Notes: Jake Delhomme Finally Done with Carolina; Finley Signed by Boston; Peppers, Taylor to Bears? Cromartie Now with Revis
Jake Delhomme, who began his career as an NFL starting quarterback by leading the Carolina Panthers to the Super Bowl, was released Thursday by the Carolina Panthers. Delhomme, 35, who quarterbacked the Panthers to a Super Bowl berth and two NFC Championship Games, fell off precipitously from his previous level of play in 2009. His demise began with a disastrous six-turnover performance [read more...]
The official Survival Guide for the NFL offseason
Super Bowl XLIV is in the books. The last drops of Gatorade have been devoured. The last few strips of confetti have been swept away. And if you’re like me, you’re already longing for the sound of helmets cracking, first down measurements and touchdown dances. But in the immortal words of Thomas Haynes Bayly, “absence makes the heart grow fonder.” Even [read more...]
NBA: Owners Want Salary Rollback to Include Existing Deals
Gilbert Arenas had no idea Washington Wizards management would sell him out this hard. In many private conversations it was agreed that the Washington Wizards attempt to pirate away the remainder of Gilbert Arenas’ contract was a sign that owners want to lower NBA player’s maximum salaries across the board. Well, here’s the proof: The NBA will put its marquee players on [read more...]
Tiger Did It, Now No One Can’t
To use the words “prophet” and “Charles Barkley” in the same sentence might get you weird looks from some, if not most. But I will use those two items in the same sentence. Charles Barkley was a prophet during his 1993 Nike commercial when he said: “ I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a [read more...]
NBA Preview: Pacific Division
Halle-freaking-elujah!!!! Last NBA Preview column!! And before you ask, it’s definitely not a coincidence that I waited to do this division last. You’ll know why in a second. My apologies for not getting all the previews out before the season, but there’s only been 6 or 7 games played by each team, so it wasn’t that far off. Now onto [read more...]
NBA Preview: Southwest Division
Four down, two to go!!! No time for chit chatter. Let’s go! Western Conference Southwest Division 1. San Antonio Spurs 2. Dallas Mavericks 3. Houston Rockets 4. New Orleans Hornets 5. Memphis Grizzlies 1. San Antonio Spurs (61-21) In my opinion, this is the only team that can prevent the Lakers from going to the NBA Finals for the third straight year. The [read more...]
NBA Preview: Northwest Division
I understand that the season’s already started, but I’m determined to finish the second half of my NBA Preview this week. I know I said I wanted to finish last week, and I didn’t. I know I’m saying that I’ll finish this week, but I promise you (my readers), that I WILL finish this preview and you will be entertained [read more...]
Michael Jordan’s HOF Induction Speech: When Demons Rule
Michael Jordan, UNC Naismith award winner. For a little more than 20 minutes at the Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Michael Jordan gave us the opportunity to peek into his soul. After years and years of media folks begging Jordan to be more than a brand, to show them something from inside him, he did. Now, after this indiction speech, many [read more...]
ESPN, NFL, and the Where the Road Ends (plus, THE Michael Vick File)
“I think the commissioner, all things considered, probably made the best decision that was realistically at his disposal to make,” said Mike Greenberg about Roger the Blond Ghost Goodell’s decision to rein-suspend-ate Michael Vick to end Tuesday’s Mike and Mike in the Morning show. This after many conversations with mainstream sports journalists about Vick that ended yesterday, I thought that, perhaps, I needed to reassess [read more...]
WWE Raw Report 7-27-09
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the Raw Report with Matt Winton. If you ever start writing for a website, whether it be wrestling or other, you’ll learn to love the 3rd person. I know I do. Last week I was unable to do the recap due to personal things, and I’m sure none of you reading this [read more...]
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