Troy Aikman on the Pro Bowl: “I know Paul Tagliabue isn’t going to want to hear this: Nobody wants to play in a Pro Bowl. Everybody wants to be voted in. Everybody wants to be in Hawaii. But nobody wants to play. The roster is filled with alternate players. The guys who are voted in […]Read More
21st century gladiators have no offseason — just six months of looking for new arenas to conquer. The free agency meat market opens on March 2, and CBS Sportsline’s Clark Judge offers up this preview. Plaxico Burress tops Judge’s wide receiver list, and Plax doesn’t think the Steelers will resign him. If the team lets Plax […]Read More
In case you missed it, PVRBlog has the latest on TiVo’s aggregate Super Bowl data. Most watched moments? A hot babe and a Bruschi. We football fans are so predictable, aren’t we?Read More
It was one thing to think the Eagles wouldn’t win the Super Bowl — and hey, they didn’t — but most bettors thought they wouldn’t even cover the 6 1/2-point spread. Even George Bush Sr. predicted the Patriots would win by two touchdowns. The Pats only won by three. Nevada sportsbooks, however, reportedly won $15.4 million this […]Read More
Okay, I’m now catching up from my post-Super Bowl malaise — that point in the year when I realize that football season is over until September, my Sundays are free again, and I have little else to do but sit around and daydream about Nikki Cappelli having a wardrobe malfunction in my living room… That malaise, however, […]Read More
AdJab gives us their take on the best and worst Super Bowl XXXIX ads. Personally, I think they were a little too harsh on CareerBuilder.com’s ads. Sure, anyone can come up with a roomful of monkeys, but sometimes the tried-and-true standards can still be fun, right? If you missed any ads, you can see them here at […]Read More
Click here for final game stats from SuperBowl.com. And there you have it. The Patriots are a dynasty. Deion Branch tied a Super Bowl record with 11 receptions and won himself a Cadillac for being MVP. (Though he didn’t actually score a touchdown, despite what the nifty Nintendo graphics indicate.) Terrell Owens played better than […]Read More
One more thing before I take off on my errands for the afternoon… Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis reported to minimum-security prison camp in Florida on Friday to serve out his four-month sentence for attempting to set up a drug deal. This quote by the prison spokesperson really grabbed me: “The chief job for the inmates […]Read More
Yes, yes, I know. I’ve been very slack the last few days in keeping everyone up to date on what’s happening. As a result, there probably aren’t too many of you left out there, which leaves me talking to the wind, I guess. On the other hand, what else is blogging but talking the wind […]Read More
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