Ben Roethlisberger: And Then There’s This…

Ben in his environment: in a basement and drunk, surrounded by co-eds who may give him what he wants. Well, well, well, isn’t this something. Finally someone in the press speaks the reality of Ben Roethlisberger. My suspicions, if this is true (and I have no reson to believe it is not), have now been confirmed. The following is the blog [read more...]

Short Notes – and even shorter thoughts: NBA Trade Talk; UConn in Peril; Warrant for Landis

By hook or by crook Canada wins a Gold. A promising sports weekend with multiple events at once —- stunk. -The NBA All-Star game was a dud. Over 100,000 people – 108,713 to be exact – witnessed one of the more boring All-Star games – and weekends – in recent NBA history. Deron Williams lost track of the score with the game [read more...]

NFL Playoffs: Chalk Prevails ——- Almost

Mark Sanchez leads his teammates in celebration of their win over San Diego. Chalk was the motif for this weekend’s playoffs. New Orleans buried Arizona 45-14. Then Indianapolis dispatched of Baltimore 20-3. Early Sunday Minnesota crushed Dallas 34-3. The bye week teams won comfortably and with energy while the Wild-Card playing teams looked tired and under-prepared, and overmatched. Until we got to [read more...]

New York Jets Advance Over Weak Cincinnati Bengals Passing Attack; Dallas Blitzes Philly, 34-14

Chad Ochocinco looks somber as time runs out on Cincinnati's season. The New York Jets played the most predictable game in playoff history —- and won. Other than the long dropped pass by Braylon Edwards, the Jets ran exactly three pass patterns. Mark Sanchez took three-step drops and ran bootlegs to pass. Shonn Greene ran to the left every rush until [read more...]

Sunday Morning NFL Fare: Peyton Manning, the Best QB Ever? Not Even close

John Unitas, not Peyton Manning was the Colts best QB ever - and perhaps the greatest in NFL history. Is Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning the greatest quarterback of all time? Not even close. If you think there are “Tom Brady” rules about hitting QBs in the knees, think about the overall rules created for offenses that benefit someone like Manning. Marshall Faulk, [read more...]

Sunday Morning NFL Fare: Peyton Manning, the Best QB Ever? Not Even close

John Unitas, not Peyton Manning was the Colts best QB ever - and perhaps the greatest in NFL history. Is Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning the greatest quarterback of all time? Not even close. If you think there are “Tom Brady” rules about hitting QBs in the knees, think about the overall rules created for offenses that benefit someone like Manning. Marshall Faulk, [read more...]

NFL Week 13: Teams Strengths, Weaknesses Show They are What They Are

Chad Ochocinco dons a poncho and a sombrero after scoring against the Lions. Bronx cheers go out to the referees in the New York Giants-Dallas game, the Dallas secondary, Jeff Fisher for turning a 24-16 game into a 27-10 deficit, and the Washington Redskins organization for failing to do much of anything correctly. ——————————— Indianapolis (12-0) 27, Tennessee (5-7) 17. Though the [read more...]

NBA Quick Note: Trail Blazer’s Oden to Miss Rest of Season

Trail Blazer's center Greg Oden is carted off the floor after fracturing his knee cap. Just when it appeared that Greg Oden’s injury troubles were behind him and he was improving game by game, the Portland Trail Blazer’s center is lost for yet another season: Greg Oden will likely miss the season after fracturing his left knee cap during a game against [read more...]

Eric Mangini and His Madcap Jig to Save His —- Job

Eric Mangini looks to be on the outs in Cleveland. Esteemed SOMM commenter Miranda pointed this story out to me in an email and not only did I fail to respond to it, after reading the initial reports I didn’t think it was that big a deal…. until I found this: It’s possible that [former New York Giants GM, Ernie] Accorsi would [read more...]

NFL Notes: Vince Young’s Success Might Spell Fisher’s Doom; Aaron Rodgers; Jamal Lewis to New England? Trouble in New York; Josh’s First True Test

Trouble in the Meadowlands for Sexy Rexy. - Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been sacked 31 times already this season, 14 by Minnesota defenders. Conversely, the Packers defense has only 12 sacks in eight games. With Matt Hasselbeck, Kurt Warner, Tony Romo, and Joe Flacco, coming up, Mike McCarthy had better demand his defense do something to get to the [read more...]

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