Skip Bayless Claims 2001-2002 Season New England-Oakland Playoff Game Was Fixed by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue

The following conversation took place this morning during the second down portion of 1st and 10, a group of debate segments aired daily on the ESPN morning show, First Take. Jay Crawford (JC) is the moderator. The debaters are former Oakland Raiders fullback Jon Ritchie (JR) and segment regular Skip Bayless (SB): JC: Skip, is basketball the easiest game to fix? SB: [read more...]

NFL Week 8 – Parity NFL Style: 7 Good Teams, 7 Bad Teams, 18 about.500; Replay Officials Keep Iowa In BCS Hunt

Indiana head coach Bill Lynch disputes a bad spot in the Hoosiers game against Iowa. First, kudos to ESPN for their Sunday Outside the Lines segment on Tom Cable. The Oakland Raiders head coach has an obvious history of abuse, toward women and now his assistant coach, Randy Hansen, who claims Cable broke his jaw. —————————— Next up, boo to ESPN for [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...]

Notes on the Weekend: Big-Time NCAA Rivalries; “Riggo” Goes Off; N.Y. vs. N.O. in the NFL

All the reports around the country mentioned Hall of Fame running back and former Washington Redskins great, John Riggins, You Tube video crushing of JIm Zorn. “Riggo,” as he was called, said Zorn better served coaching high school players, like Riggins’ son. However, what was missed is in the reports is that Riggins spent the first half of his video crushing [read more...]

The NFL Hawks Throwback Gear to Opposing “Teams”

A mythical Oakland Raiders cornerback wearing a white jersey leaps to make an interception. A New York Jets wideout in a deep-blue New York Titans throwback uniformed receiver is watching the Raiders player reach for the ball. In the next scene there is a flashback jump cut to Oakland Raiders players emerging from their tunnel, all early 1970s black jerseys [read more...]

Michael Vick: Just Another Nigger

It’s official. Michael Vick is officially just another nigger. While Brett Favre cannot throw more than 10 passes without his arm feeling like it’s going to fall off, but while the Minnesota Viking continue to express interest in the to be 40-year old (in October) quarterback, Vick is receiving no interest at the same position. The Vikings have four QBs on [read more...]

The Real Deal with Jerry Jones, Romo, and T.O. (the Dallas Cowboys According to Deion Sanders)

Recently - March 25 - Deion Sanders appeared on Michael Irvin’s radio show. While ESPN, spearheaded by the reporting of Ed Werder and Matt Mosley, busied itself and the two men busied themselves with ensuring that Terrell Owens would be perceived by the general public as a malcontent, Sanders, at the time had a different perspective on Owens. Sanders, through [read more...]

More On Terrell Owens Signing One-Year Contract with Buffalo

According to ESPN’s John Clayton, Terrell Owens has agreed to a one-year, $6.5 million contract with the Buffalo Bills. The Bills are expected to hold a 6:15 p.m. news conference to confirm the signing. ————————————- Addendum: In the press conference Owens said the following: “I’m leaving America’s team [for] North America’s team. “I must move on, and it’s another beginning for me,” Owens said. “If I [read more...]

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