After a brief time atop the hill as Super Bowl favorites halfway through the 2012 NFL season, the Houston Texans return to their usual perch just on the outskirts heading int0 2013 according to Vegas. A team that finished as the AFC’s No. 3 seed last season is now receiving the third-highest Super Bowl odds [...]
Ten years to the date since he announced his retirement, Patrick Roy was back in the same restaurant at the Pepsi Center in Denver to be introduced as the newest head coach of the Colorado Avalanche. Spirits were high, and Avalanche fans are no doubt hopeful that things are well on their way to turning [...]
It was the same situations, different day for the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday. The only change, a rather significant one, was that this time the Rockies finished the game on top of the Houston Astros. Struggling recently with the ability to capitalize on opportunities from the plate, Colorado came through when it mattered most on [...]
Although the Memphis Grizzlies were surprisingly swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, the series wasn’t a total loss. Memphis discovered that reserve small forward Quincy Pondexter can potentially be a steady source of perimeter scoring, and for this reason he should be a larger part of their game plan for [...]
Well, did he or didn’t he? This has been the question that has been taking up most of the time in the college football world for the majority of the day. Today, during the SEC meetings, Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban was discussing the lately enormously-hot topic of a possible nine-game conference schedule. [...]
The Oklahoma State Cowboys and Kansas Jayhawks will enter the 2013-14 college basketball season as the favorites in the Big 12 Conference. For what it is worth, these two teams split the season series this past season. Oddly enough, the Cowboys won on the road and the Jayhawks won on the road. Although Kansas will [...]
How does the “Man of Steel” shave? In this hotly debated topic, Gillette helps cut through the clutter with HowDoesHeShave.com, a website dedicated to uncovering the truth behind Superman’s grooming routine. Director Kevin Smith; TV hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman; scientist and comedian Bill Nye; and Mayim Bialik, actress and real-life neuroscientist, share their [...]
At first, when the NBA decided to make the act of flopping illegal, the reaction was that it would eliminate players from manipulating the officials. However, players across the league continue to flail at times when their is hardly a foul. Perhaps the most annoying part of a game, referees are forced to make a [...]
The most exciting aspect of fantasy baseball is obviously home runs. There is nothing better than hearing the crack of the bat and seeing a ball go sailing over the fence. However, seeing a speedy player dash the 90 feet from first to second in an attempt to steal the base has to be the [...]
After leading Dutch Eredivisie team AZ Alkmaar in scoring and to their first Dutch Cup Championship since 1982, transfer rumors have surrounded U.S. Men’s National Team forward Jozy Altidore. For a player that scored 26 goals in 26 games for Alkmaar in all competitions, there will be clubs all over the world that are scrambling to sign [...]
In football, one unwritten rule that coaches generally stick to is the following: when you can see & benefit from your opponents’ weaknesses, you go back to the well. John Harbaugh, coach of the Baltimore Ravens, did not live by this rule after the blackout in Super Bowl XXLVII and nearly lost the game as [...]
The San Francisco 49ers nearly completed a historic comeback in Super Bowl XXLVII. After being down 28-6 at the time of the now infamous blackout inside the Superdome, the 49ers came back and found themselves within a two-point conversion of tying the game in the fourth quarter. They missed that two-point attempt, but got [...]
In a lot of cases, life is about give and take, more commonly known as “compromise.” The notion is that you can get something you are perusing if you also give up something, known as “a concession,” along the way. In the case of Super Bowl XXLVII, this helped the Baltimore Ravens to a [...]
Something like this has never happened on this big of a stage in the NFL. Stadium blackouts have happened before, but for one to happen in the middle of the Super Bowl is something that most people may have conditioned themselves to believe could never happen, and that the attention to detail that surrounds an [...]
We have arrived at this day once again. Super Sunday. The Biggest day in football. The culmination of all the blood, sweat, & tears, and all of the hard work & dedication that goes into getting to this point. All the world’s eyes will once again be on New Orleans, but this time for [...]
When Ray Lewis retires, his legacy on the field will be secure, off the field will always be a different story. Despite the fact that Lewis has gone through an obvious change in his personality and actions over the last 13 years, there is still one day that will haunt him and hover over [...]
The Baltimore Ravens‘ run through this year’s NFL playoffs has been the stuff of Hollywood. With an aging legend that has been with the team for his entire career retiring at the end of the post-season, the team seen by many in the sports world as the weakest of the AFC‘s division champs coming [...]
It’s been a bit of a surreal day. The end result of two conference championship games is that brothers Jim Harbaugh and John Harbaugh will be coaching against each other in football’s biggest game with the San Francisco 49ers (Jim) facing the Baltimore Ravens (John). A surprise to say the least with both road [...]
I’ve always seen Tom Brady as a perfectionist to a point. He’s not the kind of perfectionist that isn’t ever satisfied with his work or the fruits of his labor. He is the kind of perfectionist that is never completely satisfied with his or his team’s progress to their craft: the game of football. [...]
Matt Ryan has been dogged for years about his inability to get the job done in the playoffs or in any really big game during the regular season. Two years ago, it appeared as though Ryan, also known as “Matty Ice,” had finally gotten rid of that negativity by quarterbacking the Atlanta Falcons to [...]
