Do you get the sense that Tom Brady’s play on Sunday in the wake of his grandmother’s unexpected death will do a little too much in defining him as a player? Everyone looks at Brett Favre’s brilliant performance after his father’s death in 2003 as a potential example of what could happen on Sunday. Just because he has more […]Read More

“He was like, ‘How’s it going TB?’ That was the coolest thing I ever heard. A lot of people call me ‘TB.’ But never like that.” -Tom Brady, on meeting Michael Jordan for the first time.Read More

It’s almost cliche for an aspiring athlete to dream of buying a nice big house in the suburbs for his mama. Falcon’s running back Warrick Dunn, however, wants to buy a nice house for everyone’s mama. The NFL digs it, too. That’s why Dunn was named Walter Payton NFL man of the year today. Good lookin’ out, Warrick.Read More

Chuck Bednarik played both center and linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1949 to 1962. He played for the Eagles the last time they won the NFL Championship in 1960. Today, he said he’s rooting for the Eagles to lose on Sunday. Aside from being obviously jealous about current players and their salaries — “Back in my day, […]Read More

Did anyone else see Emmitt Smith on SportsCenter last night? Not even a day in, and he seems to be enjoying his retirement an awful lot, isn’t he? He’s already one of those former athletes who can sit around an poke fun at a former teammate and yuk it up with Dan Patrick… You get the sense […]Read More

Terrell Owens isn’t the only new Eagle having a major impact on his team.Check it: (Linebacker Jeremiah) Trotter was one of the team’s top players on special teams in the first half of the season, before defensive coordinator Jim Johnson made a crucial move. Following the Eagles’ first loss of the season, 27-3 to Pittsburgh, […]Read More

New England defensive end Richard Seymour, one of Bill Belichek’s faithful little All-Pro robots, has been cleared to play in the Super Bowl after sitting out the last three games with a damaged motherboard knee injury. Seymour and his replacement, Jarvis Green are expected to be interchangeable cogs in Belichek’s machine on Sunday.Read More

Now the story coming out of Jacksonville is that New England’s wide receivers are flying under the radar. Duh! They don’t say anything. They’re Belichekian robots, just like the rest of them. Unless Tom Brady is throwing them something, they hide from the spotlight and scurry off like cockroaches into the crevices of the world and […]Read More

Want to have the ultimate Super Bowl XXXIX party? Engadget shows you all the gear you’ll ever need to blow out the big game. Personally, I’m fairly content with having a giant sandwich from Quizno’s and exploding grapes in the microwave at halftime, but that’s just me…Read More

I’m starting a pool for people to bet on how soon Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel will be named head coach of the Cleveland Browns. I’m guess his cell phone will be ringing as soon as the final gun goes off on Sunday night, but his new job won’t formally announced until 10:00 AM on Monday. […]Read More