then pretends that the outcome of those debates will really bother Pey Pey or Tommy Boy.
The truth of the matter is, […]

Friday, November 6th, 2009

COMBO!: Combining Sports & Games

The other day a friend of mine, who has done some amateur boxing in the past, informed me that he would soon be competing in a chessboxing competition.  Yes, that’s exactly what it sounds like.  Contests box for a round, then play timed chess for a round, then repeat.  This continues until someone is either […]

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Take off the mask. Your sports stars on Halloween

Tomorrow night thousands of children will hit the streets of Anytown USA with black fedoras, one white sparkly glove and an elaborate leather jacket of some kind in hopes of getting adults to give them treats.  Little do they know that the very man they’re dressing like would have given them some “feel good medicine” and […]

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Betcha…Political wagers that make sense

With the World Series beginning tonight we now see another boring chapter of politicians making pointless championship wagers.  In fact, this might be the worst chapter yet.
Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and Arlen Specter and Bob Casey from New York and Pennsylvania respectively have wagered Brooklyn cheesecakes against Philly Cheesestakes. (pardon me while […]

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

This just turned into a Michael Douglas flick - Workplace Relationships that are getting out of hand.

So, Steve Phillips has been suspended from the World Wide Leader for having a relationship with a 22 year old intern.

Aside from Phillips’ “talent” evaluation, the story has become about how his new girlfriend went all Fatal Attraction and began delivering letters to his wife and friending his son on Facebook.  Now, while attention gets piled onto Fatal […]

Friday, October 16th, 2009

What’s left? The Thing’s Favre hasn’t done…YET.

You know the greatest thing to ever happen to the NFL wears number 4.  But it has become obvious that Brett, sorry (what am I thinking), Sir His Holiness Mr. Favre, doesn’t have his sights set on the Hall of Fame anymore.
And since all he would have to do to become President is hold a […]

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

NFL Coaches and Their Wrestling Counterparts

Here, we are, knee deep in my favorite time of year: football season. And every year I almost forget how much football season coincides with videogame season.
The other weekend, I was over at my buddy’s house playing the new Wrestlemania Legends videogame on PS3. All my favorites were there; Jake the Snake, Brutus the Barber […]