Ravens Overwhelm Patriots, 33-14; 51-45 OT, WOW!

Ray Rice after scoring on the first play of the game Sunday. Sunday, Captain Ray “Ahab” Lewis finally conquered the whale. And though next weekend his playoff dreams might come crashing to an end, Lewis is ecstatic over the Baltimore Ravens 33-14 win over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Lewis intimated that he watched so much video of Brady [read more...]

NFL Week 17: Weak Games Act As Playoff Lead-In; All Wild Card Games Are Regular Season Rematches

Jay Ratliff and Wade Phillips celebrate Dallas' shutout victory over Philadelphia. The hottest team in the NFC is actually Dallas instead of Philadelphia, The hottest thing in the AFC was Lamarr Woodley’s mouth. In Seattle, the Seahawks wanted to make sure Tennessee running back did not get to 2, 000 yards on them, this after Seattle’s defense looked completely disinterested in [read more...]

NFL Week 11: Patriots Revenge, the Oakland Fly Trap Eats Again, and More…

Jay Cutler contemplates the latest way he found to lose a game for the Chicago Bears. Oakland (3-7) 20, Cincinnati (7-3) 17. Sunday showed the Bengals immaturity. After jumping out to a quick 14-0 lead, too many Bengals players took the reset of the game off thinking the Raiders would pack it in; some appeared mot to show up at all [read more...]

NFL Week 7: How Many Blowouts?… The Cream Begins to Rise

This was quite the week in the NFL. Then again, every week in the league is an adventure, complete with brilliant comebacks, inexplicable collapses, and games that come down the the final drive. This week was no different. Down and Dirty in the Meadowlands Arizona (4-2) 24, New York Giants (5-2) 17. The way Chris Collinsworth told the viewing audience Carlos Dansby [read more...]

Edgerrin James the Father and Man Is “E-Raced” From Sports Headlines

There are no excuses to be made; it is too late. The failure of mainstream or Internet sports news outlet to so much as mention the Edgerrin James story reported August 29 by USA Today’s Nate Davis from an August 28 article by Michael Silver at Yahoo Sports, and mentioned at length here at Sports On My Mind on September 2 is [read more...]

NFL Note: Michael Vick to Play Before Kevin Kolb… Edge Signs with Seattle

Kevin Kolb said he was confident that he is the second-string quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. Head coach Andy Reid appears to have some different thoughts about the matter. In a press conference just finished Reid said: What I’ll do with the starters is, I’ve got ‘em down for three quarters - we’ll see how the game goes. And then with [read more...]

The Officiating Farce that Was Super Bowl XLIII

The Super Bowl XLIII culprits: Head referee Terry McAulay, umpire Roy Ellison, head linesman Derick Bowers, line judge Mark Perlman, field judge Greg Gautreaux, side judge Michael Banks, and back judge Keith Ferguson.By halftime the Arizona Cardinals were whistled for a whopping six penalties, while the Pittsburgh Steelers were flagged only once. By game’s end the Cardinals compiled 12 penalties [read more...]

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