Remember that doctor on 60 Minute who allegedly susbcribed steroids to three Carolina Panthers players? Well, the NFL looked into that and found that the Panthers didn’t know about it and didn’t authorize it. What’s more, the players who were caught visiting the steroid doc probably won’t be suspended, because they didn’t actually violate the NFL’s drug policy […]Read More

The success of Correll Buckhalter in the Philadelphia Eagles backfield in 2003 made then-holdout Duce Staley seem expendable. Thanks to a torn patellar tendon in his right knee, Buckhalter didn’t play in 2004. Now, it appears the same injury will keep him out of action in 2005. He’s not going to recover from this, folks. Tim […]Read More

CBS Sportsline columnist Clark Judge has some interesting observations about the Steelers today, starting with the fact that they’re deeper at wide receiver than most people think. Apparently, the additions of Cedrick Wilson, Nate Washington and rookie Fred Gibson give Ben Roethlisberger a lot more targets than usual. Judge also says something I’ve been saying for weeks… […]Read More

I’m not going to knock Casey Hampton. He’s an all-pro nose tackle, his knee appears to be holding up wekk, and besides, he’s a much, much larger man than I. But why are the Steelers signing Hampton to a long term dealbefore Hines Ward? I suppose it’s just typical of the Steelers to take care of the […]Read More

With Carolina safety Colin Branch out for the season with torn knee ligaments, the Thomas Davis-at-linebacker experiment ended rather quickly. The Panthers will move their #1 pick back to safetyto fill that rather large hole. Which really just means the rookie will have to go back and play more Madden against Mike Minter to get re-accustomed to the position. It […]Read More

Okay, I took a little time away from the blog yesterday, so it’s time to catch up on things, starting with Stephen Davis returning to practice for the Carolina Panthers. I should be more excited about this. Davis gained 1444 yards for the Panthers during their NFC Championship season two years ago. He’s a straight-ahead power […]Read More

Hearing about a football player dying is never easy. We talk about football players as our modern-day gladiators, but their game is not a life-or-death struggle as it was in that Roman empire two millenia ago. Today’s gladiators have an even bigger aura of invincibility around them. Sadly, that was not the case for Thomas […]Read More

You think Terrell Owens and Randy Moss are competing with each other to see who can be the most controversial? I can imagine the two of them IMing each other and having a conversation like this… TOis1337: OMG Im spankin ya, kid. OaktownKing18: wtf TOis1337: All the media ratz are lookin at me. TOis1337: They […]Read More

Jake Delhomme and Stefan LeFors seem to have a lot in common. Both are from Louisiana. Neither of them practice well, yet both of them know how to improvise and have a tendency to shine on game day — Delhomme more than LeFors, but hey, the kid’s a rookie fourth-stringer, and he was probably drafted just […]Read More

There is a lack of leadership in Latrobe right now. Three core players — Hines Ward, Duce Staley, and Joey Porter — are M.I.A., and the Steelers are wondering who could possibly replace them. Bill Cowher doesn’t know, either, so he’s calling the entire team out, saying someone better step up, and fast. I’ll be looking […]Read More